For An Angel - Activa Remix
30s preview
- BPM
- 140
- Half-time
- 70
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 99/100
- Pop
- 6/100
- Length
- 8:33
- Released
- 2009
- Album
- For An Angel 2009
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -8.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 18.5 dB
- ISRC
- DEW760900003
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- For An Angel - PvD Angel In Heaven Radio Editversion8A · 138
- For an Angel - Escape Mixoriginal9B · 132
- For an Angel - E-Werk Club Mixversion8A · 138
- For An Angel - Way Out West Remixremix11B · 140
- For An Angel (Kolonie Remix Edit) - 30th Anniversary Editionremix8A · 128
- For An Angel - Kolonie Remixremix10B · 128
Against the original (9B at 132 BPM), this version runs 8 BPM faster and moves the key from 9B to 3B.
At 140 BPM in D♭ major (3B), For An Angel - Activa Remix is a driving up-tempo trance production. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 19 dB). A 2009 production that still circulates in sets. Hotter than 97% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 95% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue
- Tempo:
- faster than 82% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 79% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 28%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 26%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 26%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 20%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is For An Angel - Activa Remix in?
For An Angel - Activa Remix by Paul van Dyk is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is For An Angel - Activa Remix?
For An Angel - Activa Remix runs at 140 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with For An Angel - Activa Remix?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is For An Angel - Activa Remix good for peak time?
With energy 99 out of 100 at 140 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
3B → 2B · 4B · 3AFrom 3B, 4B (A♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 3A (B♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 2B (F♯ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3B at 140 BPM: 4B (A♭ major) — move to 4B to push the floor harder; 3A (B♭ minor) — switch to 3A for a mood change without losing the groove; 2B (F♯ major) — drop to 2B 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 10B rather than 3B; below -5% it reads as 8B. With key lock on, it stays 3B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 99/100).
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.
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