Tape Loops
30s preview
- BPM
- 173
- Half-time
- 87
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 94/100
- Pop
- 1/100
- Length
- 5:38
- Released
- 2015
- Album
- Are We There Yet? (Deluxe)
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -5.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.0 dB
- ISRC
- GBCJY1500263
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Tape Loops - Villem Remixremix10A · 173
Tape Loops runs 173 BPM in B minor (10A), a drum n bass record. Tonally it lands dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely 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 11 dB). A 2015 production that still circulates in sets. More bass-heavy than 94% of London Elektricity's catalogue. For programming, treat it as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Energy:
- hotter than 75% of London Elektricity's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 38%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Tape Loops in?
Tape Loops by London Elektricity is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Tape Loops?
Tape Loops runs at 173 BPM.
What mixes well with Tape Loops?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Tape Loops good for peak time?
With energy 94 out of 100 at 173 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
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.
How to mix it
In 10A at 173 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%: 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 5A rather than 10A; below -5% it reads as 3A. With key lock on, it stays 10A 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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