Back Up! (Extended Festival Edit)
30s preview
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 73/100
- Pop
- 2/100
- Length
- 5:32
- Released
- 2011
- Album
- Back Up! EP
- Genre
- Progressive House
- Loudness
- -2.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.1 dB
- ISRC
- DEN061101062
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Back Up! (Original Mix)original12A · 128
Against the original (12A at 128 BPM), this version holds the same tempo in the same key.
Back Up! (Extended Festival Edit) is a peak-time tempo progressive house track in D♭ minor (12A) at 128 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. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 11 dB). A 2011 production that still circulates in sets. Calmer than 85% of Chris Avantgarde's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Back Up! (Extended Festival Edit) in?
Back Up! (Extended Festival Edit) by Chris Avantgarde is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Back Up! (Extended Festival Edit)?
Back Up! (Extended Festival Edit) runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Back Up! (Extended Festival Edit)?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is Back Up! (Extended Festival Edit) good for peak time?
With energy 73 out of 100 at 128 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
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 128 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%: 120-136 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 floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 128 — 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 128 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
