Life
30s preview
- BPM
- 126
- Open Key
- 3d
- Energy
- 88/100
- Pop
- 53/100
- Length
- 3:42
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Techno
- Label
- Complexed Records
- Loudness
- -6.1 dB
- Dynamics
- 8.5 dB
- ISRC
- BE5KW2500748
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Life runs 126 BPM in D major (10B), a club-tempo techno record. The feel is dark and driving. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. Better known than 97% of Kevin de Vries's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a peak-time weapon.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 87% of Kevin de Vries's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 80% of Kevin de Vries's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Life in?
Life by Kevin de Vries is in D major, or 10B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Life?
Life runs at 126 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Life?
From 10B it blends harmonically with 11B, 10A, 9B. Moving to 11B lifts the energy a step.
Is Life good for peak time?
With energy 88 out of 100 at 126 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
10B → 9B · 11B · 10AFrom 10B, 11B (A major) lifts the energy a step; 10A (B minor) settles into the relative minor; 9B (G major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10B at 126 BPM: 11B (A major) — move to 11B to push the floor harder; 10A (B minor) — switch to 10A for a mood change without losing the groove; 9B (G major) — drop to 9B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 118-134 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 5B rather than 10B; below -5% it reads as 3B. With key lock on, it stays 10B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 88/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 126 — 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 126 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
