Soul Detention
30s preview
- BPM
- 140
- Half-time
- 70
- Open Key
- 8m
- Energy
- 99/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:49
- Released
- 2014
- Album
- Subculture the Residents
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -6.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 8.6 dB
- ISRC
- NLD681401322
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Soul Detention: driving up-tempo trance, B♭ minor (3A), 140 BPM. Tonally it lands punchy, neutral in mood. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. A 2014 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.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 83% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 82% of John O'Callaghan's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Soul Detention in?
Soul Detention by John O'Callaghan is in B♭ minor, or 3A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Soul Detention?
Soul Detention runs at 140 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Soul Detention?
From 3A it blends harmonically with 4A, 3B, 2A. Moving to 4A lifts the energy a step.
Is Soul Detention good for peak time?
With energy 99 out of 100 at 140 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
3A → 2A · 4A · 3BFrom 3A, 4A (F minor) lifts the energy a step; 3B (D♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 2A (E♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3A at 140 BPM: 4A (F minor) — move to 4A to push the floor harder; 3B (D♭ major) — switch to 3B for a mood change without losing the groove; 2A (E♭ minor) — drop to 2A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 132-148 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 10A rather than 3A; below -5% it reads as 8A. With key lock on, it stays 3A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 99/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 140 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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