Aerials
30s preview
- BPM
- 109
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 57/100
- Pop
- 36/100
- Length
- 2:25
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Downtempo
- Loudness
- -5.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.6 dB
- ISRC
- USQX92501691
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 109 BPM in A major (11B), Aerials is a mid-tempo downtempo production. It reads as dark and steady. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 13 dB). Better known than 85% of Bonobo's catalogue. In a set it works best as a mid-set roller.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 31%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Aerials in?
Aerials by Bonobo is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Aerials?
Aerials runs at 109 BPM, a mid-tempo track.
What mixes well with Aerials?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is Aerials good for peak time?
With energy 57 out of 100 at 109 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
11B → 10B · 12B · 11AFrom 11B, 12B (E major) lifts the energy a step; 11A (F♯ minor) settles into the relative minor; 10B (D major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11B at 109 BPM: 12B (E major) — move to 12B to push the floor harder; 11A (F♯ minor) — switch to 11A for a mood change without losing the groove; 10B (D major) — drop to 10B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 102-116 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 6B rather than 11B; below -5% it reads as 4B. With key lock on, it stays 11B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 109 — 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 109 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
