Be Free
30s preview
- BPM
- 125
- Open Key
- 4m
- Energy
- 88/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 7:07
- Released
- 1996
- Album
- Ep2
- Genre
- House
- Loudness
- -5.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 18.3 dB
- ISRC
- GBEHB0100012
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Be Freeoriginal11A · 125
Be Free: club-tempo house, F♯ minor (11A), 125 BPM. The feel is punchy, neutral in mood. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 18 dB). A 1996 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Basement Jaxx's catalogue.
- Tempo:
- slower than 78% of Basement Jaxx's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Be Free in?
Be Free by Basement Jaxx is in F♯ minor, or 11A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Be Free?
Be Free runs at 125 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Be Free?
From 11A it blends harmonically with 12A, 11B, 10A. Moving to 12A lifts the energy a step.
Is Be Free good for peak time?
With energy 88 out of 100 at 125 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
11A → 10A · 12A · 11BFrom 11A, 12A (D♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 11B (A major) brightens to the relative major; 10A (B minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11A at 125 BPM: 12A (D♭ minor) — move to 12A to push the floor harder; 11B (A major) — switch to 11B for a mood change without losing the groove; 10A (B minor) — drop to 10A 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 6A rather than 11A; below -5% it reads as 4A. With key lock on, it stays 11A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 88/100).
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.
