Darkness
30s preview
- BPM
- 138
- Open Key
- 7m
- Energy
- 60/100
- Pop
- 1/100
- Length
- 9:36
- Released
- 2004
- Album
- Tranceology
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -14.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.1 dB
- ISRC
- USA560873798
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Darkness - Original Mixoriginal6A · 138
- Darkness (Cinematic Album Version)original6A · 138
- Darkness (Extended Mix)version6A · 138
Darkness: driving up-tempo trance, E♭ minor (2A), 138 BPM. The feel is balanced in mood. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). A 2004 production that still circulates in sets. More treble-tilted than 75% of Talla 2XLC's catalogue.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 27%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 32%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 30%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 11%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Darkness in?
Darkness by Talla 2XLC is in E♭ minor, or 2A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Darkness?
Darkness runs at 138 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Darkness?
From 2A it blends harmonically with 3A, 2B, 1A. Moving to 3A lifts the energy a step.
Is Darkness good for peak time?
With energy 60 out of 100 at 138 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
2A → 1A · 3A · 2BFrom 2A, 3A (B♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 2B (F♯ major) brightens to the relative major; 1A (A♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 2A at 138 BPM: 3A (B♭ minor) — move to 3A to push the floor harder; 2B (F♯ major) — switch to 2B for a mood change without losing the groove; 1A (A♭ minor) — drop to 1A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 130-146 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 9A rather than 2A; below -5% it reads as 7A. With key lock on, it stays 2A across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 138 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Other recommendations
Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 138 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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