RITUAL (nothing is lost)
30s preview
- BPM
- 120
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 42/100
- Pop
- 52/100
- Length
- 3:15
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Ambient
- Label
- Domino
- Loudness
- -23.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 15.8 dB
- ISRC
- GBCEL2400847
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- RITUAL (palace)original1B · 133
- RITUAL (evocation)original2B · 133
RITUAL (nothing is lost) is a club-tempo ambient track in D♭ minor (12A) at 120 BPM. The feel is dark and steady. 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 16 dB). Better known than 99% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 81% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 76% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 39%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 4%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is RITUAL (nothing is lost) in?
RITUAL (nothing is lost) by Jon Hopkins is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is RITUAL (nothing is lost)?
RITUAL (nothing is lost) runs at 120 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with RITUAL (nothing is lost)?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is RITUAL (nothing is lost) good for peak time?
With energy 42 out of 100 at 120 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
12A → 11A · 1A · 12BFrom 12A, 1A (A♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 12B (E major) brightens to the relative major; 11A (F♯ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 12A at 120 BPM: 1A (A♭ minor) — move to 1A to push the floor harder; 12B (E major) — switch to 12B for a mood change without losing the groove; 11A (F♯ minor) — drop to 11A 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 7A rather than 12A; below -5% it reads as 5A. With key lock on, it stays 12A 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 120 — 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 120 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
