Despite the Damage
30s preview
- BPM
- 133
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 100/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 5:30
- Released
- 2021
- Album
- Año V-I
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -6.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 9.0 dB
- ISRC
- FRIDO2012446
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Despite the Damage: peak-time tempo techno, B minor (10A), 133 BPM. It reads as dark and driving. Rhythmically it is built for the dancefloor. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. More underground than 99% of Héctor Oaks's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a peak-time weapon.
- Energy:
- hotter than 97% of Héctor Oaks's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 81% of Héctor Oaks's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 76% of Héctor Oaks's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 37%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Despite the Damage in?
Despite the Damage by Héctor Oaks is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Despite the Damage?
Despite the Damage runs at 133 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Despite the Damage?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Despite the Damage good for peak time?
With energy 100 out of 100 at 133 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
10A → 9A · 11A · 10BFrom 10A, 11A (F♯ minor) lifts the energy a step; 10B (D major) brightens to the relative major; 9A (E minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10A at 133 BPM: 11A (F♯ minor) — move to 11A to push the floor harder; 10B (D major) — switch to 10B for a mood change without losing the groove; 9A (E minor) — drop to 9A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 125-141 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 5A rather than 10A; below -5% it reads as 3A. With key lock on, it stays 10A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 100/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 133 — 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 133 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
