Hypnotise
30s preview
- BPM
- 88
- Double-time
- 176
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 92/100
- Pop
- 13/100
- Length
- 5:25
- Released
- 2004
- Album
- Hypnotise / The Water Carrier
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -3.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 18.1 dB
- ISRC
- GBZPZ0400009
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Hypnotise: downtempo drum n bass, D♭ minor (12A), 88 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 18 dB). A 2004 production that still circulates in sets. Slower than 91% of Calibre's catalogue. For programming, treat it as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 87% of Calibre's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 82% of Calibre's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 27%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 20%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Hypnotise in?
Hypnotise by Calibre is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Hypnotise?
Hypnotise runs at 88 BPM, a downtempo track.
What mixes well with Hypnotise?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is Hypnotise good for peak time?
With energy 92 out of 100 at 88 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
12A → 11A · 1A · 12BFrom 12A, 1A (A♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 12B (E major) brightens to the relative major; 11A (F♯ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 12A at 88 BPM: 1A (A♭ minor) — move to 1A to push the floor harder; 12B (E major) — switch to 12B for a mood change without losing the groove; 11A (F♯ minor) — drop to 11A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 83-93 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 7A rather than 12A; below -5% it reads as 5A. With key lock on, it stays 12A across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 88 — 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 88 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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