Vapours
30s preview
- BPM
- 122
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 71/100
- Pop
- 42/100
- Length
- 5:58
- Released
- 2019
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -8.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.9 dB
- ISRC
- UK74K1400446
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A club-tempo tech house cut, Vapours sits in B minor (10A) at 122 BPM. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. Better known than 95% of Hot Since 82's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
- Tempo:
- slower than 85% of Hot Since 82's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 83% of Hot Since 82's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 82% of Hot Since 82's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 38%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Vapours in?
Vapours by Hot Since 82 is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Vapours?
Vapours runs at 122 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Vapours?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Vapours good for peak time?
With energy 71 out of 100 at 122 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
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 122 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%: 115-129 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 floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 122 — 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 122 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
