Descartes Before the Horse
30s preview
- BPM
- 125
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 72/100
- Pop
- 1/100
- Length
- 5:10
- Released
- 2021
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -8.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.5 dB
- ISRC
- UKN6K2003719
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A club-tempo tech house cut, Descartes Before the Horse sits in B minor (10A) at 125 BPM. Tonally it lands punchy, neutral in mood. Rhythmically it is built for the dancefloor. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. Groovier than 80% of Third Son's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 79% of Third Son's catalogue
- Reach:
- better known than 79% of Third Son's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 37%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 32%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 18%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Descartes Before the Horse in?
Descartes Before the Horse by Third Son is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Descartes Before the Horse?
Descartes Before the Horse runs at 125 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Descartes Before the Horse?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Descartes Before the Horse good for peak time?
With energy 72 out of 100 at 125 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
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 125 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%: 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 5A rather than 10A; below -5% it reads as 3A. With key lock on, it stays 10A across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 125 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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