Witch Doktor - The Dark Ages Mix
30s preview
- BPM
- 125
- Open Key
- 9d
- Energy
- 93/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 9:55
- Released
- 1994
- Album
- The Lost Tapes: Get Up (Mixed by Armand Van Helden)
- Genre
- House
- Loudness
- -4.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.1 dB
- ISRC
- USSR39429501
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
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- Witch Doktor (Serge Santiago Radio Edit)version11B · 125
- Witch Doktor (Serge Santiago Remix)remix11B · 125
- Witch Doktor - Agent Orange DJ 2018 Reworkremix8B · 126
- Witch Doktor - Zedd Remixremix8A · 128
At 125 BPM in A♭ major (4B), Witch Doktor - The Dark Ages Mix is a club-tempo house production. The feel is dark and driving. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 11 dB). A 1994 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Armand Van Helden's catalogue.
- Brightness:
- darker than 92% of Armand Van Helden's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 80% of Armand Van Helden's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 76% of Armand Van Helden's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Witch Doktor - The Dark Ages Mix in?
Witch Doktor - The Dark Ages Mix by Armand Van Helden is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Witch Doktor - The Dark Ages Mix?
Witch Doktor - The Dark Ages Mix runs at 125 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Witch Doktor - The Dark Ages Mix?
From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.
Is Witch Doktor - The Dark Ages Mix good for peak time?
With energy 93 out of 100 at 125 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
4B → 3B · 5B · 4AFrom 4B, 5B (E♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 4A (F minor) settles into the relative minor; 3B (D♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 4B at 125 BPM: 5B (E♭ major) — move to 5B to push the floor harder; 4A (F minor) — switch to 4A for a mood change without losing the groove; 3B (D♭ major) — drop to 3B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 117-133 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 11B rather than 4B; below -5% it reads as 9B. With key lock on, it stays 4B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 93/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 125 — 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 125 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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