
The Dog’s Name
30s preview
- BPM
- 99
- Double-time
- 198
- Open Key
- 6m
- Energy
- 67/100
- Pop
- 1/100
- Length
- 4:30
- Released
- 2024
- Album
- The Dog's Name
- Genre
- Ambient
- Loudness
- -11.1 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.6 dB
- ISRC
- NLCF82400104
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
The Dog’s Name: slow-groove tempo ambient, A♭ minor (1A), 99 BPM. It reads as punchy, neutral in mood. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 17 dB). More treble-tilted than 97% of Surgeon's catalogue. For programming, treat it as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Tempo:
- slower than 95% of Surgeon's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 88% of Surgeon's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 26%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 32%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 27%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is The Dog’s Name in?
The Dog’s Name by Surgeon is in A♭ minor, or 1A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is The Dog’s Name?
The Dog’s Name runs at 99 BPM, a slow-groove tempo track.
What mixes well with The Dog’s Name?
From 1A it blends harmonically with 2A, 1B, 12A. Moving to 2A lifts the energy a step.
Is The Dog’s Name good for peak time?
With energy 67 out of 100 at 99 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 99 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%: 93-105 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 99 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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