Start A Fire
30s preview
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 8m
- Energy
- 70/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 3:50
- Released
- 2025
- Album
- Bigger Than All Of Us
- Genre
- Progressive Trance
- Loudness
- -8.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 9.3 dB
- ISRC
- GBEWA2503091
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Start A Fireoriginal3A · 128
- Start A Fire - Extended Mixversion3A · 128
A peak-time tempo progressive trance cut, Start A Fire sits in B♭ minor (3A) at 128 BPM. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. 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 78% of Above & Beyond's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 75% of Above & Beyond's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Start A Fire in?
Start A Fire by Above & Beyond is in B♭ minor, or 3A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Start A Fire?
Start A Fire runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Start A Fire?
From 3A it blends harmonically with 4A, 3B, 2A. Moving to 4A lifts the energy a step.
Is Start A Fire good for peak time?
With energy 70 out of 100 at 128 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
3A → 2A · 4A · 3BFrom 3A, 4A (F minor) lifts the energy a step; 3B (D♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 2A (E♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3A at 128 BPM: 4A (F minor) — move to 4A to push the floor harder; 3B (D♭ major) — switch to 3B for a mood change without losing the groove; 2A (E♭ minor) — drop to 2A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 120-136 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 10A rather than 3A; below -5% it reads as 8A. With key lock on, it stays 3A across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 128 — 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 128 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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