Shaking Hands
30s preview
- Key
- 1B · B major
- BPM
- 119
- Open Key
- 6d
- Energy
- 84/100
- Pop
- 5/100
- Length
- 7:36
- Released
- 2019
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -8.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 9.8 dB
- ISRC
- US83Z1921591
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Shaking Hands: club-tempo tech house, B major (1B), 119 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. Darker than 96% of Sobek's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a floor-filler.
- Tempo:
- slower than 85% of Sobek's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 83% of Sobek's catalogue
- Reach:
- better known than 83% of Sobek's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 40%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 12%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Shaking Hands in?
Shaking Hands by Sobek is in B major, or 1B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Shaking Hands?
Shaking Hands runs at 119 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Shaking Hands?
From 1B it blends harmonically with 2B, 1A, 12B. Moving to 2B lifts the energy a step.
Is Shaking Hands good for peak time?
With energy 84 out of 100 at 119 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
1B → 12B · 2B · 1AFrom 1B, 2B (F♯ major) lifts the energy a step; 1A (A♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 12B (E major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 1B at 119 BPM: 2B (F♯ major) — move to 2B to push the floor harder; 1A (A♭ minor) — switch to 1A for a mood change without losing the groove; 12B (E major) — drop to 12B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 112-126 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 8B rather than 1B; below -5% it reads as 6B. With key lock on, it stays 1B across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 119 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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