Locked And Loaded
30s preview
- BPM
- 121
- Open Key
- 3d
- Energy
- 73/100
- Pop
- 16/100
- Length
- 7:47
- Released
- 2018
- Album
- Tomorrow Comes The Harvest
- Genre
- Techno
- Label
- Decca
- Loudness
- -12.5 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.9 dB
- ISRC
- FRUM71801456
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Locked and Loaded (edit)version10B · 121
At 121 BPM in D major (10B), Locked And Loaded is a club-tempo techno production. The feel is punchy, neutral in mood. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 13 dB). A 2018 production that still circulates in sets. Better known than 85% of Jeff Mills's catalogue. In a set it works best as a mid-set roller.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 38%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Locked And Loaded in?
Locked And Loaded by Jeff Mills is in D major, or 10B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Locked And Loaded?
Locked And Loaded runs at 121 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Locked And Loaded?
From 10B it blends harmonically with 11B, 10A, 9B. Moving to 11B lifts the energy a step.
Is Locked And Loaded good for peak time?
With energy 73 out of 100 at 121 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
10B → 9B · 11B · 10AFrom 10B, 11B (A major) lifts the energy a step; 10A (B minor) settles into the relative minor; 9B (G major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10B at 121 BPM: 11B (A major) — move to 11B to push the floor harder; 10A (B minor) — switch to 10A for a mood change without losing the groove; 9B (G major) — drop to 9B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 114-128 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 5B rather than 10B; below -5% it reads as 3B. With key lock on, it stays 10B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 121 — 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 121 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
