improvisation
30s preview
- BPM
- 98
- Double-time
- 196
- Open Key
- 10d
- Energy
- 1/100
- Pop
- 52/100
- Length
- 2:18
- Released
- 2024
- Genre
- Downtempo
- Loudness
- -35.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 20.0 dB
- ISRC
- GBBBA2400001
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
improvisation: slow-groove tempo downtempo, E♭ major (5B), 98 BPM. Tonally it lands brooding and low-slung. 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 20 dB). Better known than 97% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue. In a set it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Energy:
- calmer than 94% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
- Brightness:
- brighter than 90% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 88% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 42%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 43%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 15%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 0%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is improvisation in?
improvisation by Olafur Arnalds is in E♭ major, or 5B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is improvisation?
improvisation runs at 98 BPM, a slow-groove tempo track.
What mixes well with improvisation?
From 5B it blends harmonically with 6B, 5A, 4B. Moving to 6B lifts the energy a step.
Is improvisation good for peak time?
With energy 1 out of 100 at 98 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
5B → 4B · 6B · 5AFrom 5B, 6B (B♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 5A (C minor) settles into the relative minor; 4B (A♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 5B at 98 BPM: 6B (B♭ major) — move to 6B to push the floor harder; 5A (C minor) — switch to 5A for a mood change without losing the groove; 4B (A♭ major) — drop to 4B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 92-104 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 12B rather than 5B; below -5% it reads as 10B. With key lock on, it stays 5B 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 98 — 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 98 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
