Soul Filter Buffet
30s preview
- BPM
- 86
- Double-time
- 172
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 50/100
- Pop
- 1/100
- Length
- 3:23
- Released
- 2021
- Album
- The Override Switch
- Genre
- Techno
- Label
- Axis
- Loudness
- -8.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 9.1 dB
- ISRC
- USAX10000595
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 86 BPM in D♭ minor (12A), Soul Filter Buffet is a downtempo techno production. Tonally it lands dark and steady. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. Slower than 97% of Jeff Mills's catalogue. For programming, treat it as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 97% of Jeff Mills's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 93% of Jeff Mills's catalogue
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 89% of Jeff Mills's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 43%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 7%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Soul Filter Buffet in?
Soul Filter Buffet by Jeff Mills is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Soul Filter Buffet?
Soul Filter Buffet runs at 86 BPM, a downtempo track.
What mixes well with Soul Filter Buffet?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is Soul Filter Buffet good for peak time?
With energy 50 out of 100 at 86 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
12A → 11A · 1A · 12BFrom 12A, 1A (A♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 12B (E major) brightens to the relative major; 11A (F♯ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 12A at 86 BPM: 1A (A♭ minor) — move to 1A to push the floor harder; 12B (E major) — switch to 12B for a mood change without losing the groove; 11A (F♯ minor) — drop to 11A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 81-91 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 7A rather than 12A; below -5% it reads as 5A. With key lock on, it stays 12A across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 86 — 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 86 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
