Flashback to Another Place
30s preview
- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 127
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 71/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 5:49
- Released
- 2012
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -5.1 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.3 dB
- ISRC
- GBKQU1299390
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Flashback to Another Place: peak-time tempo techno, C major (8B), 127 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. The groove is strong and floor-ready. 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 2012 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Umek's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
- Groove:
- groovier than 92% of Umek's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 83% of Umek's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 78% of Umek's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 35%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 26%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Flashback to Another Place in?
Flashback to Another Place by Umek is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Flashback to Another Place?
Flashback to Another Place runs at 127 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Flashback to Another Place?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is Flashback to Another Place good for peak time?
With energy 71 out of 100 at 127 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
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 127 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%: 119-135 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 floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 127 — 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 127 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
