Break The Chain
30s preview
- BPM
- 102
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 34/100
- Pop
- 1/100
- Length
- 5:07
- Released
- 2020
- Album
- Beneath The Tangled Web Of Lies (Inspired by ‘The Outlaw Ocean’ a book by Ian Urbina)
- Genre
- Deep Techno
- Loudness
- -15.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.1 dB
- ISRC
- QMGR32142671
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 102 BPM in B minor (10A), Break The Chain is a slow-groove tempo deep techno production. Tonally it lands brooding and low-slung. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. 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 14 dB). Less groove-driven than 99% of Kmyle's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Energy:
- calmer than 97% of Kmyle's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 96% of Kmyle's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 95% of Kmyle's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 31%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 35%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 27%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 7%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Break The Chain in?
Break The Chain by Kmyle is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Break The Chain?
Break The Chain runs at 102 BPM, a slow-groove tempo track.
What mixes well with Break The Chain?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Break The Chain good for peak time?
With energy 34 out of 100 at 102 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
10A → 9A · 11A · 10BFrom 10A, 11A (F♯ minor) lifts the energy a step; 10B (D major) brightens to the relative major; 9A (E minor) cools the energy down a step.
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How to mix it
In 10A at 102 BPM: 11A (F♯ minor) — move to 11A to push the floor harder; 10B (D major) — switch to 10B for a mood change without losing the groove; 9A (E minor) — drop to 9A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 96-108 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 5A rather than 10A; below -5% it reads as 3A. With key lock on, it stays 10A 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 102 — 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 102 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
