Barbershop
30s preview
- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 124
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 77/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 6:32
- Released
- 2013
- Album
- Razzamatazz
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -9.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.5 dB
- ISRC
- DEQ121320125
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Barbershop runs 124 BPM in C major (8B), a club-tempo techno record. 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 12 dB). A 2013 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Marc Houle's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 93% of Marc Houle's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 76% of Marc Houle's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 38%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Barbershop in?
Barbershop by Marc Houle is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Barbershop?
Barbershop runs at 124 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Barbershop?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is Barbershop good for peak time?
With energy 77 out of 100 at 124 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
8B → 7B · 9B · 8AFrom 8B, 9B (G major) lifts the energy a step; 8A (A minor) settles into the relative minor; 7B (F major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 8B at 124 BPM: 9B (G major) — move to 9B to push the floor harder; 8A (A minor) — switch to 8A for a mood change without losing the groove; 7B (F major) — drop to 7B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 117-131 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 3B rather than 8B; below -5% it reads as 1B. With key lock on, it stays 8B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 77/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 124 — 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 124 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
