Face My Fears
30s preview
- BPM
- 60
- Double-time
- 120
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 0/100
- Pop
- 13/100
- Length
- 1:19
- Released
- 2022
- Genre
- Downtempo
- Loudness
- -35.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 19.7 dB
- ISRC
- GBUM72204523
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A downtempo cut, Face My Fears sits in D♭ minor (12A) at 60 BPM. 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 20 dB). Slower than 99% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Energy:
- calmer than 98% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 82% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 38%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 39%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 2%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Face My Fears in?
Face My Fears by Olafur Arnalds is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Face My Fears?
Face My Fears runs at 60 BPM.
What mixes well with Face My Fears?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is Face My Fears good for peak time?
With energy 0 out of 100 at 60 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
12A → 11A · 1A · 12BFrom 12A, 1A (A♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 12B (E major) brightens to the relative major; 11A (F♯ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 12A at 60 BPM: 1A (A♭ minor) — move to 1A to push the floor harder; 12B (E major) — switch to 12B for a mood change without losing the groove; 11A (F♯ minor) — drop to 11A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 56-64 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 7A rather than 12A; below -5% it reads as 5A. With key lock on, it stays 12A 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 60 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 60 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
