Maria Sabina (Nicola Cruz Remix)
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- Key
- 8A · A minor
- BPM
- 82
- Double-time
- 164
- Open Key
- 1m
- Energy
- 51/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:45
- Released
- 2017
- Album
- El Origen
- Genre
- Cumbia
- Loudness
- -12.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.3 dB
- ISRC
- USCCW1610658
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Maria Sabina (Nicola Cruz Remix): downtempo cumbia, A minor (8A), 82 BPM. It reads as bright and easy. Rhythmically it is built for the dancefloor. It is vocal-led. Spoken-word passages run through it. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 16 dB). A 2017 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Nicola Cruz's catalogue. For programming, treat it as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Tempo:
- slower than 98% of Nicola Cruz's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 95% of Nicola Cruz's catalogue
- Brightness:
- brighter than 91% of Nicola Cruz's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 30%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 35%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Maria Sabina (Nicola Cruz Remix) in?
Maria Sabina (Nicola Cruz Remix) by Nicola Cruz is in A minor, or 8A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Maria Sabina (Nicola Cruz Remix)?
Maria Sabina (Nicola Cruz Remix) runs at 82 BPM, a downtempo track.
What mixes well with Maria Sabina (Nicola Cruz Remix)?
From 8A it blends harmonically with 9A, 8B, 7A. Moving to 9A lifts the energy a step.
Is Maria Sabina (Nicola Cruz Remix) good for peak time?
With energy 51 out of 100 at 82 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
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 82 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%: 77-87 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: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 82 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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