Block Rockin' Beats - The Micronauts Bonus Beats
30s preview
- BPM
- 120
- Open Key
- 4m
- Energy
- 88/100
- Pop
- 7/100
- Length
- 3:47
- Released
- 1997
- Album
- Block Rockin’ Beats
- Genre
- Big Beat
- Loudness
- -4.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 8.8 dB
- ISRC
- GBAAA9710624
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Block Rockin' Beatsoriginal3A · 109
- Block Rockin' Beats - Single Versionoriginal3B · 109
- Block Rockin' Beats - Live At Lowlands Festival, 1997original3A · 109
- Block Rockin' Beats - The Micronauts Remixremix9B · 120
- Block Rockin' Beats - Don Diablo Remixremix3A · 123
- Block Rockin' Beats - Live From Japan/2011original7B · 110
Block Rockin' Beats - The Micronauts Bonus Beats: club-tempo big beat, F♯ minor (11A), 120 BPM. The groove is strong and floor-ready. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master is loud and heavily compressed. A 1997 production that still circulates in sets. Groovier than 92% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 90% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Block Rockin' Beats - The Micronauts Bonus Beats in?
Block Rockin' Beats - The Micronauts Bonus Beats by The Chemical Brothers is in F♯ minor, or 11A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Block Rockin' Beats - The Micronauts Bonus Beats?
Block Rockin' Beats - The Micronauts Bonus Beats runs at 120 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Block Rockin' Beats - The Micronauts Bonus Beats?
From 11A it blends harmonically with 12A, 11B, 10A. Moving to 12A lifts the energy a step.
Is Block Rockin' Beats - The Micronauts Bonus Beats good for peak time?
With energy 88 out of 100 at 120 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
11A → 10A · 12A · 11BFrom 11A, 12A (D♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 11B (A major) brightens to the relative major; 10A (B minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11A at 120 BPM: 12A (D♭ minor) — move to 12A to push the floor harder; 11B (A major) — switch to 11B for a mood change without losing the groove; 10A (B minor) — drop to 10A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 113-127 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 6A rather than 11A; below -5% it reads as 4A. With key lock on, it stays 11A across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 120 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
More big beat
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Other recommendations
Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 120 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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