Opening
30s preview
- BPM
- 172
- Half-time
- 86
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 13/100
- Pop
- 10/100
- Length
- 2:07
- Released
- 2006
- Album
- Blue Potential - Live with Montpelier Philharmonic Orchestra
- Genre
- Minimal
- Loudness
- -14.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 15.7 dB
- ISRC
- FR47T0500001
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Opening is a minimal track in D♭ major (3B) at 172 BPM. The feel is brooding and low-slung. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 16 dB). A 2006 production that still circulates in sets. Less groove-driven than 99% of Jeff Mills's catalogue.
- Energy:
- calmer than 98% of Jeff Mills's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 98% of Jeff Mills's catalogue
- Tempo:
- faster than 97% of Jeff Mills's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 23%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 33%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 28%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Opening in?
Opening by Jeff Mills is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Opening?
Opening runs at 172 BPM.
What mixes well with Opening?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is Opening good for peak time?
With energy 13 out of 100 at 172 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
3B → 2B · 4B · 3AFrom 3B, 4B (A♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 3A (B♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 2B (F♯ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3B at 172 BPM: 4B (A♭ major) — move to 4B to push the floor harder; 3A (B♭ minor) — switch to 3A for a mood change without losing the groove; 2B (F♯ major) — drop to 2B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 162-182 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 10B rather than 3B; below -5% it reads as 8B. With key lock on, it stays 3B across the whole range.
Programming: a warm-up or breakdown cut — early set or after a peak to reset the room.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 172 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 172 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
