TempoPeek

Aphex Twin · Selected Ambient Works 85–92

We are the music makers

We are the music makers is in F major at 103 beats per minute.

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Tempo

103 BPM · Andantemedian of 129 analyses · 103–106.1 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F major1 flat · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
83%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
129people who ran the extractor
One beat
582.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
455Hz · +58 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.24dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.766Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.507Essentia's danceability, 0–3

Source: AcousticBrainz, dump of 2022-06-23 (CC0) · MusicBrainz core data, 2026-09-17 (CC0) · how each number is measured. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.

What the numbers say

129 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 83% — put it in F major, a key signature of 1 flat. The tempo printed above is the median of the 129 readings; 85% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 103 to 106.1 BPM.

At 103 BPM one beat lasts 582.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 145.6 ms and a dotted eighth 436.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 51.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 206. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 455 Hz, which is 58 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — far enough that playing along at 440 Hz will sound wrong. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 3.24 dB: that is how far the level wanders from its own average, so a small number means a loud, flat master and a large one means a recording that still breathes. Its average loudness is 0.766 on Essentia's 0-to-1 scale, which is not decibels and is not comparable to a streaming service's number.

10 other recordings here are in F major; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.

Beats per bar are not in this dataset. AcousticBrainz's analysis reports a tempo, a key and a loudness, and no time signature at all, so this page does not print one — a 4/4 here would be a guess dressed as a measurement.

Keys that fit with F major

Each of these differs from F major by at most one accidental, or shares its tonic. That is the whole of what a mixing wheel encodes; here the relations are named instead of numbered.

Delay times at 103 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42330.10.43
Half note211650.86
Dotted quarter1.5873.81.14
Quarter note (one beat)1582.51.72
Quarter triplet0.667388.32.58
Dotted eighth0.75436.92.29
Eighth note0.5291.33.43
Eighth triplet0.333194.25.15
Dotted sixteenth0.375218.44.58
Sixteenth note0.25145.66.87
Sixteenth triplet0.16797.110.3
Thirty-second note0.12572.813.73

Half time 51.5 BPM · double time 206 BPM. Every row is one beat (582.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Rock DJRobbie WilliamsF major103BPM
  2. Lonely TogetherAvicii feat. Rita OraF major103BPM
  3. Night Time Is the Right TimeAretha FranklinF major103BPM
  4. I Still…Backstreet BoysF major103BPM
  5. I WillThe BeatlesF major103BPM
  6. I Found SomeoneCherF major103BPM
  7. My Fairy KingQueenF major103BPM
  8. Touchy!a‐haF major104BPM
  9. The BestTina TurnerF major104BPM
  10. Everything’s Good (Good Ass Outro)Chance the RapperF major104BPM

Recordings in F major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 103 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F majorAll songs at 103 BPMF major at 100–109 BPMAphex Twin

MusicBrainz collapses 3 recording ids into this one. Recording id 365e1251-3776-4a1a-8ef2-d3b52c69cbf7.