Detection
30s preview
- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 121
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 59/100
- Pop
- 16/100
- Length
- 6:55
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Progressive House
- Label
- Protagonist Dark
- Loudness
- -8.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 8.8 dB
- ISRC
- GBKQU2587964
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Detection - Radio Editversion8B · 121
Detection runs 121 BPM in C major (8B), a club-tempo progressive house record. It reads as dark and steady. Rhythmically it is built for the dancefloor. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. Better known than 96% of Michael A's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a mid-set roller.
- Energy:
- calmer than 83% of Michael A's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 78% of Michael A's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 41%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 17%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Detection in?
Detection by Michael A is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Detection?
Detection runs at 121 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Detection?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is Detection good for peak time?
With energy 59 out of 100 at 121 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
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 121 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%: 114-128 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 mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 121 — 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 121 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
