Northern Soul - Spencer Brown Edit
30s preview
- Key
- 4A · F minor
- BPM
- 126
- Open Key
- 9m
- Energy
- 79/100
- Pop
- 14/100
- Length
- 3:42
- Released
- 2017
- Album
- Northern Soul (Spencer Brown Remix)
- Genre
- Progressive House
- Loudness
- -8.5 dB
- Dynamics
- 18.3 dB
- ISRC
- GBEWA1702782
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Northern Soul - Spencer Brown Remixremix4A · 126
At 126 BPM in F minor (4A), Northern Soul - Spencer Brown Edit is a club-tempo progressive house production. Tonally it lands dark and driving. It is vocal-led. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 18 dB). A 2017 production that still circulates in sets. More treble-tilted than 98% of Spencer Brown's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 81% of Spencer Brown's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 26%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 26%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 18%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Northern Soul - Spencer Brown Edit in?
Northern Soul - Spencer Brown Edit by Spencer Brown is in F minor, or 4A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Northern Soul - Spencer Brown Edit?
Northern Soul - Spencer Brown Edit runs at 126 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Northern Soul - Spencer Brown Edit?
From 4A it blends harmonically with 5A, 4B, 3A. Moving to 5A lifts the energy a step.
Is Northern Soul - Spencer Brown Edit good for peak time?
With energy 79 out of 100 at 126 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
4A → 3A · 5A · 4BFrom 4A, 5A (C minor) lifts the energy a step; 4B (A♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 3A (B♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 4A at 126 BPM: 5A (C minor) — move to 5A to push the floor harder; 4B (A♭ major) — switch to 4B for a mood change without losing the groove; 3A (B♭ minor) — drop to 3A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 118-134 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 11A rather than 4A; below -5% it reads as 9A. With key lock on, it stays 4A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 79/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 126 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 126 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.