Cast a Shadow
30s preview
- BPM
- 100
- Double-time
- 200
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 30/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 2:39
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Ambient
- Loudness
- -16.1 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.1 dB
- ISRC
- DERW31700210
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A slow-groove tempo ambient cut, Cast a Shadow sits in D♭ major (3B) at 100 BPM. The feel is brooding and low-slung. It leans atmospheric over strictly danceable. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 11 dB). A 2017 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Rodhad's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 96% of Rodhad's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 95% of Rodhad's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 90% of Rodhad's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 28%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 42%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 8%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Cast a Shadow in?
Cast a Shadow by Rodhad is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Cast a Shadow?
Cast a Shadow runs at 100 BPM, a slow-groove tempo track.
What mixes well with Cast a Shadow?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is Cast a Shadow good for peak time?
With energy 30 out of 100 at 100 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
3B → 2B · 4B · 3AFrom 3B, 4B (A♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 3A (B♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 2B (F♯ major) cools the energy down a step.
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How to mix it
In 3B at 100 BPM: 4B (A♭ major) — move to 4B to push the floor harder; 3A (B♭ minor) — switch to 3A for a mood change without losing the groove; 2B (F♯ major) — drop to 2B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 94-106 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 10B rather than 3B; below -5% it reads as 8B. With key lock on, it stays 3B across the whole range.
Programming: a warm-up or breakdown cut — early set or after a peak to reset the room.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 100 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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