Something Heavy - Original Mix
30s preview
- BPM
- 171
- Half-time
- 86
- Open Key
- 9d
- Energy
- 84/100
- Pop
- 7/100
- Length
- 5:30
- Released
- 2014
- Album
- Run Away / Something Heavy
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -6.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.3 dB
- ISRC
- GBZSD1400015
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 171 BPM in A♭ major (4B), Something Heavy - Original Mix is a drum n bass production. The feel is dark and driving. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 16 dB). A 2014 production that still circulates in sets. More treble-tilted than 95% of Calibre's catalogue. In a set it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 84% of Calibre's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 22%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 37%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 28%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Something Heavy - Original Mix in?
Something Heavy - Original Mix by Calibre is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Something Heavy - Original Mix?
Something Heavy - Original Mix runs at 171 BPM.
What mixes well with Something Heavy - Original Mix?
From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.
Is Something Heavy - Original Mix good for peak time?
With energy 84 out of 100 at 171 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
4B → 3B · 5B · 4AFrom 4B, 5B (E♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 4A (F minor) settles into the relative minor; 3B (D♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 4B at 171 BPM: 5B (E♭ major) — move to 5B to push the floor harder; 4A (F minor) — switch to 4A for a mood change without losing the groove; 3B (D♭ major) — drop to 3B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 161-181 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 11B rather than 4B; below -5% it reads as 9B. With key lock on, it stays 4B across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 171 — 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 171 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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