Taken Away
30s preview
- Key
- 9A · E minor
- BPM
- 79
- Double-time
- 158
- Open Key
- 2m
- Energy
- 20/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 2:32
- Released
- 2013
- Album
- How I Live Now (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -22.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.7 dB
- ISRC
- GBCEL1300500
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Taken Away: techno, E minor (9A), 79 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 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 13 dB). A 2013 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.
- Brightness:
- darker than 93% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 90% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 88% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 46%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 34%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 1%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Taken Away in?
Taken Away by Jon Hopkins is in E minor, or 9A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Taken Away?
Taken Away runs at 79 BPM.
What mixes well with Taken Away?
From 9A it blends harmonically with 10A, 9B, 8A. Moving to 10A lifts the energy a step.
Is Taken Away good for peak time?
With energy 20 out of 100 at 79 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
9A → 8A · 10A · 9BFrom 9A, 10A (B minor) lifts the energy a step; 9B (G major) brightens to the relative major; 8A (A minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 9A at 79 BPM: 10A (B minor) — move to 10A to push the floor harder; 9B (G major) — switch to 9B for a mood change without losing the groove; 8A (A minor) — drop to 8A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 74-84 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 4A rather than 9A; below -5% it reads as 2A. With key lock on, it stays 9A 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 79 — 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 79 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
