Back to Life
30s preview
- BPM
- 174
- Half-time
- 87
- Open Key
- 6m
- Energy
- 93/100
- Pop
- 63/100
- Length
- 3:32
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Label
- Sleepless Music Ltd.
- Loudness
- -1.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.9 dB
- ISRC
- US38Y2509300
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Back to Life: drum n bass, A♭ minor (1A), 174 BPM. Tonally it lands dark and driving. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. It is vocal-led. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). Better known than 99% of Wilkinson's catalogue. In a set it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 91% of Wilkinson's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 80% of Wilkinson's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 75% of Wilkinson's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 28%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 25%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 19%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Back to Life in?
Back to Life by Wilkinson is in A♭ minor, or 1A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Back to Life?
Back to Life runs at 174 BPM.
What mixes well with Back to Life?
From 1A it blends harmonically with 2A, 1B, 12A. Moving to 2A lifts the energy a step.
Is Back to Life good for peak time?
With energy 93 out of 100 at 174 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
1A → 12A · 2A · 1BFrom 1A, 2A (E♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 1B (B major) brightens to the relative major; 12A (D♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
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How to mix it
In 1A at 174 BPM: 2A (E♭ minor) — move to 2A to push the floor harder; 1B (B major) — switch to 1B for a mood change without losing the groove; 12A (D♭ minor) — drop to 12A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 164-184 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 8A rather than 1A; below -5% it reads as 6A. With key lock on, it stays 1A across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 174 — 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 174 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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