Back When Grouphugs Were Still Appropriate
30s preview
- Key
- 9B · G major
- BPM
- 112
- Open Key
- 2d
- Energy
- 61/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 8:22
- Released
- 2021
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -7.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.5 dB
- ISRC
- DEU672101961
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Back When Grouphugs Were Still Appropriate runs 112 BPM in G major (9B), a mid-tempo tech house record. The feel is punchy, neutral in mood. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). More underground than 99% of Timboletti's catalogue. In a set it works best as a mid-set roller.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 97% of Timboletti's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 87% of Timboletti's catalogue
- Brightness:
- brighter than 80% of Timboletti's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 32%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Back When Grouphugs Were Still Appropriate in?
Back When Grouphugs Were Still Appropriate by Timboletti is in G major, or 9B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Back When Grouphugs Were Still Appropriate?
Back When Grouphugs Were Still Appropriate runs at 112 BPM, a mid-tempo track.
What mixes well with Back When Grouphugs Were Still Appropriate?
From 9B it blends harmonically with 10B, 9A, 8B. Moving to 10B lifts the energy a step.
Is Back When Grouphugs Were Still Appropriate good for peak time?
With energy 61 out of 100 at 112 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
9B → 8B · 10B · 9AFrom 9B, 10B (D major) lifts the energy a step; 9A (E minor) settles into the relative minor; 8B (C major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 9B at 112 BPM: 10B (D major) — move to 10B to push the floor harder; 9A (E minor) — switch to 9A for a mood change without losing the groove; 8B (C major) — drop to 8B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 105-119 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 4B rather than 9B; below -5% it reads as 2B. With key lock on, it stays 9B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 112 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 112 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
