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Key
4B · A♭ major
BPM
75
Double-time
150
Open Key
9d
Energy
33/100
Pop
48/100
Length
7:47
Released
2025
Album
In The Sound Of Breathing / Opening
Genre
Downtempo
Loudness
-15.0 dB
Dynamics
15.7 dB
ISRC
GBUM72406773

Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026

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A downtempo cut, Opening sits in A♭ major (4B) at 75 BPM. 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). Better known than 95% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue.

Energy:
hotter than 83% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
Tempo:
slower than 82% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue

Sonic profile

EnergyGrooveMoodOrganicInstr.LiveTempo
Energy33
Mood9Dark
Groove20
Acoustic81
Instrumental81
Live12
Speech5

Frequency spectrum

amplitude · bass → treble

601252505001k2k4k8k
30%
Low
30-130 Hz
34%
Low-mid
130-570 Hz
23%
Upper-mid
570 Hz-2.5 kHz
13%
High
2.5-11 kHz

FAQ

What key is Opening in?

Opening by Olafur Arnalds is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.

What BPM is Opening?

Opening runs at 75 BPM.

What mixes well with Opening?

From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.

Is Opening good for peak time?

With energy 33 out of 100 at 75 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.

Mixes harmonically

4B3B · 5B · 4A

From 4B, 5B (E♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 4A (F minor) settles into the relative minor; 3B (D♭ major) cools the energy down a step.

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Every move from 4B

5BSimple Mix Upper
3BSimple Mix Downer
4ATonal Shift·
5ADiagonal Mix Upper
3ADiagonal Mix Downer
7ACompatible Tone·
6BHigh Energy Boost▲▲▲
2BHigh Energy Drain▼▼▼
7BParallel Key Upper▲▲
1BParallel Key Downer▼▼
11BTritone Jump▲▲
8BRelated Keyrisky

How to mix it

In 4B at 75 BPM: 5B (E♭ major) — move to 5B to push the floor harder; 4A (F minor) — switch to 4A for a mood change without losing the groove; 3B (D♭ major) — drop to 3B 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 11B rather than 4B; below -5% it reads as 9B. With key lock on, it stays 4B 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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