Side Caution
30s preview
- BPM
- 121
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 93/100
- Pop
- 2/100
- Length
- 11:10
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Progressive House
- Label
- Highway Records
- Loudness
- -7.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 19.0 dB
- ISRC
- DEKB71438811
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Side Caution - Redoblue Remixremix10B · 123
- Side Caution - Instrumentaloriginal12A · 121
At 121 BPM in D♭ minor (12A), Side Caution is a club-tempo progressive house production. The feel is dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 19 dB). A 2015 production that still circulates in sets. Hotter than 95% of Sahar Z's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a floor-filler.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 95% of Sahar Z's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 94% of Sahar Z's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 22%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 26%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 23%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Side Caution in?
Side Caution by Sahar Z is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Side Caution?
Side Caution runs at 121 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Side Caution?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is Side Caution good for peak time?
With energy 93 out of 100 at 121 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
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 121 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%: 114-128 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 floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 121 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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