Dissolve
30s preview
- BPM
- 131
- Open Key
- 7d
- Energy
- 86/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 6:22
- Released
- 2010
- Genre
- Big Beat
- Loudness
- -4.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.5 dB
- ISRC
- GBAAA1000096
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Dissolve runs 131 BPM in F♯ major (2B), a peak-time tempo big beat record. The feel is dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 13 dB). A 2010 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 87% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 29%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 25%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 25%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 21%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Dissolve in?
Dissolve by The Chemical Brothers is in F♯ major, or 2B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Dissolve?
Dissolve runs at 131 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Dissolve?
From 2B it blends harmonically with 3B, 2A, 1B. Moving to 3B lifts the energy a step.
Is Dissolve good for peak time?
With energy 86 out of 100 at 131 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
2B → 1B · 3B · 2AFrom 2B, 3B (D♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 2A (E♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 1B (B major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 2B at 131 BPM: 3B (D♭ major) — move to 3B to push the floor harder; 2A (E♭ minor) — switch to 2A for a mood change without losing the groove; 1B (B major) — drop to 1B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 123-139 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 9B rather than 2B; below -5% it reads as 7B. With key lock on, it stays 2B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 86/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 131 — 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 131 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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