Verses
30s preview
- BPM
- 140
- Half-time
- 70
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 16/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:03
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Downtempo
- Loudness
- -17.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 17.3 dB
- ISRC
- GBUM71406939
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Verses is a driving up-tempo downtempo track in D♭ minor (12A) at 140 BPM. The feel is brooding and low-slung. It leans atmospheric over strictly danceable. 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 17 dB). A 2015 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue. In a set it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Brightness:
- darker than 93% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 84% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
- Tempo:
- faster than 79% of Olafur Arnalds's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 28%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 36%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 27%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 10%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Verses in?
Verses by Olafur Arnalds is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Verses?
Verses runs at 140 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Verses?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is Verses good for peak time?
With energy 16 out of 100 at 140 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
12A → 11A · 1A · 12BFrom 12A, 1A (A♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 12B (E major) brightens to the relative major; 11A (F♯ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 12A at 140 BPM: 1A (A♭ minor) — move to 1A to push the floor harder; 12B (E major) — switch to 12B for a mood change without losing the groove; 11A (F♯ minor) — drop to 11A 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 7A rather than 12A; below -5% it reads as 5A. With key lock on, it stays 12A 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.
