Piston
30s preview
- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 92/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 6:15
- Released
- 2018
- Album
- Piston EP
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -8.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 8.4 dB
- ISRC
- CA5KR1704041
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Piston - Twins Project Remixremix8A · 130
At 128 BPM in C major (8B), Piston is a peak-time tempo techno production. It reads as dark and driving. 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. A 2018 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Marco Ginelli's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Groove:
- groovier than 96% of Marco Ginelli's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 86% of Marco Ginelli's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 39%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Piston in?
Piston by Marco Ginelli is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Piston?
Piston runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Piston?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is Piston good for peak time?
With energy 92 out of 100 at 128 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 128 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%: 120-136 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 92/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 128 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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