Waking Up From a Thousand Year Slumber
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- BPM
- 88
- Double-time
- 176
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 42/100
- Pop
- 29/100
- Length
- 6:57
- Released
- 2024
- Genre
- Downtempo
- Loudness
- -18.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 15.9 dB
- ISRC
- GBW240000022
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Waking Up From a Thousand Year Slumber is a downtempo downtempo track in D♭ minor (12A) at 88 BPM. It reads as dark and steady. 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 16 dB). Less groove-driven than 98% of Röyksopp's catalogue. In a set it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 98% of Röyksopp's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 92% of Röyksopp's catalogue
- Reach:
- better known than 88% of Röyksopp's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 21%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 34%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 30%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Waking Up From a Thousand Year Slumber in?
Waking Up From a Thousand Year Slumber by Röyksopp is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Waking Up From a Thousand Year Slumber?
Waking Up From a Thousand Year Slumber runs at 88 BPM, a downtempo track.
What mixes well with Waking Up From a Thousand Year Slumber?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is Waking Up From a Thousand Year Slumber good for peak time?
With energy 42 out of 100 at 88 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
12A → 11A · 1A · 12BFrom 12A, 1A (A♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 12B (E major) brightens to the relative major; 11A (F♯ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 12A at 88 BPM: 1A (A♭ minor) — move to 1A to push the floor harder; 12B (E major) — switch to 12B for a mood change without losing the groove; 11A (F♯ minor) — drop to 11A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 83-93 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 7A rather than 12A; below -5% it reads as 5A. With key lock on, it stays 12A 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 88 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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