The Painter Next Door by Jonas Saalbach cover art

The Painter Next Door

Jonas Saalbach

Key
3A · B♭ minor
BPM
123
Open Key
8m
Energy
70/100
Pop
9/100
Length
7:07
Released
2017
Genre
Tech House
Loudness
-9.8 dB

Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026

A club-tempo tech house cut, The Painter Next Door sits in B♭ minor (3A) at 123 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. Rhythmically it is built for the dancefloor. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. A 2017 production that still circulates in sets. Better known than 80% of Jonas Saalbach's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.

Sonic profile

EnergyGrooveMoodOrganicInstr.LiveTempo
Energy70
Mood19Dark
Groove80
Acoustic0
Instrumental89
Live5
Speech4

Frequency spectrum

amplitude · bass → treble

FAQ

What key is The Painter Next Door in?

The Painter Next Door by Jonas Saalbach is in B♭ minor, or 3A on the Camelot wheel.

What BPM is The Painter Next Door?

The Painter Next Door runs at 123 BPM, a club-tempo track.

What mixes well with The Painter Next Door?

From 3A it blends harmonically with 4A, 3B, 2A. Moving to 4A lifts the energy a step.

Is The Painter Next Door good for peak time?

With energy 70 out of 100 at 123 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.

Mixes harmonically

3A2A · 4A · 3B

From 3A, 4A (F minor) lifts the energy a step; 3B (D♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 2A (E♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.

Every move from 3A

4ASimple Mix Upper
2ASimple Mix Downer
3BTonal Shift·
4BDiagonal Mix Upper
2BDiagonal Mix Downer
12BCompatible Tone·
5AHigh Energy Boost▲▲▲
1AHigh Energy Drain▼▼▼
6AParallel Key Upper▲▲
12AParallel Key Downer▼▼
10ATritone Jump▲▲
7ARelated Keyrisky

How to mix it

In 3A at 123 BPM: 4A (F minor) — move to 4A to push the floor harder; 3B (D♭ major) — switch to 3B for a mood change without losing the groove; 2A (E♭ minor) — drop to 2A to bring the room down gently.

Pitch range at ±6%: 116-130 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 10A rather than 3A; below -5% it reads as 8A. With key lock on, it stays 3A across the whole range.

Programming: a floor-filler.

Similar tempo

Within ±3 BPM of 123 — 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 123 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.

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