Hotshot
30s preview
- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 152
- Half-time
- 76
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 98/100
- Pop
- 32/100
- Length
- 2:49
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -5.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.2 dB
- ISRC
- USUG12503994
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Hotshot runs 152 BPM in C major (8B), a fast techno record. It reads as bright and euphoric. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). Less groove-driven than 96% of Marlon Hoffstadt's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a high-intensity peak cut.
- Tempo:
- faster than 95% of Marlon Hoffstadt's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 89% of Marlon Hoffstadt's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 85% of Marlon Hoffstadt's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 27%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 26%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 26%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 22%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Hotshot in?
Hotshot by Marlon Hoffstadt is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Hotshot?
Hotshot runs at 152 BPM, a fast track.
What mixes well with Hotshot?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is Hotshot good for peak time?
With energy 98 out of 100 at 152 BPM, it works best as a high-intensity peak cut.
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 152 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%: 143-161 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 high-intensity peak cut.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 152 — 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 152 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
