Tidal Wave
30s preview
- Key
- 8A · A minor
- BPM
- 135
- Open Key
- 1m
- Energy
- 86/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:33
- Released
- 2020
- Album
- Escape
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -5.5 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.0 dB
- ISRC
- NLE712000702
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Tidal Wave - Will Atkinson Remixremix8A · 140
- Tidal Wave - Daxson Remixremix8A · 135
- Tidal Wave (Destinations 25)original8A · 135
- Tidal Wave - KhoMha Remixremix8A · 128
- Tidal Wave - Will Atkinson Extended Remixremix8A · 140
- Tidal Wave - Daxson Extended Remixremix9B · 135
Tidal Wave is a driving up-tempo trance track in A minor (8A) at 135 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). More underground than 99% of Markus Schulz's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 96% of Markus Schulz's catalogue
- Tempo:
- faster than 87% of Markus Schulz's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 32%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Tidal Wave in?
Tidal Wave by Markus Schulz is in A minor, or 8A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Tidal Wave?
Tidal Wave runs at 135 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Tidal Wave?
From 8A it blends harmonically with 9A, 8B, 7A. Moving to 9A lifts the energy a step.
Is Tidal Wave good for peak time?
With energy 86 out of 100 at 135 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
8A → 7A · 9A · 8BFrom 8A, 9A (E minor) lifts the energy a step; 8B (C major) brightens to the relative major; 7A (D minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 8A at 135 BPM: 9A (E minor) — move to 9A to push the floor harder; 8B (C major) — switch to 8B for a mood change without losing the groove; 7A (D minor) — drop to 7A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 127-143 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 3A rather than 8A; below -5% it reads as 1A. With key lock on, it stays 8A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 86/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 135 — 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 135 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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