Undone (When We Are Born)
30s preview
- BPM
- 122
- Open Key
- 7d
- Energy
- 4/100
- Pop
- 15/100
- Length
- 5:33
- Released
- 2021
- Album
- When We Are Born
- Genre
- Downtempo
- Label
- Mercury KX
- Loudness
- -28.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 24.2 dB
- ISRC
- GBBBA2100004
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Undoneoriginal2B · 120
At 122 BPM in F♯ major (2B), Undone (When We Are Born) is a club-tempo downtempo production. The feel is brooding and low-slung. It leans atmospheric over strictly danceable. 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 24 dB). More treble-tilted than 85% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue. In a set it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Energy:
- calmer than 75% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 23%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 37%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 27%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Undone (When We Are Born) in?
Undone (When We Are Born) by Olafur Arnalds is in F♯ major, or 2B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Undone (When We Are Born)?
Undone (When We Are Born) runs at 122 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Undone (When We Are Born)?
From 2B it blends harmonically with 3B, 2A, 1B. Moving to 3B lifts the energy a step.
Is Undone (When We Are Born) good for peak time?
With energy 4 out of 100 at 122 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
2B → 1B · 3B · 2AFrom 2B, 3B (D♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 2A (E♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 1B (B major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 2B at 122 BPM: 3B (D♭ major) — move to 3B to push the floor harder; 2A (E♭ minor) — switch to 2A for a mood change without losing the groove; 1B (B major) — drop to 1B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 115-129 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 9B rather than 2B; below -5% it reads as 7B. With key lock on, it stays 2B 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 122 — 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 122 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
