Tension
30s preview
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 9d
- Energy
- 62/100
- Pop
- 19/100
- Length
- 3:46
- Released
- 2025
- Album
- Anthem Test
- Genre
- Progressive Trance
- Loudness
- -8.5 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.3 dB
- ISRC
- GBEWA1400383
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Tension - Original Mixoriginal4A · 128
Tension runs 128 BPM in A♭ major (4B), a peak-time tempo progressive trance record. The feel is dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). More treble-tilted than 93% of Ilan Bluestone's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a mid-set roller.
- Energy:
- calmer than 89% of Ilan Bluestone's catalogue
- Reach:
- better known than 82% of Ilan Bluestone's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 81% of Ilan Bluestone's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 30%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Tension in?
Tension by Ilan Bluestone is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Tension?
Tension runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Tension?
From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.
Is Tension good for peak time?
With energy 62 out of 100 at 128 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
4B → 3B · 5B · 4AFrom 4B, 5B (E♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 4A (F minor) settles into the relative minor; 3B (D♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
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How to mix it
In 4B at 128 BPM: 5B (E♭ major) — move to 5B to push the floor harder; 4A (F minor) — switch to 4A for a mood change without losing the groove; 3B (D♭ major) — drop to 3B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 120-136 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 11B rather than 4B; below -5% it reads as 9B. With key lock on, it stays 4B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 128 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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