
Shadow Cycle
30s preview
- BPM
- 121
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 13/100
- Pop
- 10/100
- Length
- 2:45
- Released
- 2022
- Genre
- Ambient
- Label
- Reflections
- Loudness
- -20.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.0 dB
- ISRC
- GBEWA2203301
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Shadow Cycleoriginal11B · 121
Shadow Cycle is a club-tempo ambient track in A major (11B) at 121 BPM. The feel is brooding and low-slung. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). Calmer than 99% of Yotto's catalogue.
- Tempo:
- slower than 90% of Yotto's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 89% of Yotto's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 38%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 35%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 4%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Shadow Cycle in?
Shadow Cycle by Yotto is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Shadow Cycle?
Shadow Cycle runs at 121 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Shadow Cycle?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is Shadow Cycle good for peak time?
With energy 13 out of 100 at 121 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
11B → 10B · 12B · 11AFrom 11B, 12B (E major) lifts the energy a step; 11A (F♯ minor) settles into the relative minor; 10B (D major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11B at 121 BPM: 12B (E major) — move to 12B to push the floor harder; 11A (F♯ minor) — switch to 11A for a mood change without losing the groove; 10B (D major) — drop to 10B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 114-128 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 6B rather than 11B; below -5% it reads as 4B. With key lock on, it stays 11B across the whole range.
Programming: a warm-up or breakdown cut — early set or after a peak to reset the room.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 121 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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