Tobacco Road
30s preview
- Key
- 5A · C minor
- BPM
- 173
- Half-time
- 87
- Open Key
- 10m
- Energy
- 79/100
- Pop
- 30/100
- Length
- 4:01
- Released
- 2017
- Album
- Night Gallery
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -3.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.3 dB
- ISRC
- GBSXS1700101
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 173 BPM in C minor (5A), Tobacco Road is a drum n bass production. Tonally it lands punchy, neutral in mood. It is vocal-led. The master is loud and heavily compressed. A 2017 production that still circulates in sets. Better known than 93% of High Contrast's catalogue. For programming, treat it as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 85% of High Contrast's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 79% of High Contrast's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 76% of High Contrast's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 32%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 18%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Tobacco Road in?
Tobacco Road by High Contrast is in C minor, or 5A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Tobacco Road?
Tobacco Road runs at 173 BPM.
What mixes well with Tobacco Road?
From 5A it blends harmonically with 6A, 5B, 4A. Moving to 6A lifts the energy a step.
Is Tobacco Road good for peak time?
With energy 79 out of 100 at 173 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
5A → 4A · 6A · 5BFrom 5A, 6A (G minor) lifts the energy a step; 5B (E♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 4A (F minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 5A at 173 BPM: 6A (G minor) — move to 6A to push the floor harder; 5B (E♭ major) — switch to 5B for a mood change without losing the groove; 4A (F minor) — drop to 4A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 163-183 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 12A rather than 5A; below -5% it reads as 10A. With key lock on, it stays 5A across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 173 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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