Willesden Green (2014 Remaster)
30s preview
- BPM
- 136
- Open Key
- 5d
- Energy
- 56/100
- Pop
- 6/100
- Length
- 2:28
- Released
- 1971
- Album
- Percy (2014 Remaster)
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -8.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.0 dB
- ISRC
- GB5KW1499843
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
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- Willesden Greenoriginal12B · 135
Willesden Green (2014 Remaster) is a driving up-tempo techno track in E major (12B) at 136 BPM. The feel is bright and easy. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). A 1971 production that still circulates in sets. Brighter than 87% of Kink's catalogue.
- Reach:
- better known than 82% of Kink's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 77% of Kink's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 29%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 32%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Willesden Green (2014 Remaster) in?
Willesden Green (2014 Remaster) by Kink is in E major, or 12B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Willesden Green (2014 Remaster)?
Willesden Green (2014 Remaster) runs at 136 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Willesden Green (2014 Remaster)?
From 12B it blends harmonically with 1B, 12A, 11B. Moving to 1B lifts the energy a step.
Is Willesden Green (2014 Remaster) good for peak time?
With energy 56 out of 100 at 136 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
12B → 11B · 1B · 12AFrom 12B, 1B (B major) lifts the energy a step; 12A (D♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 11B (A major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 12B at 136 BPM: 1B (B major) — move to 1B to push the floor harder; 12A (D♭ minor) — switch to 12A for a mood change without losing the groove; 11B (A major) — drop to 11B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 128-144 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 7B rather than 12B; below -5% it reads as 5B. With key lock on, it stays 12B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 136 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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