Painfully - Dub Mix
30s preview
- BPM
- 123
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 37/100
- Pop
- 22/100
- Length
- 7:26
- Released
- 2018
- Album
- Painfully
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -16.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 15.3 dB
- ISRC
- DEA621801779
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Painfully - Extended Mixversion9A · 123
- Painfully - Radio Editversion9A · 123
Painfully - Dub Mix: club-tempo techno, A major (11B), 123 BPM. The feel is 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 15 dB). A 2018 production that still circulates in sets. Calmer than 98% of Julian Wassermann's catalogue. In a set it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Reach:
- better known than 94% of Julian Wassermann's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 87% of Julian Wassermann's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 86% of Julian Wassermann's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 38%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 4%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Painfully - Dub Mix in?
Painfully - Dub Mix by Julian Wassermann is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Painfully - Dub Mix?
Painfully - Dub Mix runs at 123 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Painfully - Dub Mix?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is Painfully - Dub Mix good for peak time?
With energy 37 out of 100 at 123 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
11B → 10B · 12B · 11AFrom 11B, 12B (E major) lifts the energy a step; 11A (F♯ minor) settles into the relative minor; 10B (D major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11B at 123 BPM: 12B (E major) — move to 12B to push the floor harder; 11A (F♯ minor) — switch to 11A for a mood change without losing the groove; 10B (D major) — drop to 10B 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 6B rather than 11B; below -5% it reads as 4B. With key lock on, it stays 11B 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 123 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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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.
