Music & Life - The Ritual Groove
30s preview
- BPM
- 125
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 84/100
- Pop
- 1/100
- Length
- 7:36
- Released
- 2018
- Album
- Music and Life
- Genre
- House
- Loudness
- -11.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.3 dB
- ISRC
- QMDA61898458
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Music & Life - The Anané Ritual Remixremix9A · 125
- Music & Life - Cold Endingoriginal8A · 125
- Music & Life - Ritual Piano Dubversion10A · 125
- Music & Life - Cold Endingoriginal8A · 125
- Music & Life - Remix Radio Editremix8A · 125
Music & Life - The Ritual Groove: club-tempo house, B minor (10A), 125 BPM. Tonally it lands punchy, neutral in mood. Rhythmically it is built for the dancefloor. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 13 dB). A 2018 production that still circulates in sets. More bass-heavy than 75% of Louie Vega's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 39%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 17%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Music & Life - The Ritual Groove in?
Music & Life - The Ritual Groove by Louie Vega is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Music & Life - The Ritual Groove?
Music & Life - The Ritual Groove runs at 125 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Music & Life - The Ritual Groove?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Music & Life - The Ritual Groove good for peak time?
With energy 84 out of 100 at 125 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
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 125 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%: 117-133 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 peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 84/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 125 — 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 125 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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