Airplane - Culture Shock Remix by Sub Focus cover art

Airplane - Culture Shock Remix

Sub Focus

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Key
8B · C major
BPM
174
Half-time
87
Open Key
1d
Energy
100/100
Pop
37/100
Length
4:25
Released
2021
Album
Airplane (Culture Shock Remix)
Genre
Drum N Bass
Label
RAM Records
Loudness
-0.6 dB
Dynamics
10.9 dB
ISRC
GBZA42100284

Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026

Other versions

Airplane - Culture Shock Remix runs 174 BPM in C major (8B), a drum n bass record. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master is loud and heavily compressed. Hotter than 98% of Sub Focus's catalogue.

Brightness:
darker than 84% of Sub Focus's catalogue
Low end:
more treble-tilted than 80% of Sub Focus's catalogue
Reach:
better known than 77% of Sub Focus's catalogue

Sonic profile

EnergyGrooveMoodOrganicInstr.LiveTempo
Energy100
Mood9Dark
Groove46
Acoustic0
Instrumental89
Live17
Speech7

Frequency spectrum

amplitude · bass → treble

601252505001k2k4k8k
30%
Low
30-130 Hz
28%
Low-mid
130-570 Hz
24%
Upper-mid
570 Hz-2.5 kHz
19%
High
2.5-11 kHz

FAQ

What key is Airplane - Culture Shock Remix in?

Airplane - Culture Shock Remix by Sub Focus is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.

What BPM is Airplane - Culture Shock Remix?

Airplane - Culture Shock Remix runs at 174 BPM.

What mixes well with Airplane - Culture Shock Remix?

From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.

Is Airplane - Culture Shock Remix good for peak time?

With energy 100 out of 100 at 174 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.

Mixes harmonically

8B7B · 9B · 8A

From 8B, 9B (G major) lifts the energy a step; 8A (A minor) settles into the relative minor; 7B (F major) cools the energy down a step.

Every move from 8B

9BSimple Mix Upper
7BSimple Mix Downer
8ATonal Shift·
9ADiagonal Mix Upper
7ADiagonal Mix Downer
11ACompatible Tone·
10BHigh Energy Boost▲▲▲
6BHigh Energy Drain▼▼▼
11BParallel Key Upper▲▲
5BParallel Key Downer▼▼
3BTritone Jump▲▲
12BRelated Keyrisky

How to mix it

In 8B at 174 BPM: 9B (G major) — move to 9B to push the floor harder; 8A (A minor) — switch to 8A for a mood change without losing the groove; 7B (F major) — drop to 7B to bring the room down gently.

Pitch range at ±6%: 164-184 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 3B rather than 8B; below -5% it reads as 1B. With key lock on, it stays 8B across the whole range.

Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.

Similar tempo

Within ±3 BPM of 174 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.

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