Dawnbreaker
30s preview
- BPM
- 124
- Open Key
- 9d
- Energy
- 95/100
- Pop
- 2/100
- Length
- 6:43
- Released
- 2014
- Genre
- Techno
- Label
- Bedrock Records
- Loudness
- -5.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 20.9 dB
- ISRC
- GBEPM1400906
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Dawnbreaker (John Digweed & Nick Muir vs. Ian O'Donovan)original4A · 123
At 124 BPM in A♭ major (4B), Dawnbreaker is a club-tempo techno production. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 21 dB). A 2014 production that still circulates in sets. Brighter than 99% of John Digweed's catalogue.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 97% of John Digweed's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 91% of John Digweed's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 86% of John Digweed's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 23%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 26%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 21%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Dawnbreaker in?
Dawnbreaker by John Digweed is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Dawnbreaker?
Dawnbreaker runs at 124 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Dawnbreaker?
From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.
Is Dawnbreaker good for peak time?
With energy 95 out of 100 at 124 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
4B → 3B · 5B · 4AFrom 4B, 5B (E♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 4A (F minor) settles into the relative minor; 3B (D♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 4B at 124 BPM: 5B (E♭ major) — move to 5B to push the floor harder; 4A (F minor) — switch to 4A for a mood change without losing the groove; 3B (D♭ major) — drop to 3B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 117-131 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 11B rather than 4B; below -5% it reads as 9B. With key lock on, it stays 4B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 95/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 124 — 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 124 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
