Basic
30s preview
- BPM
- 124
- Open Key
- 7m
- Energy
- 81/100
- Pop
- 39/100
- Length
- 4:09
- Released
- 2023
- Genre
- Tech House
- Label
- Afterlife
- Loudness
- -7.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 8.2 dB
- ISRC
- USA2P2356674
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Basic is a club-tempo tech house track in E♭ minor (2A) at 124 BPM. It reads as dark and driving. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. Darker than 98% of 8Kays's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a peak-time weapon.
- Reach:
- better known than 97% of 8Kays's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 81% of 8Kays's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 37%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Basic in?
Basic by 8Kays is in E♭ minor, or 2A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Basic?
Basic runs at 124 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Basic?
From 2A it blends harmonically with 3A, 2B, 1A. Moving to 3A lifts the energy a step.
Is Basic good for peak time?
With energy 81 out of 100 at 124 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
2A → 1A · 3A · 2BFrom 2A, 3A (B♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 2B (F♯ major) brightens to the relative major; 1A (A♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
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How to mix it
In 2A at 124 BPM: 3A (B♭ minor) — move to 3A to push the floor harder; 2B (F♯ major) — switch to 2B for a mood change without losing the groove; 1A (A♭ minor) — drop to 1A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 117-131 BPM — anything in that window beatmatches without sounding stretched.
Key on the fader: without key lock (Master Tempo on CDJs), above roughly +5% it plays a semitone higher, so treat it as 9A rather than 2A; below -5% it reads as 7A. With key lock on, it stays 2A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 81/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 124 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Other recommendations
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