Gatekeeper
30s preview
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 96/100
- Pop
- 12/100
- Length
- 6:42
- Released
- 2019
- Genre
- Trance
- Label
- Anjunabeats
- Loudness
- -7.1 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.0 dB
- ISRC
- GBEWA1903411
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Gatekeeper - Editversion12A · 128
Gatekeeper runs 128 BPM in D♭ minor (12A), a peak-time tempo trance record. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 11 dB). Brighter than 97% of Spencer Brown's catalogue.
- Energy:
- hotter than 96% of Spencer Brown's catalogue
- Tempo:
- faster than 91% of Spencer Brown's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 83% of Spencer Brown's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Gatekeeper in?
Gatekeeper by Spencer Brown is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Gatekeeper?
Gatekeeper runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Gatekeeper?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is Gatekeeper good for peak time?
With energy 96 out of 100 at 128 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
12A → 11A · 1A · 12BFrom 12A, 1A (A♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 12B (E major) brightens to the relative major; 11A (F♯ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 12A at 128 BPM: 1A (A♭ minor) — move to 1A to push the floor harder; 12B (E major) — switch to 12B for a mood change without losing the groove; 11A (F♯ minor) — drop to 11A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 120-136 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 7A rather than 12A; below -5% it reads as 5A. With key lock on, it stays 12A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 96/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 128 — 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 128 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
