Music:Response
30s preview
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 89/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 8:22
- Released
- 2000
- Album
- Music: Response
- Genre
- Big Beat
- Loudness
- -6.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.5 dB
- ISRC
- GBAAA0000007
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Music:Responseoriginal9B · 109
- Music:Response - Futureshock Stripped Responseoriginal11A · 128
- Music:Response - Radio Editversion9B · 109
- Music:Response - Gentleman Thief Mixoriginal2B · 132
Music:Response is a peak-time tempo big beat track in B minor (10A) at 128 BPM. The feel is bright and euphoric. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. A 2000 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.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 92% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 76% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 35%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Music:Response in?
Music:Response by The Chemical Brothers is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Music:Response?
Music:Response runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Music:Response?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Music:Response good for peak time?
With energy 89 out of 100 at 128 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
10A → 9A · 11A · 10BFrom 10A, 11A (F♯ minor) lifts the energy a step; 10B (D major) brightens to the relative major; 9A (E minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10A at 128 BPM: 11A (F♯ minor) — move to 11A to push the floor harder; 10B (D major) — switch to 10B for a mood change without losing the groove; 9A (E minor) — drop to 9A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 120-136 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 5A rather than 10A; below -5% it reads as 3A. With key lock on, it stays 10A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 89/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 128 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
More big beat
More from The Chemical Brothers
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Other recommendations
Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 128 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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