Knucklehead
30s preview
- BPM
- 138
- Open Key
- 3d
- Energy
- 93/100
- Pop
- 5/100
- Length
- 6:05
- Released
- 2024
- Genre
- Techno
- Label
- Void +1 Recordings
- Loudness
- -6.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.3 dB
- ISRC
- NLCK42401358
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Knucklehead: driving up-tempo techno, D major (10B), 138 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. Faster than 98% of Ansome's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 77% of Ansome's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 38%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 26%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Knucklehead in?
Knucklehead by Ansome is in D major, or 10B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Knucklehead?
Knucklehead runs at 138 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Knucklehead?
From 10B it blends harmonically with 11B, 10A, 9B. Moving to 11B lifts the energy a step.
Is Knucklehead good for peak time?
With energy 93 out of 100 at 138 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
10B → 9B · 11B · 10AFrom 10B, 11B (A major) lifts the energy a step; 10A (B minor) settles into the relative minor; 9B (G major) cools the energy down a step.
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How to mix it
In 10B at 138 BPM: 11B (A major) — move to 11B to push the floor harder; 10A (B minor) — switch to 10A for a mood change without losing the groove; 9B (G major) — drop to 9B 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 5B rather than 10B; below -5% it reads as 3B. With key lock on, it stays 10B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 93/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 138 — 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 138 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
