Hardgroove 4 Life
30s preview
- BPM
- 138
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 96/100
- Pop
- 14/100
- Length
- 5:08
- Released
- 2023
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -7.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 9.9 dB
- ISRC
- GB6WQ2300151
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 138 BPM in B minor (10A), Hardgroove 4 Life is a driving up-tempo techno production. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. Darker than 93% of Mark Broom's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Energy:
- hotter than 92% of Mark Broom's catalogue
- Reach:
- better known than 90% of Mark Broom's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 83% of Mark Broom's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 16%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 18%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Hardgroove 4 Life in?
Hardgroove 4 Life by Mark Broom is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Hardgroove 4 Life?
Hardgroove 4 Life runs at 138 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Hardgroove 4 Life?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Hardgroove 4 Life good for peak time?
With energy 96 out of 100 at 138 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
10A → 9A · 11A · 10BFrom 10A, 11A (F♯ minor) lifts the energy a step; 10B (D major) brightens to the relative major; 9A (E minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10A at 138 BPM: 11A (F♯ minor) — move to 11A to push the floor harder; 10B (D major) — switch to 10B for a mood change without losing the groove; 9A (E minor) — drop to 9A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 130-146 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 5A rather than 10A; below -5% it reads as 3A. With key lock on, it stays 10A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 96/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 138 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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