Blood Sugar - Live at Brixton Academy
30s preview
- Key
- 9B · G major
- BPM
- 176
- Half-time
- 88
- Open Key
- 2d
- Energy
- 95/100
- Pop
- 6/100
- Length
- 5:16
- Released
- 2009
- Album
- Live at Brixton Academy
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -5.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.7 dB
- ISRC
- GBAHT0900249
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Blood Sugar - Knife Party Remixremix4A · 128
- Blood Sugar - Original Mixoriginal4B · 176
Against the original (4B at 176 BPM), this version holds the same tempo and moves the key from 4B to 9B.
Blood Sugar - Live at Brixton Academy runs 176 BPM in G major (9B), a drum n bass record. The feel is dark and driving. It leans atmospheric over strictly danceable. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 15 dB). A 2009 production that still circulates in sets. More treble-tilted than 99% of Pendulum's catalogue. For programming, treat it as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Tempo:
- faster than 96% of Pendulum's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 83% of Pendulum's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 27%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 25%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 22%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Blood Sugar - Live at Brixton Academy in?
Blood Sugar - Live at Brixton Academy by Pendulum is in G major, or 9B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Blood Sugar - Live at Brixton Academy?
Blood Sugar - Live at Brixton Academy runs at 176 BPM.
What mixes well with Blood Sugar - Live at Brixton Academy?
From 9B it blends harmonically with 10B, 9A, 8B. Moving to 10B lifts the energy a step.
Is Blood Sugar - Live at Brixton Academy good for peak time?
With energy 95 out of 100 at 176 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
9B → 8B · 10B · 9AFrom 9B, 10B (D major) lifts the energy a step; 9A (E minor) settles into the relative minor; 8B (C major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 9B at 176 BPM: 10B (D major) — move to 10B to push the floor harder; 9A (E minor) — switch to 9A for a mood change without losing the groove; 8B (C major) — drop to 8B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 165-187 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 4B rather than 9B; below -5% it reads as 2B. With key lock on, it stays 9B across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 176 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 176 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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