Hand Gestures
30s preview
- BPM
- 172
- Half-time
- 86
- Open Key
- 9d
- Energy
- 92/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:57
- Released
- 2010
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- 0.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.3 dB
- ISRC
- UKACT2520595
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Hand Gestures: drum n bass, A♭ major (4B), 172 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. The groove is strong and floor-ready. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). A 2010 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Noisia's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
- Groove:
- groovier than 90% of Noisia's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 35%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Hand Gestures in?
Hand Gestures by Noisia is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Hand Gestures?
Hand Gestures runs at 172 BPM.
What mixes well with Hand Gestures?
From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.
Is Hand Gestures good for peak time?
With energy 92 out of 100 at 172 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
4B → 3B · 5B · 4AFrom 4B, 5B (E♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 4A (F minor) settles into the relative minor; 3B (D♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 4B at 172 BPM: 5B (E♭ major) — move to 5B to push the floor harder; 4A (F minor) — switch to 4A for a mood change without losing the groove; 3B (D♭ major) — drop to 3B 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 11B rather than 4B; below -5% it reads as 9B. With key lock on, it stays 4B across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 172 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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