
In Basements
30s preview
- BPM
- 135
- Open Key
- 9d
- Energy
- 81/100
- Pop
- 2/100
- Length
- 7:20
- Released
- 2000
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -10.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.4 dB
- ISRC
- FR9V30001601
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
In Basements runs 135 BPM in A♭ major (4B), a driving up-tempo techno record. The feel is 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 keeps real dynamic headroom. A 2000 production that still circulates in sets. Less groove-driven than 76% of Robert Hood's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 40%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is In Basements in?
In Basements by Robert Hood is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is In Basements?
In Basements runs at 135 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with In Basements?
From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.
Is In Basements good for peak time?
With energy 81 out of 100 at 135 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
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 135 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%: 127-143 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: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 81/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 135 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 135 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.