
Black Ice
30s preview
- BPM
- 174
- Half-time
- 87
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 80/100
- Pop
- 13/100
- Length
- 4:52
- Released
- 2024
- Genre
- Idm
- Loudness
- -7.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 7.9 dB
- ISRC
- QM6N22411611
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
An idm cut, Black Ice sits in B minor (10A) at 174 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and driving. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. Faster than 99% of FJAAK's catalogue. For programming, treat it as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 98% of FJAAK's catalogue
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 98% of FJAAK's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 54%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 31%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 15%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 1%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Black Ice in?
Black Ice by FJAAK is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Black Ice?
Black Ice runs at 174 BPM.
What mixes well with Black Ice?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Black Ice good for peak time?
With energy 80 out of 100 at 174 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
10A → 9A · 11A · 10BFrom 10A, 11A (F♯ minor) lifts the energy a step; 10B (D major) brightens to the relative major; 9A (E minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10A at 174 BPM: 11A (F♯ minor) — move to 11A to push the floor harder; 10B (D major) — switch to 10B for a mood change without losing the groove; 9A (E minor) — drop to 9A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 164-184 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 5A rather than 10A; below -5% it reads as 3A. With key lock on, it stays 10A across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 174 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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