Desert Story
30s preview
- Key
- 9A · E minor
- BPM
- 120
- Open Key
- 2m
- Energy
- 77/100
- Pop
- 3/100
- Length
- 7:12
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Progressive House
- Label
- Balkan Connection
- Loudness
- -12.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.0 dB
- ISRC
- US83Z1789661
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Desert Story - Dabeat Remixremix10B · 121
- Desert Story - Golan Zocher Remixremix9B · 122
- Desert Story - Michael a Remixremix9B · 118
Desert Story is a club-tempo progressive house track in E minor (9A) at 120 BPM. 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 13 dB). A 2017 production that still circulates in sets. Slower than 87% of Shai T's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 39%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 32%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 17%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 12%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Desert Story in?
Desert Story by Shai T is in E minor, or 9A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Desert Story?
Desert Story runs at 120 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Desert Story?
From 9A it blends harmonically with 10A, 9B, 8A. Moving to 10A lifts the energy a step.
Is Desert Story good for peak time?
With energy 77 out of 100 at 120 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
9A → 8A · 10A · 9BFrom 9A, 10A (B minor) lifts the energy a step; 9B (G major) brightens to the relative major; 8A (A minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 9A at 120 BPM: 10A (B minor) — move to 10A to push the floor harder; 9B (G major) — switch to 9B for a mood change without losing the groove; 8A (A minor) — drop to 8A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 113-127 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 4A rather than 9A; below -5% it reads as 2A. With key lock on, it stays 9A across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 120 — 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 120 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
