Distant Heartbreak
30s preview
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 7m
- Energy
- 80/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:15
- Released
- 2010
- Album
- Why EP
- Genre
- House
- Loudness
- -2.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 15.2 dB
- ISRC
- TCAAS1054994
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Distant Heartbreakoriginal2A · 128
Distant Heartbreak runs 128 BPM in E♭ minor (2A), a peak-time tempo house record. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 15 dB). A 2010 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Amtrac's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 91% of Amtrac's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 79% of Amtrac's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 33%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 18%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Distant Heartbreak in?
Distant Heartbreak by Amtrac is in E♭ minor, or 2A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Distant Heartbreak?
Distant Heartbreak runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Distant Heartbreak?
From 2A it blends harmonically with 3A, 2B, 1A. Moving to 3A lifts the energy a step.
Is Distant Heartbreak good for peak time?
With energy 80 out of 100 at 128 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
2A → 1A · 3A · 2BFrom 2A, 3A (B♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 2B (F♯ major) brightens to the relative major; 1A (A♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 2A at 128 BPM: 3A (B♭ minor) — move to 3A to push the floor harder; 2B (F♯ major) — switch to 2B for a mood change without losing the groove; 1A (A♭ minor) — drop to 1A 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 9A rather than 2A; below -5% it reads as 7A. With key lock on, it stays 2A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 80/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 128 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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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.
