Block Rockin' Beats - The Micronauts Remix
30s preview
- Key
- 9B · G major
- BPM
- 120
- Open Key
- 2d
- Energy
- 92/100
- Pop
- 11/100
- Length
- 9:54
- Released
- 1997
- Album
- Block Rockin’ Beats
- Genre
- Big Beat
- Loudness
- -5.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.7 dB
- ISRC
- GBAAA9710486
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 Bonus Beatsoriginal11A · 120
- Block Rockin' Beats - Don Diablo Remixremix3A · 123
- Block Rockin' Beats - Live From Japan/2011original7B · 110
Against the original (3A at 109 BPM), this version runs 11 BPM faster and moves the key from 3A to 9B.
At 120 BPM in G major (9B), Block Rockin' Beats - The Micronauts Remix is a club-tempo big beat production. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). A 1997 production that still circulates in sets. Groovier than 77% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue. In a set it works best as a mid-set roller.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 31%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Block Rockin' Beats - The Micronauts Remix in?
Block Rockin' Beats - The Micronauts Remix by The Chemical Brothers is in G major, or 9B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Block Rockin' Beats - The Micronauts Remix?
Block Rockin' Beats - The Micronauts Remix runs at 120 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Block Rockin' Beats - The Micronauts Remix?
From 9B it blends harmonically with 10B, 9A, 8B. Moving to 10B lifts the energy a step.
Is Block Rockin' Beats - The Micronauts Remix good for peak time?
With energy 92 out of 100 at 120 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
9B → 8B · 10B · 9AFrom 9B, 10B (D major) lifts the energy a step; 9A (E minor) settles into the relative minor; 8B (C major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 9B at 120 BPM: 10B (D major) — move to 10B to push the floor harder; 9A (E minor) — switch to 9A for a mood change without losing the groove; 8B (C major) — drop to 8B 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 4B rather than 9B; below -5% it reads as 2B. With key lock on, it stays 9B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 120 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
More big beat
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Other recommendations
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