89 BPM
89 BPM is mostly Drum & Bass, Electronica and Psy-Trance in our catalog: 756 tracks, most of them written at 178 BPM and read here at half tempo.
Read this page as a detection result, not a tempo. Drum & bass runs at 170–180 BPM, so the tracks listed here are written at 178 BPM and were measured at the half-time pulse. Beatmatch them against 178 BPM, not 89. Why half-time detection happens.
Mixing at 89 BPM
Direct mixing: tracks at 89 BPM blend smoothly with anything between 86 and 92 BPM using pitch adjustment.
Half-time and double-time: Halve 89 and you get 44.5; double it and you get 178. Both are the same pulse counted differently, which is why a track at 44.5 will drop cleanly under one at 89. In the catalog, 45 BPM sits outside the range we analyse and we hold 16 tracks stored at 178 BPM. Work the octave move out.
Energy flow: with 127 high-energy tracks in our catalog, 89 BPM is ideal for warm-up and mid-set grooves.
Sound profile
Tracks at 89 BPM tend to be a moderate-energy sound, averaged across 756 tracks.
Genre distribution
Of the 756 tracks we hold at 89 BPM, the biggest tags are Drum & Bass (173), Electronica (87), Psy-Trance (81), Trap / Future Bass (60) and Afro House (28). Those are track counts, not shares: a track can carry more than one genre tag, so they deliberately sum past the total rather than pretending to be percentages.
Where 89 BPM is crowded
The busiest genre and key cells inside the 756 tracks we hold at 89 BPM. If you are hunting for something to drop in at this tempo, these are the shelves with the most on them.
| Genre | Key | Tracks |
|---|---|---|
| Drum & Bass | 4A | 23 |
| Drum & Bass | 9A | 23 |
| Drum & Bass | 6A | 14 |
| Drum & Bass | 2A | 12 |
| Drum & Bass | 8A | 11 |
| Drum & Bass | 7A | 10 |
Track counts, not shares — a track can carry more than one genre tag, so the cells overlap. These are tracks stored at 89 BPM; on a deck they run at 178. The keys and counts are unaffected by which pulse the tempo was read at.
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Frequently asked
What genres are commonly found at 89 BPM?
The most common genres at 89 BPM include Drum & Bass, Electronica, Psy-Trance. Mixgraph has 756 tracks at this tempo across multiple genres. Most of those drum & bass tracks are written at 178 BPM — drum & bass runs at 170–180 BPM — and were detected at the half-time pulse. They will beatmatch against 178 BPM, not 89.
Is 89 BPM the same as 45 or 178 BPM?
Halve 89 and you get 44.5; double it and you get 178. Both are the same pulse counted differently, which is why a track at 44.5 will drop cleanly under one at 89. In the catalog, 45 BPM sits outside the range we analyse and we hold 16 tracks stored at 178 BPM.
What BPMs are compatible with 89 BPM for mixing?
Tracks between 86 and 92 BPM can be mixed smoothly using pitch adjustment. For creative transitions, try half-time mixing with 45 BPM tracks or double-time with 178 BPM tracks during breakdowns.
How do I transition between 89 and 91 BPM?
A 2 BPM difference is easily managed with your pitch fader or sync function. Focus on harmonic compatibility using the Camelot wheel — matching keys matter more than a small BPM gap. Use Mixgraph's chemistry scoring to find the best matches.
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About 89 BPM in DJ mixing
89 BPM is where our analysis lands when it hears drum & bass at half tempo. On a deck these tracks run at 178 BPM, so read this page as a way into 178 rather than a tempo to mix at.
The busiest shelf at 89 BPM is Drum & Bass in 4A — 23 tracks. Energy splits 127 high / 489 medium / 139 low, so there is material here for a warm-up and for a peak either way.
Beatmatch these against 178 BPM, not 89. Everything else on this page — the keys, the energy split, the sound profile — is measured from the audio and holds regardless of which pulse the tempo was read at.
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