Slow Motion
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- Key
- 9A · E minor
- BPM
- 124
- Open Key
- 2m
- Energy
- 80/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 7:29
- Released
- 2012
- Album
- Theory 040.1
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -6.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 9.9 dB
- ISRC
- NLMH61200025
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Slow Motionoriginal3A · 128
At 124 BPM in E minor (9A), Slow Motion is a club-tempo techno production. The feel is dark and driving. Rhythmically it is built for the dancefloor. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. A 2012 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Ben Sims's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Tempo:
- slower than 98% of Ben Sims's catalogue
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 92% of Ben Sims's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 84% of Ben Sims's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 42%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 34%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 15%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 10%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Slow Motion in?
Slow Motion by Ben Sims is in E minor, or 9A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Slow Motion?
Slow Motion runs at 124 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Slow Motion?
From 9A it blends harmonically with 10A, 9B, 8A. Moving to 10A lifts the energy a step.
Is Slow Motion good for peak time?
With energy 80 out of 100 at 124 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
9A → 8A · 10A · 9BFrom 9A, 10A (B minor) lifts the energy a step; 9B (G major) brightens to the relative major; 8A (A minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 9A at 124 BPM: 10A (B minor) — move to 10A to push the floor harder; 9B (G major) — switch to 9B for a mood change without losing the groove; 8A (A minor) — drop to 8A 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 4A rather than 9A; below -5% it reads as 2A. With key lock on, it stays 9A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 80/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 124 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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