Sex, Love & Water - Mark Sixma Remix
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 90/100
- Pop
- 4/100
- Length
- 3:14
- Released
- 2020
- Album
- Balance (Remixes)
- Genre
- Progressive Trance
- Label
- Armada Digital
- Loudness
- -3.8 dB
- ISRC
- NLF711803700
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Sex, Love & Water - DRYM Remixremix12A · 138
- Sex, Love & Water - Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano Remixremix5A · 127
- Sex, Love & Water (Mix Cut) - Club Mixversion1A · 132
- Sex, Love & Water - Melosense Remixremix11A · 113
- Sex, Love & Wateroriginal12A · 109
Against the original (12A at 109 BPM), this version runs 19 BPM faster in the same key.
Sex, Love & Water - Mark Sixma Remix is a peak-time tempo progressive trance track in D♭ minor (12A) at 128 BPM. It reads as punchy, neutral in mood. It is vocal-led. The master is loud and heavily compressed. Groovier than 87% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a peak-time weapon.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
FAQ
What key is Sex, Love & Water - Mark Sixma Remix in?
Sex, Love & Water - Mark Sixma Remix by Armin van Buuren is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Sex, Love & Water - Mark Sixma Remix?
Sex, Love & Water - Mark Sixma Remix runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Sex, Love & Water - Mark Sixma Remix?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is Sex, Love & Water - Mark Sixma Remix good for peak time?
With energy 90 out of 100 at 128 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
12A → 11A · 1A · 12BFrom 12A, 1A (A♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 12B (E major) brightens to the relative major; 11A (F♯ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 12A at 128 BPM: 1A (A♭ minor) — move to 1A to push the floor harder; 12B (E major) — switch to 12B for a mood change without losing the groove; 11A (F♯ minor) — drop to 11A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 120-136 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 7A rather than 12A; below -5% it reads as 5A. With key lock on, it stays 12A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 90/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 128 — 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 128 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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