The Touch
30s preview
- BPM
- 123
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 77/100
- Pop
- 3/100
- Length
- 7:39
- Released
- 2015
- Album
- The Trick / The Touch
- Genre
- Deep House
- Label
- Parquet Recordings
- Loudness
- -9.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.8 dB
- ISRC
- DEH741509549
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 123 BPM in D♭ minor (12A), The Touch is a club-tempo deep house production. The feel is punchy, neutral in mood. The groove is strong and floor-ready. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). A 2015 production that still circulates in sets. More treble-tilted than 86% of Oliver Schories's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
- Energy:
- hotter than 75% of Oliver Schories's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is The Touch in?
The Touch by Oliver Schories is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is The Touch?
The Touch runs at 123 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with The Touch?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is The Touch good for peak time?
With energy 77 out of 100 at 123 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
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 123 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%: 116-130 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 floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 123 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
More deep house
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Other recommendations
Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 123 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
