A Reason for Living - Italo Instrumental Mix
30s preview
- BPM
- 120
- Open Key
- 3d
- Energy
- 86/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 5:26
- Released
- 2011
- Album
- I Love New York EP
- Genre
- Disco
- Loudness
- -8.1 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.7 dB
- ISRC
- DEBY40600871
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
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Against the original (9B at 120 BPM), this version holds the same tempo and moves the key from 9B to 10B.
A Reason for Living - Italo Instrumental Mix is a club-tempo disco track in D major (10B) at 120 BPM. The feel is bright and euphoric. The groove is strong and floor-ready. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 15 dB). A 2011 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Dimitri From Paris's catalogue.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 98% of Dimitri From Paris's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 78% of Dimitri From Paris's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is A Reason for Living - Italo Instrumental Mix in?
A Reason for Living - Italo Instrumental Mix by Dimitri From Paris is in D major, or 10B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is A Reason for Living - Italo Instrumental Mix?
A Reason for Living - Italo Instrumental Mix runs at 120 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with A Reason for Living - Italo Instrumental Mix?
From 10B it blends harmonically with 11B, 10A, 9B. Moving to 11B lifts the energy a step.
Is A Reason for Living - Italo Instrumental Mix good for peak time?
With energy 86 out of 100 at 120 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
10B → 9B · 11B · 10AFrom 10B, 11B (A major) lifts the energy a step; 10A (B minor) settles into the relative minor; 9B (G major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10B at 120 BPM: 11B (A major) — move to 11B to push the floor harder; 10A (B minor) — switch to 10A for a mood change without losing the groove; 9B (G major) — drop to 9B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 113-127 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 5B rather than 10B; below -5% it reads as 3B. With key lock on, it stays 10B across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 120 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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