Ten Seconds Before Sunrise
- Key
- 4A · F minor
- BPM
- 130
- Open Key
- 9m
- Energy
- 80/100
- Pop
- 9/100
- Length
- 4:28
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -8.7 dB
- ISRC
- NLE712500659
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 130 BPM in F minor (4A), Ten Seconds Before Sunrise is a peak-time tempo trance production. The feel is dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Groovier than 90% of Markus Schulz's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a peak-time weapon.
- Reach:
- better known than 84% of Markus Schulz's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
FAQ
What key is Ten Seconds Before Sunrise in?
Ten Seconds Before Sunrise by Markus Schulz is in F minor, or 4A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Ten Seconds Before Sunrise?
Ten Seconds Before Sunrise runs at 130 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Ten Seconds Before Sunrise?
From 4A it blends harmonically with 5A, 4B, 3A. Moving to 5A lifts the energy a step.
Is Ten Seconds Before Sunrise good for peak time?
With energy 80 out of 100 at 130 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
4A → 3A · 5A · 4BFrom 4A, 5A (C minor) lifts the energy a step; 4B (A♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 3A (B♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 4A at 130 BPM: 5A (C minor) — move to 5A to push the floor harder; 4B (A♭ major) — switch to 4B for a mood change without losing the groove; 3A (B♭ minor) — drop to 3A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 122-138 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 11A rather than 4A; below -5% it reads as 9A. With key lock on, it stays 4A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 80/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 130 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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