Do Not Break
30s preview
- BPM
- 124
- Open Key
- 8m
- Energy
- 87/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 5:12
- Released
- 2006
- Album
- Orchestra of Bubbles
- Genre
- Ambient
- Loudness
- -8.5 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.5 dB
- ISRC
- DEAE60600553
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Do Not Breakoriginal3A · 124
Do Not Break is a club-tempo ambient track in B♭ minor (3A) at 124 BPM. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. A 2006 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Apparat's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 97% of Apparat's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 96% of Apparat's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 35%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 31%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 12%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Do Not Break in?
Do Not Break by Apparat is in B♭ minor, or 3A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Do Not Break?
Do Not Break runs at 124 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Do Not Break?
From 3A it blends harmonically with 4A, 3B, 2A. Moving to 4A lifts the energy a step.
Is Do Not Break good for peak time?
With energy 87 out of 100 at 124 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
3A → 2A · 4A · 3BFrom 3A, 4A (F minor) lifts the energy a step; 3B (D♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 2A (E♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3A at 124 BPM: 4A (F minor) — move to 4A to push the floor harder; 3B (D♭ major) — switch to 3B for a mood change without losing the groove; 2A (E♭ minor) — drop to 2A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 117-131 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 10A rather than 3A; below -5% it reads as 8A. With key lock on, it stays 3A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 87/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 124 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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