Sweet Dreams
30s preview
- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 123
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 82/100
- Pop
- 12/100
- Length
- 7:07
- Released
- 2023
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -6.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.2 dB
- ISRC
- US83Z2340808
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Sweet Dreams runs 123 BPM in C major (8B), a club-tempo techno record. The feel is dark and driving. 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. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 11 dB). Slower than 89% of Nihil Young's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
- Reach:
- better known than 84% of Nihil Young's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 38%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Sweet Dreams in?
Sweet Dreams by Nihil Young is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Sweet Dreams?
Sweet Dreams runs at 123 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Sweet Dreams?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is Sweet Dreams good for peak time?
With energy 82 out of 100 at 123 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
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 123 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%: 116-130 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 floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 123 — 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 123 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
