The Private Psychedelic Reel
30s preview
- BPM
- 125
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 99/100
- Pop
- 37/100
- Length
- 9:22
- Released
- 1997
- Album
- Dig Your Own Hole
- Genre
- Breakbeat
- Label
- Astralwerks
- Loudness
- -3.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.9 dB
- ISRC
- GBAAA9700200
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- The Private Psychedelic Reeloriginal11B · 125
The Private Psychedelic Reel: club-tempo breakbeat, A major (11B), 125 BPM. Vocals read as instrumental. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 13 dB). A 1997 production that still circulates in sets. Less groove-driven than 95% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Energy:
- hotter than 94% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 92% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 91% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 27%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 36%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is The Private Psychedelic Reel in?
The Private Psychedelic Reel by The Chemical Brothers is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is The Private Psychedelic Reel?
The Private Psychedelic Reel runs at 125 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with The Private Psychedelic Reel?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is The Private Psychedelic Reel good for peak time?
With energy 99 out of 100 at 125 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
11B → 10B · 12B · 11AFrom 11B, 12B (E major) lifts the energy a step; 11A (F♯ minor) settles into the relative minor; 10B (D major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11B at 125 BPM: 12B (E major) — move to 12B to push the floor harder; 11A (F♯ minor) — switch to 11A for a mood change without losing the groove; 10B (D major) — drop to 10B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 117-133 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 6B rather than 11B; below -5% it reads as 4B. With key lock on, it stays 11B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 99/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 125 — 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 125 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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