Desert Orgy
30s preview
- BPM
- 172
- Half-time
- 86
- Open Key
- 9d
- Energy
- 70/100
- Pop
- 19/100
- Length
- 6:46
- Released
- 2010
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -5.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.2 dB
- ISRC
- DEQ121011220
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 172 BPM in A♭ major (4B), Desert Orgy is a drum n bass production. The feel is dark and driving. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 16 dB). A 2010 production that still circulates in sets. Calmer than 95% of Phace's catalogue.
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 95% of Phace's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 91% of Phace's catalogue
- Reach:
- better known than 90% of Phace's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 41%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 37%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 17%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 5%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Desert Orgy in?
Desert Orgy by Phace is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Desert Orgy?
Desert Orgy runs at 172 BPM.
What mixes well with Desert Orgy?
From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.
Is Desert Orgy good for peak time?
With energy 70 out of 100 at 172 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
4B → 3B · 5B · 4AFrom 4B, 5B (E♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 4A (F minor) settles into the relative minor; 3B (D♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 4B at 172 BPM: 5B (E♭ major) — move to 5B to push the floor harder; 4A (F minor) — switch to 4A for a mood change without losing the groove; 3B (D♭ major) — drop to 3B 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 11B rather than 4B; below -5% it reads as 9B. With key lock on, it stays 4B 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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