Impossible To Say
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- Key
- 9A · E minor
- BPM
- 173
- Half-time
- 87
- Open Key
- 2m
- Energy
- 64/100
- Pop
- 1/100
- Length
- 5:12
- Released
- 2015
- Album
- Are We There Yet? (Deluxe)
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -4.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.7 dB
- ISRC
- GBCJY1500257
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Impossible To Say - Acoustic Mixoriginal9A · 85
- Impossible To Say - Etherwood Remixremix9A · 174
Impossible To Say: drum n bass, E minor (9A), 173 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and driving. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). A 2015 production that still circulates in sets. Darker than 99% of London Elektricity's catalogue. For programming, treat it as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Energy:
- calmer than 81% of London Elektricity's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 33%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Impossible To Say in?
Impossible To Say by London Elektricity is in E minor, or 9A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Impossible To Say?
Impossible To Say runs at 173 BPM.
What mixes well with Impossible To Say?
From 9A it blends harmonically with 10A, 9B, 8A. Moving to 10A lifts the energy a step.
Is Impossible To Say good for peak time?
With energy 64 out of 100 at 173 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
9A → 8A · 10A · 9BFrom 9A, 10A (B minor) lifts the energy a step; 9B (G major) brightens to the relative major; 8A (A minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 9A at 173 BPM: 10A (B minor) — move to 10A to push the floor harder; 9B (G major) — switch to 9B for a mood change without losing the groove; 8A (A minor) — drop to 8A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 163-183 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 4A rather than 9A; below -5% it reads as 2A. With key lock on, it stays 9A across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 173 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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