First Fires - Instrumental
30s preview
- BPM
- 110
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 39/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:38
- Released
- 2013
- Album
- First Fires
- Genre
- Downtempo
- Loudness
- -11.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.7 dB
- ISRC
- GBCFB1300114
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- First Firesoriginal3B · 116
- First Firesoriginal3A · 110
- First Firesoriginal4B · 110
Against the original (3B at 116 BPM), this version runs 6 BPM slower in the same key.
At 110 BPM in D♭ major (3B), First Fires - Instrumental is a mid-tempo downtempo production. The feel is brooding and low-slung. 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 2013 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Bonobo's catalogue. In a set it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Energy:
- calmer than 92% of Bonobo's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 33%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 32%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is First Fires - Instrumental in?
First Fires - Instrumental by Bonobo is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is First Fires - Instrumental?
First Fires - Instrumental runs at 110 BPM, a mid-tempo track.
What mixes well with First Fires - Instrumental?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is First Fires - Instrumental good for peak time?
With energy 39 out of 100 at 110 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
3B → 2B · 4B · 3AFrom 3B, 4B (A♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 3A (B♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 2B (F♯ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3B at 110 BPM: 4B (A♭ major) — move to 4B to push the floor harder; 3A (B♭ minor) — switch to 3A for a mood change without losing the groove; 2B (F♯ major) — drop to 2B 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 10B rather than 3B; below -5% it reads as 8B. With key lock on, it stays 3B 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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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.
