What’s in the Past
30s preview
- BPM
- 80
- Double-time
- 160
- Open Key
- 9d
- Energy
- 31/100
- Pop
- 25/100
- Length
- 2:49
- Released
- 2020
- Genre
- Psy Trance
- Loudness
- -16.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.5 dB
- ISRC
- BET612000008
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
What’s in the Past is a downtempo psy trance track in A♭ major (4B) at 80 BPM. It reads as brooding and low-slung. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 15 dB). Slower than 99% of Charlotte de Witte's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 97% of Charlotte de Witte's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 97% of Charlotte de Witte's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 95% of Charlotte de Witte's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 23%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 32%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 31%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is What’s in the Past in?
What’s in the Past by Charlotte de Witte is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is What’s in the Past?
What’s in the Past runs at 80 BPM, a downtempo track.
What mixes well with What’s in the Past?
From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.
Is What’s in the Past good for peak time?
With energy 31 out of 100 at 80 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
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 80 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%: 75-85 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: a warm-up or breakdown cut — early set or after a peak to reset the room.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 80 — 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 80 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
