Blue Elephant (Contour 4) by Booka Shade cover art

Blue Elephant (Contour 4)

Booka Shade

30s preview

Key
5A · C minor
BPM
125
Open Key
10m
Energy
91/100
Pop
14/100
Length
5:22
Released
2022
Genre
Tech House
Loudness
-8.0 dB
Dynamics
15.2 dB
ISRC
DEQ022283072

Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026

Blue Elephant (Contour 4): club-tempo tech house, C minor (5A), 125 BPM. The feel is punchy, neutral in mood. The groove is strong and floor-ready. 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 15 dB). Hotter than 95% of Booka Shade's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.

Reach:
better known than 86% of Booka Shade's catalogue
Brightness:
brighter than 78% of Booka Shade's catalogue

Sonic profile

EnergyGrooveMoodOrganicInstr.LiveTempo
Energy91
Mood50Balanced
Groove79
Acoustic8
Instrumental89
Live17
Speech4

Frequency spectrum

amplitude · bass → treble

601252505001k2k4k8k
36%
Low
30-130 Hz
30%
Low-mid
130-570 Hz
19%
Upper-mid
570 Hz-2.5 kHz
15%
High
2.5-11 kHz

FAQ

What key is Blue Elephant (Contour 4) in?

Blue Elephant (Contour 4) by Booka Shade is in C minor, or 5A on the Camelot wheel.

What BPM is Blue Elephant (Contour 4)?

Blue Elephant (Contour 4) runs at 125 BPM, a club-tempo track.

What mixes well with Blue Elephant (Contour 4)?

From 5A it blends harmonically with 6A, 5B, 4A. Moving to 6A lifts the energy a step.

Is Blue Elephant (Contour 4) good for peak time?

With energy 91 out of 100 at 125 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.

Mixes harmonically

5A4A · 6A · 5B

From 5A, 6A (G minor) lifts the energy a step; 5B (E♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 4A (F minor) cools the energy down a step.

Every move from 5A

6ASimple Mix Upper
4ASimple Mix Downer
5BTonal Shift·
6BDiagonal Mix Upper
4BDiagonal Mix Downer
2BCompatible Tone·
7AHigh Energy Boost▲▲▲
3AHigh Energy Drain▼▼▼
8AParallel Key Upper▲▲
2AParallel Key Downer▼▼
12ATritone Jump▲▲
9ARelated Keyrisky

How to mix it

In 5A at 125 BPM: 6A (G minor) — move to 6A to push the floor harder; 5B (E♭ major) — switch to 5B for a mood change without losing the groove; 4A (F minor) — drop to 4A to bring the room down gently.

Pitch range at ±6%: 117-133 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 12A rather than 5A; below -5% it reads as 10A. With key lock on, it stays 5A across the whole range.

Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 91/100).

Similar tempo

Within ±3 BPM of 125 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.

More tech house

More from Booka Shade

Full profile

Other recommendations

Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 125 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.

#Track