Machines & Nature
30s preview
- BPM
- 200
- Half-time
- 100
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 54/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:05
- Released
- 2017
- Album
- Refuge
- Genre
- Electro
- Loudness
- -18.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 17.0 dB
- ISRC
- DEBW21700004
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Machines & Nature runs 200 BPM in D♭ major (3B), an electro record. It reads as dark and steady. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 17 dB). A 2017 production that still circulates in sets. Faster than 99% of Third Son's catalogue. In a set it works best as a mid-set roller.
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of Third Son's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 92% of Third Son's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 90% of Third Son's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 31%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 31%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Machines & Nature in?
Machines & Nature by Third Son is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Machines & Nature?
Machines & Nature runs at 200 BPM.
What mixes well with Machines & Nature?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is Machines & Nature good for peak time?
With energy 54 out of 100 at 200 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
3B → 2B · 4B · 3AFrom 3B, 4B (A♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 3A (B♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 2B (F♯ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3B at 200 BPM: 4B (A♭ major) — move to 4B to push the floor harder; 3A (B♭ minor) — switch to 3A for a mood change without losing the groove; 2B (F♯ major) — drop to 2B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 188-212 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 10B rather than 3B; below -5% it reads as 8B. With key lock on, it stays 3B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 200 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Other recommendations
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