Needle
30s preview
- BPM
- 123
- Open Key
- 9d
- Energy
- 71/100
- Pop
- 4/100
- Length
- 7:33
- Released
- 2016
- Genre
- Progressive House
- Loudness
- -8.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 15.1 dB
- ISRC
- USA2P1673286
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Needle runs 123 BPM in A♭ major (4B), a club-tempo progressive house record. It reads as dark and driving. Rhythmically it is built for the dancefloor. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 15 dB). A 2016 production that still circulates in sets. Groovier than 96% of Tinlicker's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 96% of Tinlicker's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 89% of Tinlicker's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 86% of Tinlicker's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 24%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 34%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 26%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Needle in?
Needle by Tinlicker is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Needle?
Needle runs at 123 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Needle?
From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.
Is Needle good for peak time?
With energy 71 out of 100 at 123 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
4B → 3B · 5B · 4AFrom 4B, 5B (E♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 4A (F minor) settles into the relative minor; 3B (D♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 4B at 123 BPM: 5B (E♭ major) — move to 5B to push the floor harder; 4A (F minor) — switch to 4A for a mood change without losing the groove; 3B (D♭ major) — drop to 3B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 116-130 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 11B rather than 4B; below -5% it reads as 9B. With key lock on, it stays 4B across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 123 — 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 123 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
