Push The Tempo - Instrumental
30s preview
- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 175
- Half-time
- 88
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 88/100
- Pop
- 29/100
- Length
- 2:42
- Released
- 2025
- Album
- Push The Tempo (Alternate Versions)
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Label
- Positiva
- Loudness
- -5.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.0 dB
- ISRC
- GBUM72500460
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Push The Tempooriginal3B · 88
- Push the Tempooriginal8B · 130
- Push The Tempo - Odd Mob Remixremix12A · 136
- Push The Tempo - K Motionz Remixremix8B · 175
- Push The Tempo - Extended Mixversion7B · 88
Against the original (3B at 88 BPM), this version runs 87 BPM faster and moves the key from 3B to 8B.
Push The Tempo - Instrumental is a drum n bass track in C major (8B) at 175 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. 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). Faster than 97% of Sub Focus's catalogue. In a set it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 86% of Sub Focus's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 78% of Sub Focus's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Push The Tempo - Instrumental in?
Push The Tempo - Instrumental by Sub Focus is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Push The Tempo - Instrumental?
Push The Tempo - Instrumental runs at 175 BPM.
What mixes well with Push The Tempo - Instrumental?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is Push The Tempo - Instrumental good for peak time?
With energy 88 out of 100 at 175 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
8B → 7B · 9B · 8AFrom 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.
How to mix it
In 8B at 175 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%: 164-186 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 175 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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