Zeitgeist
30s preview
- BPM
- 172
- Half-time
- 86
- Open Key
- 8m
- Energy
- 64/100
- Pop
- 2/100
- Length
- 4:52
- Released
- 2007
- Genre
- Progressive House
- Loudness
- -10.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.0 dB
- ISRC
- GBHFW0700939
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Zeitgeist is a progressive house track in B♭ minor (3A) at 172 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. 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 2007 production that still circulates in sets. Faster than 98% of Eelke Kleijn's catalogue. For programming, treat it as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Brightness:
- darker than 80% of Eelke Kleijn's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 38%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Zeitgeist in?
Zeitgeist by Eelke Kleijn is in B♭ minor, or 3A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Zeitgeist?
Zeitgeist runs at 172 BPM.
What mixes well with Zeitgeist?
From 3A it blends harmonically with 4A, 3B, 2A. Moving to 4A lifts the energy a step.
Is Zeitgeist good for peak time?
With energy 64 out of 100 at 172 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
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 172 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%: 162-182 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: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 172 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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