Sledgehammer
30s preview
- BPM
- 140
- Half-time
- 70
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 99/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 6:24
- Released
- 2021
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -7.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 9.0 dB
- ISRC
- CA5KR2125145
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Sledgehammer is a driving up-tempo techno track in A major (11B) at 140 BPM. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. More underground than 99% of Marco Ginelli's catalogue.
- Energy:
- hotter than 94% of Marco Ginelli's catalogue
- Tempo:
- faster than 85% of Marco Ginelli's catalogue
- Brightness:
- brighter than 82% of Marco Ginelli's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 40%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 26%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 17%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Sledgehammer in?
Sledgehammer by Marco Ginelli is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Sledgehammer?
Sledgehammer runs at 140 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Sledgehammer?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is Sledgehammer good for peak time?
With energy 99 out of 100 at 140 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
11B → 10B · 12B · 11AFrom 11B, 12B (E major) lifts the energy a step; 11A (F♯ minor) settles into the relative minor; 10B (D major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11B at 140 BPM: 12B (E major) — move to 12B to push the floor harder; 11A (F♯ minor) — switch to 11A for a mood change without losing the groove; 10B (D major) — drop to 10B 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 6B rather than 11B; below -5% it reads as 4B. With key lock on, it stays 11B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 99/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 140 — 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 140 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
