Someone Close
30s preview
- BPM
- 88
- Double-time
- 176
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 49/100
- Pop
- 25/100
- Length
- 8:12
- Released
- 2022
- Genre
- Techno
- Label
- Pluto
- Loudness
- -11.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.6 dB
- ISRC
- GBCFB2200793
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Someone Close: downtempo techno, D♭ major (3B), 88 BPM. The feel is balanced in mood. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). Brighter than 87% of Floating Points's catalogue. In a set it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Tempo:
- slower than 83% of Floating Points's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 82% of Floating Points's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 30%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 34%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 28%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 8%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Someone Close in?
Someone Close by Floating Points is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Someone Close?
Someone Close runs at 88 BPM, a downtempo track.
What mixes well with Someone Close?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is Someone Close good for peak time?
With energy 49 out of 100 at 88 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
3B → 2B · 4B · 3AFrom 3B, 4B (A♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 3A (B♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 2B (F♯ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3B at 88 BPM: 4B (A♭ major) — move to 4B to push the floor harder; 3A (B♭ minor) — switch to 3A for a mood change without losing the groove; 2B (F♯ major) — drop to 2B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 83-93 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 10B rather than 3B; below -5% it reads as 8B. With key lock on, it stays 3B across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 88 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Other recommendations
Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 88 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
