How's The Music
30s preview
- BPM
- 132
- Open Key
- 8m
- Energy
- 86/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 5:35
- Released
- 1997
- Album
- Left Above the Clouds
- Genre
- Acid
- Loudness
- -11.1 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.0 dB
- ISRC
- USNRS0402346
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- How's the Musicoriginal8B · 130
- How's The Music - Philly Mixoriginal9B · 130
- How's The Music - Funky Fever Mixoriginal2B · 128
- How's The Music - Go Higher Mixoriginal11B · 129
- How's The Music - Ovum Warmth Mixoriginal4A · 132
A peak-time tempo acid cut, How's The Music sits in B♭ minor (3A) at 132 BPM. It is vocal-led. 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 1997 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Josh Wink's catalogue.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 91% of Josh Wink's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 18%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 20%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is How's The Music in?
How's The Music by Josh Wink is in B♭ minor, or 3A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is How's The Music?
How's The Music runs at 132 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with How's The Music?
From 3A it blends harmonically with 4A, 3B, 2A. Moving to 4A lifts the energy a step.
Is How's The Music good for peak time?
With energy 86 out of 100 at 132 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
3A → 2A · 4A · 3BFrom 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.
How to mix it
In 3A at 132 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%: 124-140 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 peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 86/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 132 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 132 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
