Ducktape
30s preview
- BPM
- 125
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 52/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 7:35
- Released
- 2020
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -12.5 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.6 dB
- ISRC
- USUS12000326
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Ducktape is a club-tempo tech house track in A major (11B) at 125 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. Slower than 99% of Boris Brejcha's catalogue. In a set it works best as a mid-set roller.
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of Boris Brejcha's catalogue
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 92% of Boris Brejcha's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 79% of Boris Brejcha's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 44%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 14%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Ducktape in?
Ducktape by Boris Brejcha is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Ducktape?
Ducktape runs at 125 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Ducktape?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is Ducktape good for peak time?
With energy 52 out of 100 at 125 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 125 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%: 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 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 125 — 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 125 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
