
Shut the Front Door
30s preview
- Key
- 9A · E minor
- BPM
- 175
- Half-time
- 88
- Open Key
- 2m
- Energy
- 96/100
- Pop
- 11/100
- Length
- 4:34
- Released
- 2021
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -1.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.3 dB
- ISRC
- UKW3Z2101647
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Shut the Front Door is a drum n bass track in E minor (9A) at 175 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. 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. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 11 dB). For programming, treat it as an opener or closing-set piece.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 35%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 18%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Shut the Front Door in?
Shut the Front Door by Benny L is in E minor, or 9A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Shut the Front Door?
Shut the Front Door runs at 175 BPM.
What mixes well with Shut the Front Door?
From 9A it blends harmonically with 10A, 9B, 8A. Moving to 10A lifts the energy a step.
Is Shut the Front Door good for peak time?
With energy 96 out of 100 at 175 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
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 175 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%: 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 4A rather than 9A; below -5% it reads as 2A. With key lock on, it stays 9A 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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