Ground Control
30s preview
- BPM
- 64
- Double-time
- 128
- Open Key
- 6m
- Energy
- 59/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 11:26
- Released
- 2019
- Album
- Ground Control / Last Communication
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -8.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.7 dB
- ISRC
- GBLTF1900043
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Ground Control: techno, A♭ minor (1A), 64 BPM. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. Slower than 99% of Radio Slave's catalogue.
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of Radio Slave's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 98% of Radio Slave's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 43%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 18%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 11%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Ground Control in?
Ground Control by Radio Slave is in A♭ minor, or 1A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Ground Control?
Ground Control runs at 64 BPM.
What mixes well with Ground Control?
From 1A it blends harmonically with 2A, 1B, 12A. Moving to 2A lifts the energy a step.
Is Ground Control good for peak time?
With energy 59 out of 100 at 64 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
1A → 12A · 2A · 1BFrom 1A, 2A (E♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 1B (B major) brightens to the relative major; 12A (D♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 1A at 64 BPM: 2A (E♭ minor) — move to 2A to push the floor harder; 1B (B major) — switch to 1B for a mood change without losing the groove; 12A (D♭ minor) — drop to 12A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 60-68 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 8A rather than 1A; below -5% it reads as 6A. With key lock on, it stays 1A across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 64 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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