Menace
30s preview
- Key
- 8A · A minor
- BPM
- 175
- Half-time
- 88
- Open Key
- 1m
- Energy
- 92/100
- Pop
- 10/100
- Length
- 4:29
- Released
- 2022
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -0.5 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.6 dB
- ISRC
- DGA052252896
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Menace is a drum n bass track in A minor (8A) at 175 BPM. It is vocal-led. Spoken-word passages run through it. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). Less groove-driven than 75% of Simula's catalogue.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 33%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Menace in?
Menace by Simula is in A minor, or 8A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Menace?
Menace runs at 175 BPM.
What mixes well with Menace?
From 8A it blends harmonically with 9A, 8B, 7A. Moving to 9A lifts the energy a step.
Is Menace good for peak time?
With energy 92 out of 100 at 175 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
8A → 7A · 9A · 8BFrom 8A, 9A (E minor) lifts the energy a step; 8B (C major) brightens to the relative major; 7A (D minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 8A at 175 BPM: 9A (E minor) — move to 9A to push the floor harder; 8B (C major) — switch to 8B for a mood change without losing the groove; 7A (D minor) — drop to 7A 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 3A rather than 8A; below -5% it reads as 1A. With key lock on, it stays 8A 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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