Drifting
- Key
- 8A · A minor
- BPM
- 130
- Open Key
- 1m
- Energy
- 95/100
- Pop
- 71/100
- Length
- 2:28
- Released
- 2023
- Genre
- Breakbeat
- Loudness
- -4.9 dB
- ISRC
- NLZ542300863
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Drifting (SISTEK Remix)remix8B · 122
- Drifting (KREAM Remix)remix10B · 130
- Drifting - Extended Mixversion8A · 130
- Drifting (Arodes Remix)remix8A · 124
- Drifting (Koven Remix)remix8A · 174
- Drifting (Wildstylez Remix)remix8A · 153
Drifting runs 130 BPM in A minor (8A), a peak-time tempo breakbeat record. The master is loud and heavily compressed. Better known than 98% of Tiësto's catalogue.
- Energy:
- hotter than 79% of Tiësto's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
FAQ
What key is Drifting in?
Drifting by Tiësto is in A minor, or 8A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Drifting?
Drifting runs at 130 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Drifting?
From 8A it blends harmonically with 9A, 8B, 7A. Moving to 9A lifts the energy a step.
Is Drifting good for peak time?
With energy 95 out of 100 at 130 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
8A → 7A · 9A · 8BFrom 8A, 9A (E minor) lifts the energy a step; 8B (C major) brightens to the relative major; 7A (D minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 8A at 130 BPM: 9A (E minor) — move to 9A to push the floor harder; 8B (C major) — switch to 8B for a mood change without losing the groove; 7A (D minor) — drop to 7A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 122-138 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 3A rather than 8A; below -5% it reads as 1A. With key lock on, it stays 8A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 95/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 130 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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