Feel First Life
30s preview
- BPM
- 71
- Double-time
- 142
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 9/100
- Pop
- 48/100
- Length
- 5:33
- Released
- 2018
- Genre
- Electro
- Loudness
- -21.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 24.4 dB
- ISRC
- GBCEL1700695
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Feel First Life is an electro track in D♭ major (3B) at 71 BPM. The feel is brooding and low-slung. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. 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 24 dB). A 2018 production that still circulates in sets. Darker than 97% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue. In a set it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Reach:
- better known than 96% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 95% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 90% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 27%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 32%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 27%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Feel First Life in?
Feel First Life by Jon Hopkins is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Feel First Life?
Feel First Life runs at 71 BPM.
What mixes well with Feel First Life?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is Feel First Life good for peak time?
With energy 9 out of 100 at 71 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
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 71 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%: 67-75 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 warm-up or breakdown cut — early set or after a peak to reset the room.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 71 — 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 71 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
