Desire - Live
30s preview
- BPM
- 131
- Open Key
- 4m
- Energy
- 95/100
- Pop
- 7/100
- Length
- 3:40
- Released
- 2023
- Album
- Live (Istanbul 01/28/2023)
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -9.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.8 dB
- ISRC
- ITN3C2300013
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Desireoriginal10A · 127
Against the original (10A at 127 BPM), this version runs 4 BPM faster and moves the key from 10A to 11A.
Desire - Live: peak-time tempo techno, F♯ minor (11A), 131 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 17 dB). Hotter than 89% of Sam Paganini's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a peak-time weapon.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 86% of Sam Paganini's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 28%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 19%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Desire - Live in?
Desire - Live by Sam Paganini is in F♯ minor, or 11A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Desire - Live?
Desire - Live runs at 131 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Desire - Live?
From 11A it blends harmonically with 12A, 11B, 10A. Moving to 12A lifts the energy a step.
Is Desire - Live good for peak time?
With energy 95 out of 100 at 131 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
11A → 10A · 12A · 11BFrom 11A, 12A (D♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 11B (A major) brightens to the relative major; 10A (B minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11A at 131 BPM: 12A (D♭ minor) — move to 12A to push the floor harder; 11B (A major) — switch to 11B for a mood change without losing the groove; 10A (B minor) — drop to 10A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 123-139 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 6A rather than 11A; below -5% it reads as 4A. With key lock on, it stays 11A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 95/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 131 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 131 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
