My Angel Rocks Back and Forth
30s preview
- BPM
- 121
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 60/100
- Pop
- 7/100
- Length
- 5:10
- Released
- 2004
- Genre
- Downtempo
- Label
- Domino
- Loudness
- -11.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.2 dB
- ISRC
- GBCEL0300100
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- My Angel Rocks Back and Forth - Four Teas On English Time - Icarus Remixremix9A · 175
- My Angel Rocks Back and Forth - Live in Copenhagenoriginal11A · 121
- My Angel Rocks Back And Forthoriginal11B · 121
At 121 BPM in A major (11B), My Angel Rocks Back and Forth is a club-tempo downtempo production. The feel is dark and driving. 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. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). A 2004 production that still circulates in sets.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 38%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 25%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 7%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is My Angel Rocks Back and Forth in?
My Angel Rocks Back and Forth by Four Tet is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is My Angel Rocks Back and Forth?
My Angel Rocks Back and Forth runs at 121 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with My Angel Rocks Back and Forth?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is My Angel Rocks Back and Forth good for peak time?
With energy 60 out of 100 at 121 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
11B → 10B · 12B · 11AFrom 11B, 12B (E major) lifts the energy a step; 11A (F♯ minor) settles into the relative minor; 10B (D major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11B at 121 BPM: 12B (E major) — move to 12B to push the floor harder; 11A (F♯ minor) — switch to 11A for a mood change without losing the groove; 10B (D major) — drop to 10B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 114-128 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 6B rather than 11B; below -5% it reads as 4B. With key lock on, it stays 11B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 121 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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