Violent Habits
30s preview
- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 145
- Half-time
- 73
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 100/100
- Pop
- 9/100
- Length
- 7:32
- Released
- 2020
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -5.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 8.1 dB
- ISRC
- QZMHK2006821
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Violent Habits is a driving up-tempo techno track in C major (8B) at 145 BPM. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. Less groove-driven than 96% of Charlie Sparks's catalogue.
- Brightness:
- darker than 87% of Charlie Sparks's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 86% of Charlie Sparks's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Violent Habits in?
Violent Habits by Charlie Sparks is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Violent Habits?
Violent Habits runs at 145 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Violent Habits?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is Violent Habits good for peak time?
With energy 100 out of 100 at 145 BPM, it works best as a high-intensity peak cut.
Mixes harmonically
8B → 7B · 9B · 8AFrom 8B, 9B (G major) lifts the energy a step; 8A (A minor) settles into the relative minor; 7B (F major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 8B at 145 BPM: 9B (G major) — move to 9B to push the floor harder; 8A (A minor) — switch to 8A for a mood change without losing the groove; 7B (F major) — drop to 7B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 136-154 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 3B rather than 8B; below -5% it reads as 1B. With key lock on, it stays 8B across the whole range.
Programming: a high-intensity peak cut.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 145 — 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 145 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
