Partisans
30s preview
- Key
- 5A · C minor
- BPM
- 68
- Double-time
- 136
- Open Key
- 10m
- Energy
- 3/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 3:56
- Released
- 2014
- Genre
- Downtempo
- Loudness
- -20.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.1 dB
- ISRC
- GBBBC2100030
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Partisans: downtempo, C minor (5A), 68 BPM. The feel is 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 16 dB). A 2014 production that still circulates in sets. Less groove-driven than 99% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 98% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 91% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 24%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 32%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 31%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Partisans in?
Partisans by Olafur Arnalds is in C minor, or 5A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Partisans?
Partisans runs at 68 BPM.
What mixes well with Partisans?
From 5A it blends harmonically with 6A, 5B, 4A. Moving to 6A lifts the energy a step.
Is Partisans good for peak time?
With energy 3 out of 100 at 68 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
5A → 4A · 6A · 5BFrom 5A, 6A (G minor) lifts the energy a step; 5B (E♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 4A (F minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 5A at 68 BPM: 6A (G minor) — move to 6A to push the floor harder; 5B (E♭ major) — switch to 5B for a mood change without losing the groove; 4A (F minor) — drop to 4A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 64-72 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 12A rather than 5A; below -5% it reads as 10A. With key lock on, it stays 5A 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 68 — 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 68 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
