Retention
30s preview
- BPM
- 142
- Half-time
- 71
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 88/100
- Pop
- 1/100
- Length
- 5:01
- Released
- 2022
- Album
- Parallel
- Genre
- Techno
- Label
- LKY
- Loudness
- -9.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 9.7 dB
- ISRC
- QZS632341345
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 142 BPM in D♭ major (3B), Retention is a driving up-tempo techno production. The feel is dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. More underground than 80% of Alarico's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 76% of Alarico's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 75% of Alarico's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 39%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 32%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 17%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 12%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Retention in?
Retention by Alarico is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Retention?
Retention runs at 142 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Retention?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is Retention good for peak time?
With energy 88 out of 100 at 142 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
3B → 2B · 4B · 3AFrom 3B, 4B (A♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 3A (B♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 2B (F♯ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3B at 142 BPM: 4B (A♭ major) — move to 4B to push the floor harder; 3A (B♭ minor) — switch to 3A for a mood change without losing the groove; 2B (F♯ major) — drop to 2B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 133-151 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 10B rather than 3B; below -5% it reads as 8B. With key lock on, it stays 3B across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 142 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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