Bad
30s preview
- BPM
- 89
- Double-time
- 178
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 95/100
- Pop
- 12/100
- Length
- 4:01
- Released
- 2016
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -1.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 9.3 dB
- ISRC
- GB8KE1755010
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Bad: downtempo drum n bass, D♭ major (3B), 89 BPM. Spoken-word passages run through it. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master is loud and heavily compressed. A 2016 production that still circulates in sets. Slower than 81% of Kanine's catalogue.
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 77% of Kanine's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 35%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 23%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 19%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Bad in?
Bad by Kanine is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Bad?
Bad runs at 89 BPM, a downtempo track.
What mixes well with Bad?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is Bad good for peak time?
With energy 95 out of 100 at 89 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
3B → 2B · 4B · 3AFrom 3B, 4B (A♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 3A (B♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 2B (F♯ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3B at 89 BPM: 4B (A♭ major) — move to 4B to push the floor harder; 3A (B♭ minor) — switch to 3A for a mood change without losing the groove; 2B (F♯ major) — drop to 2B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 84-94 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 10B rather than 3B; below -5% it reads as 8B. With key lock on, it stays 3B across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 89 — 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 89 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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