Confusion
30s preview
- BPM
- 140
- Half-time
- 70
- Open Key
- 6m
- Energy
- 70/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:19
- Released
- 2020
- Album
- Auraa
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -11.1 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.2 dB
- ISRC
- DEAE62000024
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Confusion runs 140 BPM in A♭ minor (1A), a driving up-tempo techno record. It reads as punchy, neutral in mood. 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. More underground than 99% of Ellen Allien's catalogue. In a set it works best as a high-intensity peak cut.
- Tempo:
- faster than 89% of Ellen Allien's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 80% of Ellen Allien's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 39%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 33%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 8%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Confusion in?
Confusion by Ellen Allien is in A♭ minor, or 1A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Confusion?
Confusion runs at 140 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Confusion?
From 1A it blends harmonically with 2A, 1B, 12A. Moving to 2A lifts the energy a step.
Is Confusion good for peak time?
With energy 70 out of 100 at 140 BPM, it works best as a high-intensity peak cut.
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 140 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%: 132-148 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 high-intensity peak cut.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 140 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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