Broken Dreams
30s preview
- BPM
- 95
- Double-time
- 190
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 69/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:15
- Released
- 2009
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -10.5 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.1 dB
- ISRC
- GB7NR1940210
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Broken Dreams: slow-groove tempo tech house, D♭ major (3B), 95 BPM. The groove is strong and floor-ready. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 13 dB). A 2009 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Damian Lazarus's catalogue.
- Tempo:
- slower than 92% of Damian Lazarus's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 40%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 31%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 9%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Broken Dreams in?
Broken Dreams by Damian Lazarus is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Broken Dreams?
Broken Dreams runs at 95 BPM, a slow-groove tempo track.
What mixes well with Broken Dreams?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is Broken Dreams good for peak time?
With energy 69 out of 100 at 95 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
3B → 2B · 4B · 3AFrom 3B, 4B (A♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 3A (B♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 2B (F♯ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3B at 95 BPM: 4B (A♭ major) — move to 4B to push the floor harder; 3A (B♭ minor) — switch to 3A for a mood change without losing the groove; 2B (F♯ major) — drop to 2B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 89-101 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 10B rather than 3B; below -5% it reads as 8B. With key lock on, it stays 3B across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 95 — 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 95 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
