Painfully - Extended Mix
30s preview
- Key
- 9A · E minor
- BPM
- 123
- Open Key
- 2m
- Energy
- 44/100
- Pop
- 29/100
- Length
- 7:25
- Released
- 2018
- Album
- Painfully
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -14.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 15.1 dB
- ISRC
- DEA621801777
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Painfully - Radio Editversion9A · 123
- Painfully - Dub Mixversion11B · 123
Painfully - Extended Mix: club-tempo techno, E minor (9A), 123 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and steady. 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. Better known than 96% of Julian Wassermann's catalogue. In a set it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Energy:
- calmer than 95% of Julian Wassermann's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 95% of Julian Wassermann's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 90% of Julian Wassermann's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 32%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 36%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 9%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Painfully - Extended Mix in?
Painfully - Extended Mix by Julian Wassermann is in E minor, or 9A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Painfully - Extended Mix?
Painfully - Extended Mix runs at 123 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Painfully - Extended Mix?
From 9A it blends harmonically with 10A, 9B, 8A. Moving to 10A lifts the energy a step.
Is Painfully - Extended Mix good for peak time?
With energy 44 out of 100 at 123 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 123 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%: 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 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 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.
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