Carry the Blame
30s preview
- BPM
- 113
- Open Key
- 8m
- Energy
- 85/100
- Pop
- 31/100
- Length
- 2:10
- Released
- 2025
- Album
- Demise Of Love
- Genre
- Ambient
- Loudness
- -7.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.5 dB
- ISRC
- GBCEL2400834
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Carry the Blame is a mid-tempo ambient track in B♭ minor (3A) at 113 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. Better known than 95% of Daniel Avery's catalogue.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 76% of Daniel Avery's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 35%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Carry the Blame in?
Carry the Blame by Daniel Avery is in B♭ minor, or 3A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Carry the Blame?
Carry the Blame runs at 113 BPM, a mid-tempo track.
What mixes well with Carry the Blame?
From 3A it blends harmonically with 4A, 3B, 2A. Moving to 4A lifts the energy a step.
Is Carry the Blame good for peak time?
With energy 85 out of 100 at 113 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
3A → 2A · 4A · 3BFrom 3A, 4A (F minor) lifts the energy a step; 3B (D♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 2A (E♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3A at 113 BPM: 4A (F minor) — move to 4A to push the floor harder; 3B (D♭ major) — switch to 3B for a mood change without losing the groove; 2A (E♭ minor) — drop to 2A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 106-120 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 10A rather than 3A; below -5% it reads as 8A. With key lock on, it stays 3A across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 113 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 113 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
