Balance Work
30s preview
- BPM
- 123
- Open Key
- 4m
- Energy
- 80/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 6:50
- Released
- 2018
- Genre
- House
- Loudness
- -7.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 8.3 dB
- ISRC
- GBPQS1700200
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Balance Work runs 123 BPM in F♯ minor (11A), a club-tempo house record. The feel is dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. A 2018 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Kevin McKay's catalogue. In a set it works best as a mid-set roller.
- Brightness:
- darker than 98% of Kevin McKay's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 95% of Kevin McKay's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 87% of Kevin McKay's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 38%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Balance Work in?
Balance Work by Kevin McKay is in F♯ minor, or 11A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Balance Work?
Balance Work runs at 123 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Balance Work?
From 11A it blends harmonically with 12A, 11B, 10A. Moving to 12A lifts the energy a step.
Is Balance Work good for peak time?
With energy 80 out of 100 at 123 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
11A → 10A · 12A · 11BFrom 11A, 12A (D♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 11B (A major) brightens to the relative major; 10A (B minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11A at 123 BPM: 12A (D♭ minor) — move to 12A to push the floor harder; 11B (A major) — switch to 11B for a mood change without losing the groove; 10A (B minor) — drop to 10A 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 6A rather than 11A; below -5% it reads as 4A. With key lock on, it stays 11A across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 123 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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