Forever Held
30s preview
- BPM
- 91
- Double-time
- 182
- Open Key
- 6m
- Energy
- 33/100
- Pop
- 51/100
- Length
- 2:39
- Released
- 2024
- Genre
- Ambient
- Label
- Domino
- Loudness
- -15.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.1 dB
- ISRC
- GBCEL2400069
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A slow-groove tempo ambient cut, Forever Held sits in A♭ minor (1A) at 91 BPM. Tonally it lands brooding and low-slung. It leans atmospheric over strictly danceable. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). Better known than 98% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 93% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 88% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 37%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 34%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 6%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Forever Held in?
Forever Held by Jon Hopkins is in A♭ minor, or 1A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Forever Held?
Forever Held runs at 91 BPM, a slow-groove tempo track.
What mixes well with Forever Held?
From 1A it blends harmonically with 2A, 1B, 12A. Moving to 2A lifts the energy a step.
Is Forever Held good for peak time?
With energy 33 out of 100 at 91 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
1A → 12A · 2A · 1BFrom 1A, 2A (E♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 1B (B major) brightens to the relative major; 12A (D♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 1A at 91 BPM: 2A (E♭ minor) — move to 2A to push the floor harder; 1B (B major) — switch to 1B for a mood change without losing the groove; 12A (D♭ minor) — drop to 12A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 86-96 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 8A rather than 1A; below -5% it reads as 6A. With key lock on, it stays 1A 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 91 — 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 91 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
