Cascades
30s preview
- BPM
- 129
- Open Key
- 8m
- Energy
- 94/100
- Pop
- 13/100
- Length
- 5:31
- Released
- 2021
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -7.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.5 dB
- ISRC
- GBKQU2198912
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Cascades runs 129 BPM in B♭ minor (3A), a peak-time tempo trance record. It reads as dark and driving. It leans atmospheric over strictly danceable. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). Less groove-driven than 96% of Factor B's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a peak-time weapon.
- Tempo:
- slower than 89% of Factor B's catalogue
- Reach:
- better known than 77% of Factor B's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 31%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 19%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Cascades in?
Cascades by Factor B is in B♭ minor, or 3A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Cascades?
Cascades runs at 129 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Cascades?
From 3A it blends harmonically with 4A, 3B, 2A. Moving to 4A lifts the energy a step.
Is Cascades good for peak time?
With energy 94 out of 100 at 129 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
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.
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How to mix it
In 3A at 129 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%: 121-137 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: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 94/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 129 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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