Freight Train
30s preview
- Key
- 8A · A minor
- BPM
- 175
- Half-time
- 88
- Open Key
- 1m
- Energy
- 99/100
- Pop
- 2/100
- Length
- 4:12
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- 0.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 8.3 dB
- ISRC
- GB7P71700010
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Freight Train: drum n bass, A minor (8A), 175 BPM. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master is loud and heavily compressed. A 2017 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 80% of Benny L's catalogue.
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 75% of Benny L's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 35%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Freight Train in?
Freight Train by Benny L is in A minor, or 8A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Freight Train?
Freight Train runs at 175 BPM.
What mixes well with Freight Train?
From 8A it blends harmonically with 9A, 8B, 7A. Moving to 9A lifts the energy a step.
Is Freight Train good for peak time?
With energy 99 out of 100 at 175 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
8A → 7A · 9A · 8BFrom 8A, 9A (E minor) lifts the energy a step; 8B (C major) brightens to the relative major; 7A (D minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 8A at 175 BPM: 9A (E minor) — move to 9A to push the floor harder; 8B (C major) — switch to 8B for a mood change without losing the groove; 7A (D minor) — drop to 7A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 164-186 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 3A rather than 8A; below -5% it reads as 1A. With key lock on, it stays 8A across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 175 — 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 175 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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