Life
30s preview
- Key
- 8A · A minor
- BPM
- 166
- Half-time
- 83
- Open Key
- 1m
- Energy
- 5/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 2:27
- Released
- 2009
- Genre
- Minimal
- Loudness
- -27.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 18.1 dB
- ISRC
- GBBVL0907212
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Life runs 166 BPM in A minor (8A), a very fast minimal record. Tonally it lands brooding and low-slung. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. 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 18 dB). A 2009 production that still circulates in sets. Calmer than 99% of Harvey McKay's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Tempo:
- faster than 99% of Harvey McKay's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 99% of Harvey McKay's catalogue
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of Harvey McKay's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 46%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 18%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 0%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Life in?
Life by Harvey McKay is in A minor, or 8A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Life?
Life runs at 166 BPM, a very fast track.
What mixes well with Life?
From 8A it blends harmonically with 9A, 8B, 7A. Moving to 9A lifts the energy a step.
Is Life good for peak time?
With energy 5 out of 100 at 166 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
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 166 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%: 156-176 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 warm-up or breakdown cut — early set or after a peak to reset the room.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 166 — 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 166 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
