Black Water
30s preview
- BPM
- 179
- Half-time
- 90
- Open Key
- 3d
- Energy
- 57/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:54
- Released
- 1900
- Genre
- Ambient
- Loudness
- -10.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.3 dB
- ISRC
- GBR8R1100101
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Black Water - DJ Koze Remixremix9A · 90
An ambient cut, Black Water sits in D major (10B) at 179 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and steady. It leans atmospheric over strictly danceable. 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 13 dB). A 1900 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Apparat's catalogue. For programming, treat it as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Tempo:
- faster than 92% of Apparat's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 88% of Apparat's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 32%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 11%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Black Water in?
Black Water by Apparat is in D major, or 10B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Black Water?
Black Water runs at 179 BPM.
What mixes well with Black Water?
From 10B it blends harmonically with 11B, 10A, 9B. Moving to 11B lifts the energy a step.
Is Black Water good for peak time?
With energy 57 out of 100 at 179 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
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.
How to mix it
In 10B at 179 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%: 168-190 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: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 179 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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