Somber Tone
30s preview
- Key
- 9B · G major
- BPM
- 140
- Half-time
- 70
- Open Key
- 2d
- Energy
- 95/100
- Pop
- 7/100
- Length
- 5:21
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Techno
- Label
- Sway
- Loudness
- -4.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.8 dB
- ISRC
- SE5MG2540101
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 140 BPM in G major (9B), Somber Tone is a driving up-tempo techno production. It reads as dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). More treble-tilted than 96% of Umek's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Tempo:
- faster than 94% of Umek's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 76% of Umek's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 75% of Umek's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 31%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Somber Tone in?
Somber Tone by Umek is in G major, or 9B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Somber Tone?
Somber Tone runs at 140 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Somber Tone?
From 9B it blends harmonically with 10B, 9A, 8B. Moving to 10B lifts the energy a step.
Is Somber Tone good for peak time?
With energy 95 out of 100 at 140 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
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 140 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%: 132-148 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 peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 95/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 140 — 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 140 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
