Butterflies & Dragons
30s preview
- BPM
- 124
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 75/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 6:32
- Released
- 2011
- Album
- Seven Dials EP
- Genre
- Tech House
- Label
- Fuse London
- Loudness
- -10.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.2 dB
- ISRC
- GBT9R1100116
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Butterflies & Dragons: club-tempo tech house, D♭ major (3B), 124 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and driving. Rhythmically it is built for the dancefloor. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 11 dB). A 2011 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Seb Zito's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a floor-filler.
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 99% of Seb Zito's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 98% of Seb Zito's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 94% of Seb Zito's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 54%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 33%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 5%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 8%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Butterflies & Dragons in?
Butterflies & Dragons by Seb Zito is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Butterflies & Dragons?
Butterflies & Dragons runs at 124 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Butterflies & Dragons?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is Butterflies & Dragons good for peak time?
With energy 75 out of 100 at 124 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
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.
How to mix it
In 3B at 124 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%: 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 10B rather than 3B; below -5% it reads as 8B. With key lock on, it stays 3B across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 124 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Other recommendations
Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 124 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
