Trails
30s preview
- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 139
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 78/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 7:12
- Released
- 2013
- Album
- Lost (Instrumental)
- Genre
- Tech House
- Loudness
- -9.1 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.9 dB
- ISRC
- DEL021370055
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
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- Trailsoriginal8B · 139
Trails runs 139 BPM in C major (8B), a driving up-tempo tech house record. Tonally it lands dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). A 2013 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Trentemøller's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 87% of Trentemøller's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 81% of Trentemøller's catalogue
- Tempo:
- faster than 79% of Trentemøller's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 33%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Trails in?
Trails by Trentemøller is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Trails?
Trails runs at 139 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Trails?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is Trails good for peak time?
With energy 78 out of 100 at 139 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
8B → 7B · 9B · 8AFrom 8B, 9B (G major) lifts the energy a step; 8A (A minor) settles into the relative minor; 7B (F major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 8B at 139 BPM: 9B (G major) — move to 9B to push the floor harder; 8A (A minor) — switch to 8A for a mood change without losing the groove; 7B (F major) — drop to 7B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 131-147 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 3B rather than 8B; below -5% it reads as 1B. With key lock on, it stays 8B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 78/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 139 — 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 139 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
