Twenty-Five Light Years Away
30s preview
- BPM
- 135
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 59/100
- Pop
- 28/100
- Length
- 5:09
- Released
- 2026
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -11.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.1 dB
- ISRC
- USAX10001363
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Twenty-Five Light Years Away runs 135 BPM in D♭ major (3B), a driving up-tempo techno record. The feel is dark and steady. 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). Better known than 95% of Jeff Mills's catalogue. In a set it works best as a mid-set roller.
- Brightness:
- darker than 90% of Jeff Mills's catalogue
- Tempo:
- faster than 80% of Jeff Mills's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 34%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 9%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Twenty-Five Light Years Away in?
Twenty-Five Light Years Away by Jeff Mills is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Twenty-Five Light Years Away?
Twenty-Five Light Years Away runs at 135 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Twenty-Five Light Years Away?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is Twenty-Five Light Years Away good for peak time?
With energy 59 out of 100 at 135 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
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 135 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%: 127-143 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 mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 135 — 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 135 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
