Broken
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- Key
- 9A · E minor
- BPM
- 75
- Double-time
- 150
- Open Key
- 2m
- Energy
- 2/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:19
- Released
- 2013
- Genre
- Downtempo
- Loudness
- -21.1 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.8 dB
- ISRC
- GBUM71406780
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Brokenoriginal9A · 88
At 75 BPM in E minor (9A), Broken is a downtempo production. Tonally it lands brooding and low-slung. It leans atmospheric over strictly danceable. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. 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 15 dB). A 2013 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue. In a set it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Brightness:
- darker than 98% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 91% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 83% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 35%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 34%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 6%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Broken in?
Broken by Olafur Arnalds is in E minor, or 9A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Broken?
Broken runs at 75 BPM.
What mixes well with Broken?
From 9A it blends harmonically with 10A, 9B, 8A. Moving to 10A lifts the energy a step.
Is Broken good for peak time?
With energy 2 out of 100 at 75 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
9A → 8A · 10A · 9BFrom 9A, 10A (B minor) lifts the energy a step; 9B (G major) brightens to the relative major; 8A (A minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 9A at 75 BPM: 10A (B minor) — move to 10A to push the floor harder; 9B (G major) — switch to 9B for a mood change without losing the groove; 8A (A minor) — drop to 8A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 70-80 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 4A rather than 9A; below -5% it reads as 2A. With key lock on, it stays 9A across the whole range.
Programming: a warm-up or breakdown cut — early set or after a peak to reset the room.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 75 — 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 75 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
