Intro (Tribute to Gabriel Mabi Thobejane)
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- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 157
- Half-time
- 79
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 77/100
- Pop
- 5/100
- Length
- 3:17
- Released
- 2023
- Album
- Rebirth Of The Drum
- Genre
- House
- Loudness
- -11.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.7 dB
- ISRC
- ZA10C2300003
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Introoriginal9A · 92
Intro (Tribute to Gabriel Mabi Thobejane): fast house, C major (8B), 157 BPM. Tonally it lands bright and euphoric. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 13 dB). Faster than 95% of Black Motion's catalogue. In a set it works best as a high-intensity peak cut.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 94% of Black Motion's catalogue
- Brightness:
- brighter than 89% of Black Motion's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 88% of Black Motion's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 32%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 36%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 9%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Intro (Tribute to Gabriel Mabi Thobejane) in?
Intro (Tribute to Gabriel Mabi Thobejane) by Black Motion is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Intro (Tribute to Gabriel Mabi Thobejane)?
Intro (Tribute to Gabriel Mabi Thobejane) runs at 157 BPM, a fast track.
What mixes well with Intro (Tribute to Gabriel Mabi Thobejane)?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is Intro (Tribute to Gabriel Mabi Thobejane) good for peak time?
With energy 77 out of 100 at 157 BPM, it works best as a high-intensity peak cut.
Mixes harmonically
8B → 7B · 9B · 8AFrom 8B, 9B (G major) lifts the energy a step; 8A (A minor) settles into the relative minor; 7B (F major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 8B at 157 BPM: 9B (G major) — move to 9B to push the floor harder; 8A (A minor) — switch to 8A for a mood change without losing the groove; 7B (F major) — drop to 7B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 148-166 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 3B rather than 8B; below -5% it reads as 1B. With key lock on, it stays 8B across the whole range.
Programming: a high-intensity peak cut.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 157 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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