Sordid Affair
30s preview
- BPM
- 124
- Open Key
- 8m
- Energy
- 82/100
- Pop
- 39/100
- Length
- 4:40
- Released
- 2014
- Genre
- Deep House
- Label
- Dog Triumph
- Loudness
- -6.1 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.1 dB
- ISRC
- GBW250000036
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Sordid Affair [True Electric]original3A · 124
A club-tempo deep house cut, Sordid Affair sits in B♭ minor (3A) at 124 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. It is vocal-led. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). A 2014 production that still circulates in sets. Better known than 96% of Röyksopp's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 96% of Röyksopp's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 76% of Röyksopp's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 23%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 27%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 21%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Sordid Affair in?
Sordid Affair by Röyksopp is in B♭ minor, or 3A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Sordid Affair?
Sordid Affair runs at 124 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Sordid Affair?
From 3A it blends harmonically with 4A, 3B, 2A. Moving to 4A lifts the energy a step.
Is Sordid Affair good for peak time?
With energy 82 out of 100 at 124 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
3A → 2A · 4A · 3BFrom 3A, 4A (F minor) lifts the energy a step; 3B (D♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 2A (E♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3A at 124 BPM: 4A (F minor) — move to 4A to push the floor harder; 3B (D♭ major) — switch to 3B for a mood change without losing the groove; 2A (E♭ minor) — drop to 2A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 117-131 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 10A rather than 3A; below -5% it reads as 8A. With key lock on, it stays 3A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 82/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 124 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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