Glitch
4 artists on Vibes working in glitch, typically 100-150 BPM. Browse the glitch artists and the songs they play, every track listed with its key, BPM and energy.
A subgenre of idm.
Most played glitch tracks
What is glitch?
Glitch turns digital malfunction into the actual material of the music: clicks, pops, and bit-crushed artifacts that would normally signal something broken. Oval, Alva Noto, and Pole built entire tracks from these fragments, closely associated with the Mille Plateaux label's austere, conceptual sound. Running 100 to 150 BPM, it's IDM's most abstract, texture-first offshoot.
503 tracks averaging 130 BPM, most between 100 and 150 BPM. They run high-energy (avg 82/100), peak-time material, hotter than 71% of genres in the directory.
How to mix glitch
Glitch sits at 100 to 150 BPM, so most tracks beatmatch without a big tempo pull. Here is how to mix it cleanly by tempo, key and energy.
The sound: digital errors, clicks and pops, bit-crushed textures, mille plateaux dna.
Tempo
target 100 to 150 BPM, with 130 as the practical center. With key lock on you can pitch a track roughly 122 to 138 BPM and still beatmatch cleanly.
Harmonics
the most common keys in glitch here are 3B, 10B, 8B. Mix within the same Camelot key or one step around the wheel for a smooth blend, and check the wheel before layering two melodic tracks.
Energy
glitch averages 82 out of 100 here, best suited to peak-time slots. Sequence tracks so energy rises and dips deliberately rather than staying flat.
Glitch by key
Jump to a single key: every track on these pages sits in the same Camelot key, so they all mix harmonically with each other.
Glitch artists
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Methodology
How we keep this honest.
From real catalogues
The glitch artists and tracks here come from analyzed DJ catalogues, not a hand-picked list. A genre earns a page once at least two artists carry it.
Data-derived readings
Every BPM, key and energy figure is computed from audio analysis of the actual recordings, not estimated or copied from a third-party API.
Full methodology
How the directory is sourced, gated and kept honest, in depth: read the methodology.
Kept current
Last reviewed June 2026.
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