Tempo changes at the core of Evolution
On Evolution, Squazoid is credited on every piece and Liquid Sound Design is listed as the label throughout, yet the repertoire’s data draws a tempo movement that does not follow a rising line. “Kindness Gliders” opens at 87 BPM in G-flat minor. Immediately after, “Blue Sky Wave” is listed at 147 BPM in A minor; “Funky Flowers” changes to 111 BPM in F minor; and the title piece “Evolution” moves to 137 BPM, also in F minor. This order makes numerical contrasts visible from the outset.
The full range runs from 85 to 158 BPM. “Stars Mood” marks the minimum at 85 BPM in G minor, with a duration of 5:45. “Bossa Nougat” marks the maximum at 158 BPM in E minor and runs for 4:27, the shortest listed piece. The figures do not by themselves describe how each title should be heard, but they do distinguish clear positions within the sequence. Between those extremes, “Freakshow” sits at 127 BPM in D-flat minor and “The Lost Mirage” at 110 BPM in A major.
The classifications alternate between Electronica and Downtempo. “Kindness Gliders”, “Evolution”, “Freakshow”, and “The Lost Mirage” are listed as Electronica. “Blue Sky Wave”, “Funky Flowers”, “Bossa Nougat”, “Angels Call”, “Stars Mood”, and “Spycial” are listed as Downtempo. This distribution prevents the ordering from being reduced to a single category, even as every title shares the same artist and label credit.
Durations range from 4:27 to 8:58. The release’s title piece is also its longest: “Evolution” runs for 8:58 and shares F minor with “Funky Flowers” and “Spycial”. “Angels Call” is at 144 BPM in G minor, while “Spycial” reaches 146 BPM in F minor. The accumulated time of 1:04:33 provides a frame for these variations. Rather than relying on an external description, the release supports an editorial reading grounded in its stated titles, durations, keys, genres, and tempos.