Luminous Beings
30s preview
- BPM
- 120
- Open Key
- 9d
- Energy
- 49/100
- Pop
- 36/100
- Length
- 11:51
- Released
- 2018
- Genre
- Downtempo
- Label
- Domino
- Loudness
- -16.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.7 dB
- ISRC
- GBCEL1700698
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Luminous Beings - Editversion4B · 120
Luminous Beings: club-tempo downtempo, A♭ major (4B), 120 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and steady. 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 17 dB). A 2018 production that still circulates in sets. Groovier than 85% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue. In a set it works best as a mid-set roller.
- Reach:
- better known than 84% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 40%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 11%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Luminous Beings in?
Luminous Beings by Jon Hopkins is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Luminous Beings?
Luminous Beings runs at 120 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Luminous Beings?
From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.
Is Luminous Beings good for peak time?
With energy 49 out of 100 at 120 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
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 120 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%: 113-127 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 mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 120 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
More downtempo
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Other recommendations
Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 120 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
