Next Stop Muddy Waters (Mix Cut)
30s preview
- BPM
- 138
- Open Key
- 4m
- Energy
- 99/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 6:07
- Released
- 2018
- Album
- Subculture
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -8.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.1 dB
- ISRC
- NLD681800697
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Next Stop Muddy Watersoriginal2B · 140
A driving up-tempo trance cut, Next Stop Muddy Waters (Mix Cut) sits in F♯ minor (11A) at 138 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). A 2018 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a peak-time weapon.
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 78% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Next Stop Muddy Waters (Mix Cut) in?
Next Stop Muddy Waters (Mix Cut) by John O'Callaghan is in F♯ minor, or 11A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Next Stop Muddy Waters (Mix Cut)?
Next Stop Muddy Waters (Mix Cut) runs at 138 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Next Stop Muddy Waters (Mix Cut)?
From 11A it blends harmonically with 12A, 11B, 10A. Moving to 12A lifts the energy a step.
Is Next Stop Muddy Waters (Mix Cut) good for peak time?
With energy 99 out of 100 at 138 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
11A → 10A · 12A · 11BFrom 11A, 12A (D♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 11B (A major) brightens to the relative major; 10A (B minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11A at 138 BPM: 12A (D♭ minor) — move to 12A to push the floor harder; 11B (A major) — switch to 11B for a mood change without losing the groove; 10A (B minor) — drop to 10A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 130-146 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 6A rather than 11A; below -5% it reads as 4A. With key lock on, it stays 11A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 99/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 138 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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