Nova
30s preview
- BPM
- 86
- Double-time
- 172
- Open Key
- 11d
- Energy
- 74/100
- Pop
- 31/100
- Length
- 4:36
- Released
- 2022
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -4.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.2 dB
- ISRC
- UKACT2231070
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 86 BPM in B♭ major (6B), Nova is a downtempo drum n bass production. The feel is 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 11 dB). More bass-heavy than 99% of Noisia's catalogue. For programming, treat it as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Reach:
- better known than 96% of Noisia's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 91% of Noisia's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 79% of Noisia's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 53%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 37%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 10%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 0%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Nova in?
Nova by Noisia is in B♭ major, or 6B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Nova?
Nova runs at 86 BPM, a downtempo track.
What mixes well with Nova?
From 6B it blends harmonically with 7B, 6A, 5B. Moving to 7B lifts the energy a step.
Is Nova good for peak time?
With energy 74 out of 100 at 86 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
6B → 5B · 7B · 6AFrom 6B, 7B (F major) lifts the energy a step; 6A (G minor) settles into the relative minor; 5B (E♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 6B at 86 BPM: 7B (F major) — move to 7B to push the floor harder; 6A (G minor) — switch to 6A for a mood change without losing the groove; 5B (E♭ major) — drop to 5B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 81-91 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 1B rather than 6B; below -5% it reads as 11B. With key lock on, it stays 6B across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 86 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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