Beyond the Event Horizon
30s preview
- BPM
- 149
- Half-time
- 75
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 81/100
- Pop
- 4/100
- Length
- 6:54
- Released
- 2024
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -8.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 9.8 dB
- ISRC
- USAX10001303
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Beyond the Event Horizon: fast techno, B minor (10A), 149 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and driving. It leans atmospheric over strictly danceable. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. Faster than 89% of Jeff Mills's catalogue. In a set it works best as a high-intensity peak cut.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 79% of Jeff Mills's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 40%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 9%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Beyond the Event Horizon in?
Beyond the Event Horizon by Jeff Mills is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Beyond the Event Horizon?
Beyond the Event Horizon runs at 149 BPM, a fast track.
What mixes well with Beyond the Event Horizon?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Beyond the Event Horizon good for peak time?
With energy 81 out of 100 at 149 BPM, it works best as a high-intensity peak cut.
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 149 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%: 140-158 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 high-intensity peak cut.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 149 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 149 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
