Shades
30s preview
- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 89/100
- Pop
- 4/100
- Length
- 1:14
- Released
- 2022
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -6.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.3 dB
- ISRC
- NLF712210729
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Shades runs 128 BPM in C major (8B), a peak-time tempo trance record. Tonally it lands punchy, neutral in mood. It is vocal-led. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). Slower than 92% of Andrew Rayel's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 90% of Andrew Rayel's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 90% of Andrew Rayel's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 78% of Andrew Rayel's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 28%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 20%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Shades in?
Shades by Andrew Rayel is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Shades?
Shades runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Shades?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is Shades good for peak time?
With energy 89 out of 100 at 128 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
8B → 7B · 9B · 8AFrom 8B, 9B (G major) lifts the energy a step; 8A (A minor) settles into the relative minor; 7B (F major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 8B at 128 BPM: 9B (G major) — move to 9B to push the floor harder; 8A (A minor) — switch to 8A for a mood change without losing the groove; 7B (F major) — drop to 7B 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 3B rather than 8B; below -5% it reads as 1B. With key lock on, it stays 8B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 89/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 128 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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