Fade
30s preview
- BPM
- 173
- Half-time
- 87
- Open Key
- 6m
- Energy
- 97/100
- Pop
- 49/100
- Length
- 4:33
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -0.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.2 dB
- ISRC
- GBUM72505407
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Fade: drum n bass, A♭ minor (1A), 173 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 13 dB). Less groove-driven than 99% of Sub Focus's catalogue.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 96% of Sub Focus's catalogue
- Reach:
- better known than 87% of Sub Focus's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 84% of Sub Focus's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 27%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 26%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 20%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Fade in?
Fade by Sub Focus is in A♭ minor, or 1A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Fade?
Fade runs at 173 BPM.
What mixes well with Fade?
From 1A it blends harmonically with 2A, 1B, 12A. Moving to 2A lifts the energy a step.
Is Fade good for peak time?
With energy 97 out of 100 at 173 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
1A → 12A · 2A · 1BFrom 1A, 2A (E♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 1B (B major) brightens to the relative major; 12A (D♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 1A at 173 BPM: 2A (E♭ minor) — move to 2A to push the floor harder; 1B (B major) — switch to 1B for a mood change without losing the groove; 12A (D♭ minor) — drop to 12A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 163-183 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 8A rather than 1A; below -5% it reads as 6A. With key lock on, it stays 1A across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 173 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 173 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
