While You Were Sleeping
30s preview
- BPM
- 119
- Open Key
- 6m
- Energy
- 45/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 7:40
- Released
- 2018
- Album
- Current Mood EP
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -15.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.5 dB
- ISRC
- DETB31800202
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
While You Were Sleeping is a club-tempo tech house track in A♭ minor (1A) at 119 BPM. The feel is dark and steady. 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 14 dB). A 2018 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Marc DePulse's catalogue. In a set it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Energy:
- calmer than 96% of Marc DePulse's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 94% of Marc DePulse's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 40%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 31%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 10%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is While You Were Sleeping in?
While You Were Sleeping by Marc DePulse is in A♭ minor, or 1A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is While You Were Sleeping?
While You Were Sleeping runs at 119 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with While You Were Sleeping?
From 1A it blends harmonically with 2A, 1B, 12A. Moving to 2A lifts the energy a step.
Is While You Were Sleeping good for peak time?
With energy 45 out of 100 at 119 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
1A → 12A · 2A · 1BFrom 1A, 2A (E♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 1B (B major) brightens to the relative major; 12A (D♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 1A at 119 BPM: 2A (E♭ minor) — move to 2A to push the floor harder; 1B (B major) — switch to 1B for a mood change without losing the groove; 12A (D♭ minor) — drop to 12A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 112-126 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 8A rather than 1A; below -5% it reads as 6A. With key lock on, it stays 1A 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 119 — 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 119 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
