Makhathini Nightmare
30s preview
- BPM
- 123
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 54/100
- Pop
- 1/100
- Length
- 5:49
- Released
- 2020
- Album
- Tunnel Vision
- Genre
- Tribal House
- Loudness
- -12.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.3 dB
- ISRC
- GBKQU2043319
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 123 BPM in A major (11B), Makhathini Nightmare is a club-tempo tribal house production. 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. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 11 dB). More underground than 79% of Bun Xapa's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a mid-set roller.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 38%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 31%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 10%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Makhathini Nightmare in?
Makhathini Nightmare by Bun Xapa is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Makhathini Nightmare?
Makhathini Nightmare runs at 123 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Makhathini Nightmare?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is Makhathini Nightmare good for peak time?
With energy 54 out of 100 at 123 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 123 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%: 116-130 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 123 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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