For Now I Am Winter
30s preview
- Key
- 7A · D minor
- BPM
- 70
- Double-time
- 140
- Open Key
- 12m
- Energy
- 1/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:46
- Released
- 2016
- Album
- Arnalds: For Now I Am Winter
- Genre
- Downtempo
- Loudness
- -30.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 15.7 dB
- ISRC
- GBF071602060
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- For Now I Am Winter - Remastered 2023original7A · 120
- For Now I Am Winteroriginal7A · 73
- For Now I Am Winter - Kiasmos Remixremix7A · 120
For Now I Am Winter runs 70 BPM in D minor (7A), a downtempo record. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. 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 16 dB). A 2016 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue.
- Energy:
- calmer than 94% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 89% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 82% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 29%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 46%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 1%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is For Now I Am Winter in?
For Now I Am Winter by Olafur Arnalds is in D minor, or 7A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is For Now I Am Winter?
For Now I Am Winter runs at 70 BPM.
What mixes well with For Now I Am Winter?
From 7A it blends harmonically with 8A, 7B, 6A. Moving to 8A lifts the energy a step.
Is For Now I Am Winter good for peak time?
With energy 1 out of 100 at 70 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
7A → 6A · 8A · 7BFrom 7A, 8A (A minor) lifts the energy a step; 7B (F major) brightens to the relative major; 6A (G minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 7A at 70 BPM: 8A (A minor) — move to 8A to push the floor harder; 7B (F major) — switch to 7B for a mood change without losing the groove; 6A (G minor) — drop to 6A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 66-74 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 2A rather than 7A; below -5% it reads as 12A. With key lock on, it stays 7A 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 70 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 70 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
