Forbidden Fruit
30s preview
- BPM
- 132
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 88/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 6:58
- Released
- 1996
- Album
- Seven Ways
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -10.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 21.0 dB
- ISRC
- DEW760900158
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Forbidden Fruit - Originaloriginal10A · 136
- Forbidden Fruit - Video Editversion11B · 132
- Forbidden Fruit - BT & PvD's Food Of Love Mixoriginal11B · 131
- Forbidden Fruit - Futureworld Mixoriginal9B · 136
- Forbidden Fruit - Giuseppe Ottovianioriginal11B · 137
- Forbidden Fruitoriginal11B · 135
At 132 BPM in B minor (10A), Forbidden Fruit is a peak-time tempo trance production. The groove is strong and floor-ready. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 21 dB). A 1996 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 98% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 87% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 83% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 29%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 26%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Forbidden Fruit in?
Forbidden Fruit by Paul van Dyk is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Forbidden Fruit?
Forbidden Fruit runs at 132 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Forbidden Fruit?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Forbidden Fruit good for peak time?
With energy 88 out of 100 at 132 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
10A → 9A · 11A · 10BFrom 10A, 11A (F♯ minor) lifts the energy a step; 10B (D major) brightens to the relative major; 9A (E minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10A at 132 BPM: 11A (F♯ minor) — move to 11A to push the floor harder; 10B (D major) — switch to 10B for a mood change without losing the groove; 9A (E minor) — drop to 9A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 124-140 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 5A rather than 10A; below -5% it reads as 3A. With key lock on, it stays 10A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 88/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 132 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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