Leopard Slug
30s preview
- BPM
- 172
- Half-time
- 86
- Open Key
- 7d
- Energy
- 90/100
- Pop
- 5/100
- Length
- 3:32
- Released
- 2014
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -2.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.0 dB
- ISRC
- UKU932290034
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A drum n bass cut, Leopard Slug sits in F♯ major (2B) at 172 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and driving. Spoken-word passages run through it. 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 13 dB). A 2014 production that still circulates in sets. More bass-heavy than 84% of Noisia's catalogue. In a set it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 37%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 11%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Leopard Slug in?
Leopard Slug by Noisia is in F♯ major, or 2B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Leopard Slug?
Leopard Slug runs at 172 BPM.
What mixes well with Leopard Slug?
From 2B it blends harmonically with 3B, 2A, 1B. Moving to 3B lifts the energy a step.
Is Leopard Slug good for peak time?
With energy 90 out of 100 at 172 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
2B → 1B · 3B · 2AFrom 2B, 3B (D♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 2A (E♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 1B (B major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 2B at 172 BPM: 3B (D♭ major) — move to 3B to push the floor harder; 2A (E♭ minor) — switch to 2A for a mood change without losing the groove; 1B (B major) — drop to 1B 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 9B rather than 2B; below -5% it reads as 7B. With key lock on, it stays 2B across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 172 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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