Break Em Down
30s preview
- BPM
- 175
- Half-time
- 88
- Open Key
- 9d
- Energy
- 83/100
- Pop
- 16/100
- Length
- 4:45
- Released
- 2020
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -1.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 8.1 dB
- ISRC
- UKK762033001
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Break Em Down is a drum n bass track in A♭ major (4B) at 175 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master is loud and heavily compressed. Darker than 92% of Simula's catalogue. In a set it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 85% of Simula's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Break Em Down in?
Break Em Down by Simula is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Break Em Down?
Break Em Down runs at 175 BPM.
What mixes well with Break Em Down?
From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.
Is Break Em Down good for peak time?
With energy 83 out of 100 at 175 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
4B → 3B · 5B · 4AFrom 4B, 5B (E♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 4A (F minor) settles into the relative minor; 3B (D♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 4B at 175 BPM: 5B (E♭ major) — move to 5B to push the floor harder; 4A (F minor) — switch to 4A for a mood change without losing the groove; 3B (D♭ major) — drop to 3B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 164-186 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 11B rather than 4B; below -5% it reads as 9B. With key lock on, it stays 4B across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 175 — 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 175 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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