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This Place Was A Shelter - Remastered 2023

Olafur Arnalds

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Key
9A · E minor
BPM
120
Open Key
2m
Energy
42/100
Pop
13/100
Length
3:51
Released
2013
Album
For Now I Am Winter (10th Anniversary Edition)
Genre
Downtempo
Loudness
-12.5 dB
Dynamics
13.9 dB
ISRC
GBUM72304220

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

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At 120 BPM in E minor (9A), This Place Was A Shelter - Remastered 2023 is a club-tempo downtempo production. Tonally it lands dark and steady. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). A 2013 production that still circulates in sets. Hotter than 89% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue. In a set it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.

Groove:
groovier than 86% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue

Sonic profile

EnergyGrooveMoodOrganicInstr.LiveTempo
Energy42
Mood15Dark
Groove55
Acoustic81
Instrumental92
Live10
Speech7

Frequency spectrum

amplitude · bass → treble

601252505001k2k4k8k
36%
Low
30-130 Hz
32%
Low-mid
130-570 Hz
24%
Upper-mid
570 Hz-2.5 kHz
8%
High
2.5-11 kHz

FAQ

What key is This Place Was A Shelter - Remastered 2023 in?

This Place Was A Shelter - Remastered 2023 by Olafur Arnalds is in E minor, or 9A on the Camelot wheel.

What BPM is This Place Was A Shelter - Remastered 2023?

This Place Was A Shelter - Remastered 2023 runs at 120 BPM, a club-tempo track.

What mixes well with This Place Was A Shelter - Remastered 2023?

From 9A it blends harmonically with 10A, 9B, 8A. Moving to 10A lifts the energy a step.

Is This Place Was A Shelter - Remastered 2023 good for peak time?

With energy 42 out of 100 at 120 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.

Mixes harmonically

9A8A · 10A · 9B

From 9A, 10A (B minor) lifts the energy a step; 9B (G major) brightens to the relative major; 8A (A minor) cools the energy down a step.

Every move from 9A

10ASimple Mix Upper
8ASimple Mix Downer
9BTonal Shift·
10BDiagonal Mix Upper
8BDiagonal Mix Downer
6BCompatible Tone·
11AHigh Energy Boost▲▲▲
7AHigh Energy Drain▼▼▼
12AParallel Key Upper▲▲
6AParallel Key Downer▼▼
4ATritone Jump▲▲
1ARelated Keyrisky

How to mix it

In 9A at 120 BPM: 10A (B minor) — move to 10A to push the floor harder; 9B (G major) — switch to 9B for a mood change without losing the groove; 8A (A minor) — drop to 8A to bring the room down gently.

Pitch range at ±6%: 113-127 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 4A rather than 9A; below -5% it reads as 2A. With key lock on, it stays 9A 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 120 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.

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