Future Bass BPM
Future Bass is usually mixed around 130-160 BPM, with 150 BPM as a practical DJ target. The reference tracks on this page span 100-170 BPM because some future-bass-adjacent records are slower, while some faster readings work better as halftime grids.
Future Bass BPM Reference
Future Bass: 130-160 BPM, typical 150 BPM.
| Genre | BPM Range | Typical BPM | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Future Bass | 130-160 | 150 | Bright, melodic, supersaw-led bass music. Flume, Illenium, San Holo, Louis The Child. Stutter chords, vocal chops, and emotional drops. |
| Glitch Hop | 100-115 | 108 | Hip-hop tempo bass music with heavy glitch processing. Pretty Lights, GRiZ, Opiuo. 110 BPM swing, funky drums, talkbox vocals. |
| Color Bass | 140-150 | 145 | Vibrant, harmonically dense subgenre with overlapping chord stacks and 'colorful' sound design. Chime, MYRNE, Crystal Skies aesthetic. |
| Kawaii Future Bass | 140-160 | 150 | Anime-styled, hyper-cute future bass. Snail's House, Rin, Tomggg. Pixel-pop melodies, sugary vocal chops, J-pop influence. |
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Future Bass
Bright, melodic, supersaw-led bass music. Flume, Illenium, San Holo, Louis The Child. Stutter chords, vocal chops, and emotional drops.
Sub-genre BPM landscape
Future Bass sub-genres and adjacent styles
Kawaii Future Bass
140–160Anime-styled, hyper-cute future bass. Snail's House, Rin, Tomggg. Pixel-pop melodies, sugary vocal chops, J-pop influence.
Color Bass
140–150Vibrant, harmonically dense subgenre with overlapping chord stacks and 'colorful' sound design. Chime, MYRNE, Crystal Skies aesthetic.
Glitch Hop
100–115Hip-hop tempo bass music with heavy glitch processing. Pretty Lights, GRiZ, Opiuo. 110 BPM swing, funky drums, talkbox vocals.
- Core DJ range
- 130–160 BPM
- Practical target
- 150 BPM
- Track spread
- 100–170 BPM
- Track evidence
- 9 shown
Check grid, loops, and phrasing before doubling or halving slower readings.
Why Some Tracks Show 100, 115, or 170 BPM
The reference tracks on this page span 100-170 BPM because some future-bass-adjacent records are slower, while some faster readings work better as halftime grids.
Track Evidence
The table below shows the raw track sample behind this page. It is why the guide treats 150 BPM as a practical target while still showing slower bridge records honestly.
- Tracks shown
- 9
- Track spread
- 100-170 BPM
- Below core range
- 5 tracks
- Inside core range
- 3 tracks
- Above core range
- 1 track
- Mean of shown tracks
- 129 BPM
- Median of shown tracks
- 124 BPM
- Evidence level
- 9 tracks, 3 core examples
Future Bass Reference Tracks
Core Future Bass examples
These resolved examples sit inside the 130-160 BPM core DJ range.
Adjacent and outlier examples
These tracks still help explain the Future Bass neighborhood, but they should not be treated as core 150 BPM examples without checking the grid.
Shelter
Porter Robinson, Madeon
All My Friends
Madeon
Better Not (with Wafia)
Louis The Child, Wafia
Say My Name
ODESZA, Zyra
All I Need
Slushii
Take You Down
ILLENIUM
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Slower melodic-electronic crossover; useful as a future-bass-adjacent bridge, not a core 150 BPM reference.
Pop-leaning Madeon reference; treat it as a slower bridge record.
Future-bass-adjacent pop tempo; check whether doubling the grid helps your loops.
ODESZA-style melodic electronic; close in palette, slower than core drop-driven Future Bass.
Near the lower edge; useful for moving from pop/electro into the core range.
170 BPM can behave like 85 BPM halftime. Check phrasing before using it as a fast transition.
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Mix Into Future Bass
BPM overlap is not enough. For Future Bass, the safest transitions preserve melodic phrasing, halftime feel, and emotional energy.
| Genre | BPM fit | Style fit | Best transition | DJ note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color Bass | High | High | Long blend or drop swap | Closest modern bass-music neighbor; compare sound design density. |
| Kawaii Future Bass | High | High | Harmonic blend | Works when the set can handle a brighter, cute, J-pop influenced palette. |
| Melodic Dubstep | High | High | Breakdown into drop | Shares emotional builds and bass drops; watch heaviness and vocal density. |
| Trap (EDM) | High | Medium-high | Half-time bridge | Shared halftime logic makes 140-150 BPM transitions practical. |
| Dubstep | High | Medium | Drop swap | Use when the energy can move heavier without losing the melodic thread. |
| Drum & Bass | Medium | Medium | 85/170 halftime bridge | Works best through a breakdown, vocal bridge, or 170 BPM outlier. |
| Hard Techno | High | Low | Deliberate contrast only | Tempo overlap does not make it a natural style match. |
| Schranz | High | Low | FX stop or hard reset | Not a natural mix; use only as a clear contrast move. |
DJ Genre Overview
For DJs, Future Bass is less about one exact BPM and more about melodic bass phrasing: big emotional drops, bright chord movement, and halftime-friendly drums.
How to Beatgrid Future Bass
- Confirm the first downbeat, then tap along for 16 or 32 beats.
- Test an 8-bar loop before the first drop; the loop should come back cleanly on phrase.
- If a 100-125 BPM reading feels slow, test the doubled grid before setting cues.
- If a track reads near 170 BPM, test whether it behaves like 85 BPM halftime.
- Use the BPM that makes intro, build, drop, breakdown, and outro cue points land cleanly.
Useful checks: verify tempo with the BPM tapper, plan half/double-time moves with the halftime/doubletime calculator, and match melodic records with the Camelot wheel.
Analyze your own Future Bass tracks in Vibes
Find tracks around 130-160 BPM, spot slower bridges and 170 BPM outliers, tag energy and set role, then build crates for Rekordbox, Serato, Traktor, or Engine DJ.
Keys and Artists in These Tracks
These are facts from the tracks shown here, not universal Future Bass rules. Use them to check harmonic options after the grid feels right.
For more tempo context, compare these examples with tracks around 150 BPM and the Future Bass BPM chart.
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Data used: 9 resolved Future Bass / future-bass-adjacent reference tracks from a 290-track snapshot.
Evidence: The page compares the 130-160 BPM core DJ range with the raw reference tracks on this page, then labels slower and faster examples as adjacent or outlier records instead of treating them as core examples.
Source: Audio features sourced from ReccoBeats (https://reccobeats.com); track metadata via Spotify Search API. Spotify deprecated audio-features for new apps in Nov 2024. Manual label reference tracks use Beatport BPM/key metadata where available.
How this page is made: This pilot page is rendered from structured genre data, resolved track metadata, computed evidence statistics, and Future Bass-specific DJ notes.
Because the sample includes several adjacent tracks, this page should be treated as a practical DJ guide rather than a statistical genre study.
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