Departure
30s preview
- BPM
- 125
- Open Key
- 7m
- Energy
- 88/100
- Pop
- 7/100
- Length
- 5:49
- Released
- 2016
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -11.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.2 dB
- ISRC
- AUXN21727799
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A club-tempo tech house cut, Departure sits in E♭ minor (2A) at 125 BPM. 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 16 dB). A 2016 production that still circulates in sets. More treble-tilted than 99% of Patrice Bäumel's catalogue.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 90% of Patrice Bäumel's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 85% of Patrice Bäumel's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 82% of Patrice Bäumel's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 18%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 38%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 32%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 12%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Departure in?
Departure by Patrice Bäumel is in E♭ minor, or 2A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Departure?
Departure runs at 125 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Departure?
From 2A it blends harmonically with 3A, 2B, 1A. Moving to 3A lifts the energy a step.
Is Departure good for peak time?
With energy 88 out of 100 at 125 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
2A → 1A · 3A · 2BFrom 2A, 3A (B♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 2B (F♯ major) brightens to the relative major; 1A (A♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 2A at 125 BPM: 3A (B♭ minor) — move to 3A to push the floor harder; 2B (F♯ major) — switch to 2B for a mood change without losing the groove; 1A (A♭ minor) — drop to 1A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 117-133 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 9A rather than 2A; below -5% it reads as 7A. With key lock on, it stays 2A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 88/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 125 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 125 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
