Always a Fool
30s preview
- BPM
- 123
- Open Key
- 4m
- Energy
- 84/100
- Pop
- 1/100
- Length
- 7:04
- Released
- 2006
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -8.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.7 dB
- ISRC
- DEL672200094
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 123 BPM in F♯ minor (11A), Always a Fool is a club-tempo trance production. The feel is dark and driving. Vocals read as instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). A 2006 production that still circulates in sets. Darker than 99% of Kyau & Albert's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
- Tempo:
- slower than 88% of Kyau & Albert's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 79% of Kyau & Albert's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Always a Fool in?
Always a Fool by Kyau & Albert is in F♯ minor, or 11A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Always a Fool?
Always a Fool runs at 123 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Always a Fool?
From 11A it blends harmonically with 12A, 11B, 10A. Moving to 12A lifts the energy a step.
Is Always a Fool good for peak time?
With energy 84 out of 100 at 123 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
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 floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 123 — 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 123 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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