Desert Ride
30s preview
- Key
- 9B · G major
- BPM
- 140
- Half-time
- 70
- Open Key
- 2d
- Energy
- 81/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 5:09
- Released
- 2024
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -11.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 7.9 dB
- ISRC
- NLCK42413359
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A driving up-tempo techno cut, Desert Ride sits in G major (9B) at 140 BPM. The feel is 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. More underground than 99% of Marc Faenger's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a peak-time weapon.
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 83% of Marc Faenger's catalogue
- Brightness:
- brighter than 75% of Marc Faenger's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 46%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 35%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 17%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 2%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Desert Ride in?
Desert Ride by Marc Faenger is in G major, or 9B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Desert Ride?
Desert Ride runs at 140 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Desert Ride?
From 9B it blends harmonically with 10B, 9A, 8B. Moving to 10B lifts the energy a step.
Is Desert Ride good for peak time?
With energy 81 out of 100 at 140 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
9B → 8B · 10B · 9AFrom 9B, 10B (D major) lifts the energy a step; 9A (E minor) settles into the relative minor; 8B (C major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 9B at 140 BPM: 10B (D major) — move to 10B to push the floor harder; 9A (E minor) — switch to 9A for a mood change without losing the groove; 8B (C major) — drop to 8B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 132-148 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 4B rather than 9B; below -5% it reads as 2B. With key lock on, it stays 9B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 81/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 140 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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