Friends With Benefits by Shimza cover art

Friends With Benefits

Shimza

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Key
1A · A♭ minor
BPM
125
Open Key
6m
Energy
50/100
Pop
23/100
Length
5:38
Released
2015
Album
Shimuzic
Genre
Tribal House
Loudness
-9.7 dB
Dynamics
11.7 dB
ISRC
ZAI911500001

Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026

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Friends With Benefits: club-tempo tribal house, A♭ minor (1A), 125 BPM. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). A 2015 production that still circulates in sets. Calmer than 97% of Shimza's catalogue.

Groove:
groovier than 96% of Shimza's catalogue
Brightness:
brighter than 80% of Shimza's catalogue

Sonic profile

EnergyGrooveMoodOrganicInstr.LiveTempo
Energy50
Mood62Balanced
Groove88
Acoustic21
Instrumental1
Live9
Speech14

Frequency spectrum

amplitude · bass → treble

601252505001k2k4k8k
37%
Low
30-130 Hz
31%
Low-mid
130-570 Hz
19%
Upper-mid
570 Hz-2.5 kHz
13%
High
2.5-11 kHz

FAQ

What key is Friends With Benefits in?

Friends With Benefits by Shimza is in A♭ minor, or 1A on the Camelot wheel.

What BPM is Friends With Benefits?

Friends With Benefits runs at 125 BPM, a club-tempo track.

What mixes well with Friends With Benefits?

From 1A it blends harmonically with 2A, 1B, 12A. Moving to 2A lifts the energy a step.

Is Friends With Benefits good for peak time?

With energy 50 out of 100 at 125 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.

Mixes harmonically

1A12A · 2A · 1B

From 1A, 2A (E♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 1B (B major) brightens to the relative major; 12A (D♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.

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Every move from 1A

2ASimple Mix Upper
12ASimple Mix Downer
1BTonal Shift·
2BDiagonal Mix Upper
12BDiagonal Mix Downer
10BCompatible Tone·
3AHigh Energy Boost▲▲▲
11AHigh Energy Drain▼▼▼
4AParallel Key Upper▲▲
10AParallel Key Downer▼▼
8ATritone Jump▲▲
5ARelated Keyrisky

How to mix it

In 1A at 125 BPM: 2A (E♭ minor) — move to 2A to push the floor harder; 1B (B major) — switch to 1B for a mood change without losing the groove; 12A (D♭ minor) — drop to 12A to bring the room down gently.

Pitch range at ±6%: 117-133 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 8A rather than 1A; below -5% it reads as 6A. With key lock on, it stays 1A across the whole range.

Programming: a mid-set roller.

Similar tempo

Within ±3 BPM of 125 — 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 125 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.

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