Escape Wavefold
30s preview
- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 121
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 92/100
- Pop
- 18/100
- Length
- 3:21
- Released
- 2011
- Genre
- Big Beat
- Loudness
- -7.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.8 dB
- ISRC
- USSM11103067
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Escape Wavefold runs 121 BPM in C major (8B), a club-tempo big beat record. Tonally it lands dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 13 dB). A 2011 production that still circulates in sets. Less groove-driven than 80% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a mid-set roller.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Escape Wavefold in?
Escape Wavefold by The Chemical Brothers is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Escape Wavefold?
Escape Wavefold runs at 121 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Escape Wavefold?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is Escape Wavefold good for peak time?
With energy 92 out of 100 at 121 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
8B → 7B · 9B · 8AFrom 8B, 9B (G major) lifts the energy a step; 8A (A minor) settles into the relative minor; 7B (F major) cools the energy down a step.
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How to mix it
In 8B at 121 BPM: 9B (G major) — move to 9B to push the floor harder; 8A (A minor) — switch to 8A for a mood change without losing the groove; 7B (F major) — drop to 7B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 114-128 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 3B rather than 8B; below -5% it reads as 1B. With key lock on, it stays 8B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 121 — 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 121 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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