Return To Forever
30s preview
- Key
- 5A · C minor
- BPM
- 140
- Half-time
- 70
- Open Key
- 10m
- Energy
- 99/100
- Pop
- 17/100
- Length
- 3:03
- Released
- 2024
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -5.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.0 dB
- ISRC
- DEA312400218
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A driving up-tempo trance cut, Return To Forever sits in C minor (5A) at 140 BPM. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). Less groove-driven than 99% of Talla 2XLC's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Reach:
- better known than 91% of Talla 2XLC's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 89% of Talla 2XLC's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 30%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 18%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Return To Forever in?
Return To Forever by Talla 2XLC is in C minor, or 5A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Return To Forever?
Return To Forever runs at 140 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Return To Forever?
From 5A it blends harmonically with 6A, 5B, 4A. Moving to 6A lifts the energy a step.
Is Return To Forever good for peak time?
With energy 99 out of 100 at 140 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
5A → 4A · 6A · 5BFrom 5A, 6A (G minor) lifts the energy a step; 5B (E♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 4A (F minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 5A at 140 BPM: 6A (G minor) — move to 6A to push the floor harder; 5B (E♭ major) — switch to 5B for a mood change without losing the groove; 4A (F minor) — drop to 4A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 132-148 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 12A rather than 5A; below -5% it reads as 10A. With key lock on, it stays 5A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 99/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 140 — 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 140 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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