Spores
30s preview
- BPM
- 82
- Double-time
- 164
- Open Key
- 4m
- Energy
- 21/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 1:47
- Released
- 2010
- Album
- Monsters
- Genre
- Ambient
- Loudness
- -21.1 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.7 dB
- ISRC
- GBCEL1000788
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Sporesoriginal11A · 82
Spores: downtempo ambient, F♯ minor (11A), 82 BPM. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. 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 14 dB). A 2010 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue. In a set it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 90% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 81% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 35%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 33%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 10%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Spores in?
Spores by Jon Hopkins is in F♯ minor, or 11A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Spores?
Spores runs at 82 BPM, a downtempo track.
What mixes well with Spores?
From 11A it blends harmonically with 12A, 11B, 10A. Moving to 12A lifts the energy a step.
Is Spores good for peak time?
With energy 21 out of 100 at 82 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
11A → 10A · 12A · 11BFrom 11A, 12A (D♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 11B (A major) brightens to the relative major; 10A (B minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11A at 82 BPM: 12A (D♭ minor) — move to 12A to push the floor harder; 11B (A major) — switch to 11B for a mood change without losing the groove; 10A (B minor) — drop to 10A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 77-87 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 6A rather than 11A; below -5% it reads as 4A. With key lock on, it stays 11A 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 82 — 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 82 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
