Layers
- Key
- 7A · D minor
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 12m
- Energy
- 88/100
- Pop
- 12/100
- Length
- 7:47
- Released
- 2014
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -7.4 dB
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Layers runs 128 BPM in D minor (7A), a peak-time tempo trance record. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. A 2014 production that still circulates in sets. Slower than 87% of Gareth Emery's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
FAQ
What key is Layers in?
Layers by Gareth Emery is in D minor, or 7A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Layers?
Layers runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Layers?
From 7A it blends harmonically with 8A, 7B, 6A. Moving to 8A lifts the energy a step.
Is Layers good for peak time?
With energy 88 out of 100 at 128 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
7A → 6A · 8A · 7BFrom 7A, 8A (A minor) lifts the energy a step; 7B (F major) brightens to the relative major; 6A (G minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 7A at 128 BPM: 8A (A minor) — move to 8A to push the floor harder; 7B (F major) — switch to 7B for a mood change without losing the groove; 6A (G minor) — drop to 6A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 120-136 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 2A rather than 7A; below -5% it reads as 12A. With key lock on, it stays 7A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 88/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 128 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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