Too Dark Tonight
30s preview
- Key
- 8A · A minor
- BPM
- 135
- Open Key
- 1m
- Energy
- 61/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 7:19
- Released
- 2010
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -7.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.5 dB
- ISRC
- GB2CT0900064
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A driving up-tempo trance cut, Too Dark Tonight sits in A minor (8A) at 135 BPM. 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 unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). A 2010 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Gareth Emery's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a mid-set roller.
- Energy:
- calmer than 94% of Gareth Emery's catalogue
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 92% of Gareth Emery's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 90% of Gareth Emery's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 37%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Too Dark Tonight in?
Too Dark Tonight by Gareth Emery is in A minor, or 8A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Too Dark Tonight?
Too Dark Tonight runs at 135 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Too Dark Tonight?
From 8A it blends harmonically with 9A, 8B, 7A. Moving to 9A lifts the energy a step.
Is Too Dark Tonight good for peak time?
With energy 61 out of 100 at 135 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
8A → 7A · 9A · 8BFrom 8A, 9A (E minor) lifts the energy a step; 8B (C major) brightens to the relative major; 7A (D minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 8A at 135 BPM: 9A (E minor) — move to 9A to push the floor harder; 8B (C major) — switch to 8B for a mood change without losing the groove; 7A (D minor) — drop to 7A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 127-143 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 3A rather than 8A; below -5% it reads as 1A. With key lock on, it stays 8A across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 135 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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