First Fires
30s preview
- BPM
- 110
- Open Key
- 9d
- Energy
- 41/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:38
- Released
- 2013
- Album
- The North Borders
- Genre
- Downtempo
- Label
- Ninja Tune
- Loudness
- -10.5 dB
- Dynamics
- 15.1 dB
- ISRC
- GBCFB1300101
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- First Firesoriginal3B · 116
- First Fires - Instrumentaloriginal3B · 110
- First Firesoriginal3A · 110
First Fires: mid-tempo downtempo, A♭ major (4B), 110 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and steady. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 15 dB). A 2013 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Bonobo's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Energy:
- calmer than 90% of Bonobo's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 80% of Bonobo's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 31%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 31%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is First Fires in?
First Fires by Bonobo is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is First Fires?
First Fires runs at 110 BPM, a mid-tempo track.
What mixes well with First Fires?
From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.
Is First Fires good for peak time?
With energy 41 out of 100 at 110 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
4B → 3B · 5B · 4AFrom 4B, 5B (E♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 4A (F minor) settles into the relative minor; 3B (D♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
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How to mix it
In 4B at 110 BPM: 5B (E♭ major) — move to 5B to push the floor harder; 4A (F minor) — switch to 4A for a mood change without losing the groove; 3B (D♭ major) — drop to 3B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 103-117 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 11B rather than 4B; below -5% it reads as 9B. With key lock on, it stays 4B across the whole range.
Programming: a warm-up or breakdown cut — early set or after a peak to reset the room.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 110 — 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 110 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
