Heads Up
30s preview
- BPM
- 132
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 89/100
- Pop
- 15/100
- Length
- 5:34
- Released
- 2022
- Album
- Electronic Generations
- Genre
- Techno
- Label
- BMG Rights
- Loudness
- -4.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 8.4 dB
- ISRC
- GB5KW2201016
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A peak-time tempo techno cut, Heads Up sits in D♭ minor (12A) at 132 BPM. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master is loud and heavily compressed. Brighter than 89% of Carl Cox's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Tempo:
- faster than 80% of Carl Cox's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Heads Up in?
Heads Up by Carl Cox is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Heads Up?
Heads Up runs at 132 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Heads Up?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is Heads Up good for peak time?
With energy 89 out of 100 at 132 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
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 132 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%: 124-140 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: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 89/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 132 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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