Distant Lover
30s preview
- BPM
- 120
- Open Key
- 4m
- Energy
- 48/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 7:23
- Released
- 2012
- Genre
- House
- Loudness
- -10.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.6 dB
- ISRC
- DEBE71200202
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Distant Lover is a club-tempo house track in F♯ minor (11A) at 120 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and steady. 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. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 17 dB). A 2012 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Blond:ish's catalogue. In a set it works best as a mid-set roller.
- Energy:
- calmer than 86% of Blond:ish's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 85% of Blond:ish's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 81% of Blond:ish's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 33%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 32%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 12%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Distant Lover in?
Distant Lover by Blond:ish is in F♯ minor, or 11A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Distant Lover?
Distant Lover runs at 120 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Distant Lover?
From 11A it blends harmonically with 12A, 11B, 10A. Moving to 12A lifts the energy a step.
Is Distant Lover good for peak time?
With energy 48 out of 100 at 120 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
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 120 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%: 113-127 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 mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 120 — 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 120 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
