The Field
30s preview
- Key
- 7B · F major
- BPM
- 160
- Half-time
- 80
- Open Key
- 12d
- Energy
- 16/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 1:47
- Released
- 2013
- Album
- How I Live Now (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -21.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.9 dB
- ISRC
- GBCEL1300494
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
The Field is a very fast techno track in F major (7B) at 160 BPM. Tonally it lands brooding and low-slung. 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 17 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.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 96% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue
- Tempo:
- faster than 94% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 77% of Jon Hopkins's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 27%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 40%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 9%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is The Field in?
The Field by Jon Hopkins is in F major, or 7B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is The Field?
The Field runs at 160 BPM, a very fast track.
What mixes well with The Field?
From 7B it blends harmonically with 8B, 7A, 6B. Moving to 8B lifts the energy a step.
Is The Field good for peak time?
With energy 16 out of 100 at 160 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
7B → 6B · 8B · 7AFrom 7B, 8B (C major) lifts the energy a step; 7A (D minor) settles into the relative minor; 6B (B♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 7B at 160 BPM: 8B (C major) — move to 8B to push the floor harder; 7A (D minor) — switch to 7A for a mood change without losing the groove; 6B (B♭ major) — drop to 6B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 150-170 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 2B rather than 7B; below -5% it reads as 12B. With key lock on, it stays 7B 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 160 — 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 160 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
