Breaking Ties
30s preview
- Key
- 6A · G minor
- BPM
- 138
- Open Key
- 11m
- Energy
- 95/100
- Pop
- 15/100
- Length
- 8:03
- Released
- 2008
- Genre
- Progressive Trance
- Loudness
- -7.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.8 dB
- ISRC
- GBEWA0900055
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A driving up-tempo progressive trance cut, Breaking Ties sits in G minor (6A) at 138 BPM. It reads as dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. A 2008 production that still circulates in sets. Hotter than 94% of Above & Beyond's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a peak-time weapon.
- Tempo:
- faster than 90% of Above & Beyond's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 35%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Breaking Ties in?
Breaking Ties by Above & Beyond is in G minor, or 6A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Breaking Ties?
Breaking Ties runs at 138 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Breaking Ties?
From 6A it blends harmonically with 7A, 6B, 5A. Moving to 7A lifts the energy a step.
Is Breaking Ties good for peak time?
With energy 95 out of 100 at 138 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
6A → 5A · 7A · 6BFrom 6A, 7A (D minor) lifts the energy a step; 6B (B♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 5A (C minor) cools the energy down a step.
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How to mix it
In 6A at 138 BPM: 7A (D minor) — move to 7A to push the floor harder; 6B (B♭ major) — switch to 6B for a mood change without losing the groove; 5A (C minor) — drop to 5A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 130-146 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 1A rather than 6A; below -5% it reads as 11A. With key lock on, it stays 6A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 95/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 138 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Other recommendations
Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 138 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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