Basic Memory
30s preview
- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 172
- Half-time
- 86
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 86/100
- Pop
- 1/100
- Length
- 4:07
- Released
- 2011
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -4.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 9.8 dB
- ISRC
- DEQ121112785
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Basic Memory runs 172 BPM in C major (8B), a drum n bass record. It reads as dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master is loud and heavily compressed. A 2011 production that still circulates in sets. Slower than 79% of Phace's catalogue. In a set it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Brightness:
- darker than 78% of Phace's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 35%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Basic Memory in?
Basic Memory by Phace is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Basic Memory?
Basic Memory runs at 172 BPM.
What mixes well with Basic Memory?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is Basic Memory good for peak time?
With energy 86 out of 100 at 172 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
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 172 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%: 162-182 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: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 172 — 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 172 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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