The Grind - Original Version
30s preview
- BPM
- 131
- Open Key
- 6m
- Energy
- 97/100
- Pop
- 1/100
- Length
- 5:55
- Released
- 2014
- Album
- X PROJECTS pt1
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -6.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 8.5 dB
- ISRC
- GBZ031400020
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
The Grind - Original Version runs 131 BPM in A♭ minor (1A), a peak-time tempo techno record. 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. A 2014 production that still circulates in sets. More treble-tilted than 91% of Dax J's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Energy:
- hotter than 78% of Dax J's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 31%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is The Grind - Original Version in?
The Grind - Original Version by Dax J is in A♭ minor, or 1A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is The Grind - Original Version?
The Grind - Original Version runs at 131 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with The Grind - Original Version?
From 1A it blends harmonically with 2A, 1B, 12A. Moving to 2A lifts the energy a step.
Is The Grind - Original Version good for peak time?
With energy 97 out of 100 at 131 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
1A → 12A · 2A · 1BFrom 1A, 2A (E♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 1B (B major) brightens to the relative major; 12A (D♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 1A at 131 BPM: 2A (E♭ minor) — move to 2A to push the floor harder; 1B (B major) — switch to 1B for a mood change without losing the groove; 12A (D♭ minor) — drop to 12A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 123-139 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 8A rather than 1A; below -5% it reads as 6A. With key lock on, it stays 1A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 97/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 131 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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