Modest Is Hottest
30s preview
- BPM
- 122
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 98/100
- Pop
- 5/100
- Length
- 8:26
- Released
- 2018
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -7.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.4 dB
- ISRC
- DET751800024
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A club-tempo tech house cut, Modest Is Hottest sits in D♭ major (3B) at 122 BPM. The feel is 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. A 2018 production that still circulates in sets. Hotter than 96% of Sobek's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a floor-filler.
- Reach:
- better known than 83% of Sobek's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 38%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Modest Is Hottest in?
Modest Is Hottest by Sobek is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Modest Is Hottest?
Modest Is Hottest runs at 122 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Modest Is Hottest?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is Modest Is Hottest good for peak time?
With energy 98 out of 100 at 122 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 122 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%: 115-129 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 122 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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