This Is Where It Starts
30s preview
- Key
- 7B · F major
- BPM
- 136
- Open Key
- 12d
- Energy
- 96/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 5:51
- Released
- 2018
- Album
- . . - - -
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -5.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.1 dB
- ISRC
- NLE711800119
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- This Is Where It Starts - Epic Pure Mixoriginal8B · 136
- This Is Where It Starts - Sheridan Grout Remixremix7B · 132
- This Is Where It Starts - Pure Mixoriginal7B · 136
- This Is Where It Starts - Orchestral Versionoriginal7B · 128
- This Is Where It Startsoriginal7B · 128
- This Is Where It Starts - Extended Pure Mixversion8B · 136
A driving up-tempo trance cut, This Is Where It Starts sits in F major (7B) at 136 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. A 2018 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Solarstone's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Energy:
- hotter than 92% of Solarstone's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 79% of Solarstone's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is This Is Where It Starts in?
This Is Where It Starts by Solarstone is in F major, or 7B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is This Is Where It Starts?
This Is Where It Starts runs at 136 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with This Is Where It Starts?
From 7B it blends harmonically with 8B, 7A, 6B. Moving to 8B lifts the energy a step.
Is This Is Where It Starts good for peak time?
With energy 96 out of 100 at 136 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
7B → 6B · 8B · 7AFrom 7B, 8B (C major) lifts the energy a step; 7A (D minor) settles into the relative minor; 6B (B♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 7B at 136 BPM: 8B (C major) — move to 8B to push the floor harder; 7A (D minor) — switch to 7A for a mood change without losing the groove; 6B (B♭ major) — drop to 6B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 128-144 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 2B rather than 7B; below -5% it reads as 12B. With key lock on, it stays 7B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 96/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 136 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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