What They Say - Original Mix
30s preview
- BPM
- 119
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 74/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 6:30
- Released
- 2016
- Album
- Runnin EP
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -9.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.4 dB
- ISRC
- CA3V21600005
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- What They Say - Jonny White & Nitin Remixremix1A · 127
What They Say - Original Mix: club-tempo tech house, D♭ minor (12A), 119 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). A 2016 production that still circulates in sets. Slower than 99% of Carlo Lio's catalogue. In a set it works best as a mid-set roller.
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of Carlo Lio's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 97% of Carlo Lio's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 95% of Carlo Lio's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 24%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 41%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is What They Say - Original Mix in?
What They Say - Original Mix by Carlo Lio is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is What They Say - Original Mix?
What They Say - Original Mix runs at 119 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with What They Say - Original Mix?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is What They Say - Original Mix good for peak time?
With energy 74 out of 100 at 119 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
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 119 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%: 112-126 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 mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 119 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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