
Fading to Black
30s preview
- Key
- 1B · B major
- BPM
- 127
- Open Key
- 6d
- Energy
- 99/100
- Pop
- 44/100
- Length
- 3:30
- Released
- 2020
- Genre
- Techno
- Label
- Arcane Music
- Loudness
- -4.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.1 dB
- ISRC
- FR26V2089637
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Fading to Blackoriginal8B · 131
A peak-time tempo techno cut, Fading to Black sits in B major (1B) at 127 BPM. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master is loud and heavily compressed. Better known than 91% of Eli Brown's catalogue.
- Energy:
- hotter than 89% of Eli Brown's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 83% of Eli Brown's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 80% of Eli Brown's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Fading to Black in?
Fading to Black by Eli Brown is in B major, or 1B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Fading to Black?
Fading to Black runs at 127 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Fading to Black?
From 1B it blends harmonically with 2B, 1A, 12B. Moving to 2B lifts the energy a step.
Is Fading to Black good for peak time?
With energy 99 out of 100 at 127 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
1B → 12B · 2B · 1AFrom 1B, 2B (F♯ major) lifts the energy a step; 1A (A♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 12B (E major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 1B at 127 BPM: 2B (F♯ major) — move to 2B to push the floor harder; 1A (A♭ minor) — switch to 1A for a mood change without losing the groove; 12B (E major) — drop to 12B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 119-135 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 8B rather than 1B; below -5% it reads as 6B. With key lock on, it stays 1B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 99/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 127 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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