Spiral — piano reworks
30s preview
- BPM
- 140
- Half-time
- 70
- Open Key
- 9d
- Energy
- 1/100
- Pop
- 38/100
- Length
- 3:34
- Released
- 2022
- Album
- some kind of peace — piano reworks
- Genre
- Ambient
- Label
- Mercury KX
- Loudness
- -32.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 19.3 dB
- ISRC
- GBUM72200889
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Spiral — piano reworks is a driving up-tempo ambient track in A♭ major (4B) at 140 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 19 dB). Calmer than 92% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue.
- Reach:
- better known than 88% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
- Tempo:
- faster than 79% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 38%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 44%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 18%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 0%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Spiral — piano reworks in?
Spiral — piano reworks by Olafur Arnalds is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Spiral — piano reworks?
Spiral — piano reworks runs at 140 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Spiral — piano reworks?
From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.
Is Spiral — piano reworks good for peak time?
With energy 1 out of 100 at 140 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
4B → 3B · 5B · 4AFrom 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.
How to mix it
In 4B at 140 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%: 132-148 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 140 — 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 140 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
