The Ascent
30s preview
- Key
- 8A · A minor
- BPM
- 138
- Open Key
- 1m
- Energy
- 23/100
- Pop
- 9/100
- Length
- 1:28
- Released
- 2022
- Album
- The Last Glaciers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Genre
- Progressive Trance
- Loudness
- -17.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 18.1 dB
- ISRC
- GBEWA2201505
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 138 BPM in A minor (8A), The Ascent is a driving up-tempo progressive trance production. The feel is brooding and low-slung. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 18 dB). Calmer than 94% of Above & Beyond's catalogue.
- Tempo:
- faster than 90% of Above & Beyond's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 35%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 32%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 9%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is The Ascent in?
The Ascent by Above & Beyond is in A minor, or 8A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is The Ascent?
The Ascent runs at 138 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with The Ascent?
From 8A it blends harmonically with 9A, 8B, 7A. Moving to 9A lifts the energy a step.
Is The Ascent good for peak time?
With energy 23 out of 100 at 138 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
8A → 7A · 9A · 8BFrom 8A, 9A (E minor) lifts the energy a step; 8B (C major) brightens to the relative major; 7A (D minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 8A at 138 BPM: 9A (E minor) — move to 9A to push the floor harder; 8B (C major) — switch to 8B for a mood change without losing the groove; 7A (D minor) — drop to 7A 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 3A rather than 8A; below -5% it reads as 1A. With key lock on, it stays 8A 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 138 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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