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Ethereal Grooves

STYE1017 · Atmospheric Tension Grooves · Rishhad Kothawala
Mysterious, atmospheric tension grooves. These moody cues fuse drones, ambient beds and beats to create beautiful sounding investigative soundtracks.
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ReleasedOct 2023

Tracks

10 main mixes
Nights Autonomy
STYE1017 · Ethereal Grooves · Rishhad Kothawala
2:43·120 bpm·Em·2 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnticipation, Atmospheric, Crime Drama

A 120bpm E minor investigative groove where sustained strings and a treated electric guitar line float over drone, bass and a steady beat. At 2:42 it is the most compact cue on the set — useful when a scene needs atmosphere established and cleared quickly.

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2:43
Semblance
STYE1017 · Ethereal Grooves · Rishhad Kothawala
3:50·120 bpm·Em·3 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnticipation, Atmospheric, Crime Drama

Long-form 120bpm E minor bed built from drone, bass, understated beat and atmospheric electric guitar, with no strings to thicken the middle — leaner and more open than its neighbours. Its 3:50 length suits extended interview or evidence-review passages that need continuous unresolved tension.

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3:50
Healers Solitude
STYE1017 · Ethereal Grooves · Rishhad Kothawala
4:02·120 bpm·Am·2 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnticipation, Atmospheric, Crime Drama

The A minor counterpart to the album's guitar-and-drone template, at 120bpm and four minutes the longest of the electric-guitar cues. Title's implied calm gives it a slightly less accusatory colour, good for reflective passages inside an otherwise tense narrative.

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4:02
Select Demographic
STYE1017 · Ethereal Grooves · Rishhad Kothawala
3:58·130 bpm·Cm·2 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnticipation, Atmospheric, Crime Drama

Faster at 130bpm in C minor, with marimba supplying a repeating pattern above drone, bass and beat — a ticking, data-driven feel rather than a melodic one. Suits corporate-investigative or algorithmic-surveillance footage where something is being counted or tracked.

UnderscoreSoundtrackAnticipationAtmosphericCrime DramaDocumentaryEtherealMid TempoSuspenseTensionMysteriousMoodyInvestigative
3:58
Perfect Alchemy
STYE1017 · Ethereal Grooves · Rishhad Kothawala
3:13·130 bpm·Cm·2 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnticipation, Atmospheric, Crime Drama

130bpm C minor groove that swaps marimba for strings and cello, giving the drone-and-beat foundation a darker, more sustained lyrical weight. Its 3:12 arc works where footage needs pace plus emotional gravity rather than pure procedure.

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3:13
Organized Religion
STYE1017 · Ethereal Grooves · Rishhad Kothawala
2:49·110 bpm·Bm·3 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnticipation, Atmospheric, Crime Drama

Slower at 110bpm in B minor, with clarinet as the lone acoustic voice over drone, bass and beat — a reedy, faintly ritual tone matching the title's subject. Short at 2:49 and well suited to a self-contained scene about belief, secrecy or institutions.

UnderscoreSoundtrackAnticipationAtmosphericCrime DramaDocumentaryEtherealMid TempoSuspenseTensionMysteriousMoodyInvestigative
2:49
The Richat Structure
STYE1017 · Ethereal Grooves · Rishhad Kothawala
3:32·120 bpm·Em·3 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnticipation, Atmospheric, Crime Drama

Clarinet over drone, bass and beat again, but at 120bpm in E minor — brisker and more forward-moving than the B minor version. The geological title points it at aerial and landscape footage where an unexplained formation is being examined.

UnderscoreSoundtrackAnticipationAtmosphericCrime DramaDocumentaryEtherealMid TempoSuspenseTensionMysteriousMoodyInvestigative
3:32
Wishful Thinking
STYE1017 · Ethereal Grooves · Rishhad Kothawala
3:16·110 bpm·Fm·3 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnticipation, Atmospheric, Crime Drama

Purely electronic 110bpm F minor cue — drone, synth, bass and beat with no acoustic lead, leaving the mid-range wide open. The slowest of the rhythmic tracks and the most neutral, making it a dependable talking-head or narration bed.

UnderscoreSoundtrackAnticipationAtmosphericCrime DramaDocumentaryEtherealMid TempoSuspenseTensionMysteriousMoodyInvestigative
3:16
Rocketeer
STYE1017 · Ethereal Grooves · Rishhad Kothawala
3:10·130 bpm·Am·3 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnticipation, Atmospheric, Crime Drama

130bpm A minor synth-and-drone groove with driving bass and beat, the fastest of the electronic cues and the most propulsive on the album. The title suggests ascent and momentum — cut it against launch, testing or chase material.

UnderscoreSoundtrackAnticipationAtmosphericCrime DramaDocumentaryEtherealMid TempoSuspenseTensionMysteriousMoodyInvestigative
3:10
Icarus Rising
STYE1017 · Ethereal Grooves · Rishhad Kothawala
3:42·70 bpm·Em·3 versions
Underscore, SoundtrackAnticipation, Atmospheric, Crime Drama

The ambient outlier: 70bpm in E minor, drone, synth, bass and a slow beat stretched across 3:42 for a weightless, suspended feel. Best for openings, endings and moments of falling or dawning realisation where the tension needs to hang rather than move.

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3:42

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