Shall We Begin
30s preview
- BPM
- 120
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 29/100
- Pop
- 44/100
- Length
- 3:27
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Ambient
- Label
- Anjunachill
- Loudness
- -12.1 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.6 dB
- ISRC
- GBEWA2407240
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A club-tempo ambient cut, Shall We Begin sits in B minor (10A) at 120 BPM. It reads as brooding and low-slung. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 17 dB). Better known than 97% of Above & Beyond's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Energy:
- calmer than 92% of Above & Beyond's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 92% of Above & Beyond's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 80% of Above & Beyond's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 32%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 36%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 25%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 7%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Shall We Begin in?
Shall We Begin by Above & Beyond is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Shall We Begin?
Shall We Begin runs at 120 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Shall We Begin?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Shall We Begin good for peak time?
With energy 29 out of 100 at 120 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
10A → 9A · 11A · 10BFrom 10A, 11A (F♯ minor) lifts the energy a step; 10B (D major) brightens to the relative major; 9A (E minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10A at 120 BPM: 11A (F♯ minor) — move to 11A to push the floor harder; 10B (D major) — switch to 10B for a mood change without losing the groove; 9A (E minor) — drop to 9A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 113-127 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 5A rather than 10A; below -5% it reads as 3A. With key lock on, it stays 10A across the whole range.
Programming: a warm-up or breakdown cut — early set or after a peak to reset the room.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 120 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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