Granular Bastard
30s preview
- BPM
- 148
- Half-time
- 74
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 69/100
- Pop
- 7/100
- Length
- 4:46
- Released
- 2003
- Album
- Duplex
- Genre
- Idm
- Label
- Shitkatapult
- Loudness
- -10.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 20.6 dB
- ISRC
- DEX180500380
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Granular Bastardoriginal11B · 148
Granular Bastard runs 148 BPM in A major (11B), a fast idm record. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 21 dB). A 2003 production that still circulates in sets. Faster than 83% of Apparat's catalogue. In a set it works best as a high-intensity peak cut.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 75% of Apparat's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 30%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 26%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 26%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 18%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Granular Bastard in?
Granular Bastard by Apparat is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Granular Bastard?
Granular Bastard runs at 148 BPM, a fast track.
What mixes well with Granular Bastard?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is Granular Bastard good for peak time?
With energy 69 out of 100 at 148 BPM, it works best as a high-intensity peak cut.
Mixes harmonically
11B → 10B · 12B · 11AFrom 11B, 12B (E major) lifts the energy a step; 11A (F♯ minor) settles into the relative minor; 10B (D major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11B at 148 BPM: 12B (E major) — move to 12B to push the floor harder; 11A (F♯ minor) — switch to 11A for a mood change without losing the groove; 10B (D major) — drop to 10B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 139-157 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 6B rather than 11B; below -5% it reads as 4B. With key lock on, it stays 11B across the whole range.
Programming: a high-intensity peak cut.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 148 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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