Excuses
30s preview
- BPM
- 130
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 58/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 5:45
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Progressive Trance
- Loudness
- -6.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 9.6 dB
- ISRC
- GBEWA1400902
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Excuses is a peak-time tempo progressive trance track in D♭ minor (12A) at 130 BPM. It reads as dark and steady. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. A 2015 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Above & Beyond's catalogue. In a set it works best as a mid-set roller.
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 84% of Above & Beyond's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 78% of Above & Beyond's catalogue
- Brightness:
- brighter than 76% of Above & Beyond's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 37%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Excuses in?
Excuses by Above & Beyond is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Excuses?
Excuses runs at 130 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Excuses?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is Excuses good for peak time?
With energy 58 out of 100 at 130 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
12A → 11A · 1A · 12BFrom 12A, 1A (A♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 12B (E major) brightens to the relative major; 11A (F♯ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 12A at 130 BPM: 1A (A♭ minor) — move to 1A to push the floor harder; 12B (E major) — switch to 12B for a mood change without losing the groove; 11A (F♯ minor) — drop to 11A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 122-138 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 7A rather than 12A; below -5% it reads as 5A. With key lock on, it stays 12A across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 130 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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