Sinful
30s preview
- BPM
- 172
- Half-time
- 86
- Open Key
- 11d
- Energy
- 96/100
- Pop
- 8/100
- Length
- 4:28
- Released
- 2016
- Genre
- Progressive Trance
- Loudness
- -2.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.8 dB
- ISRC
- QMLD61408136
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Sinful is a progressive trance track in B♭ major (6B) at 172 BPM. It reads as dark and driving. It is vocal-led. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). A 2016 production that still circulates in sets. Faster than 86% of Mat Zo's catalogue. For programming, treat it as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 86% of Mat Zo's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 82% of Mat Zo's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 80% of Mat Zo's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 30%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 19%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Sinful in?
Sinful by Mat Zo is in B♭ major, or 6B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Sinful?
Sinful runs at 172 BPM.
What mixes well with Sinful?
From 6B it blends harmonically with 7B, 6A, 5B. Moving to 7B lifts the energy a step.
Is Sinful good for peak time?
With energy 96 out of 100 at 172 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
6B → 5B · 7B · 6AFrom 6B, 7B (F major) lifts the energy a step; 6A (G minor) settles into the relative minor; 5B (E♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 6B at 172 BPM: 7B (F major) — move to 7B to push the floor harder; 6A (G minor) — switch to 6A for a mood change without losing the groove; 5B (E♭ major) — drop to 5B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 162-182 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 1B rather than 6B; below -5% it reads as 11B. With key lock on, it stays 6B across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 172 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
More progressive trance
More from Mat Zo
Full profile
Other recommendations
Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 172 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
Every insight on this page, for your own library.
Vibes runs this same analysis on the music you own: keys, energy and vibe for every track, organized into sets you can actually play.