Futile - Original Mix
30s preview
- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 124
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 98/100
- Pop
- 6/100
- Length
- 6:47
- Released
- 2015
- Album
- Vanity EP
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -7.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.2 dB
- ISRC
- GBLV61404819
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Futile - Michael Bibi Remixremix8A · 124
- Futile - System2 Remixremix11A · 121
Futile - Original Mix runs 124 BPM in C major (8B), a club-tempo tech house record. The feel is bright and euphoric. Rhythmically it is built for the dancefloor. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. A 2015 production that still circulates in sets. Hotter than 95% of PAWSA's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Tempo:
- slower than 89% of PAWSA's catalogue
- Reach:
- more underground than 85% of PAWSA's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 80% of PAWSA's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Futile - Original Mix in?
Futile - Original Mix by PAWSA is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Futile - Original Mix?
Futile - Original Mix runs at 124 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Futile - Original Mix?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is Futile - Original Mix good for peak time?
With energy 98 out of 100 at 124 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
8B → 7B · 9B · 8AFrom 8B, 9B (G major) lifts the energy a step; 8A (A minor) settles into the relative minor; 7B (F major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 8B at 124 BPM: 9B (G major) — move to 9B to push the floor harder; 8A (A minor) — switch to 8A for a mood change without losing the groove; 7B (F major) — drop to 7B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 117-131 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 3B rather than 8B; below -5% it reads as 1B. With key lock on, it stays 8B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 98/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 124 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 124 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
