Damn Special
30s preview
- BPM
- 100
- Double-time
- 200
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 61/100
- Pop
- 5/100
- Length
- 9:07
- Released
- 2020
- Album
- Octopus
- Genre
- Ethno Pop
- Loudness
- -9.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 19.9 dB
- ISRC
- US83Z2034294
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Damn Special is a slow-groove tempo ethno pop track in A major (11B) at 100 BPM. It reads as dark and driving. The groove is strong and floor-ready. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 20 dB). Darker than 99% of Zuma Dionys's catalogue. In a set it works best as a mid-set roller.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 97% of Zuma Dionys's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 94% of Zuma Dionys's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 20%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 36%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 31%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Damn Special in?
Damn Special by Zuma Dionys is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Damn Special?
Damn Special runs at 100 BPM, a slow-groove tempo track.
What mixes well with Damn Special?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is Damn Special good for peak time?
With energy 61 out of 100 at 100 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
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 100 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%: 94-106 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 mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 100 — 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 100 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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