Artist profile
Ape Drums is an afro house producer and DJ working within contemporary African electronic music. Their work centers on the rhythmic and percussive foundations characteristic of the afro house sound.
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Ape Drums is a high-energy with strong groove and drive and a bright production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Afro House pocket.
Across 13 analysed tracks, Ape Drums averages 63% energy — harder than 69% of individual Afro House tracks — and 79% groove, straighter than 62%.
Measured against 12,606 Afro House tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Ape Drums’s 13 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 163 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.
Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.
29 of the 429 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 8 different Ape Drums tracks.
33 of the 520 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.0. They come from 6 different Ape Drums tracks.
For Your Love - Extended Mix → Owam · 8A → 8A · +1 BPM · 92 chemistry
33 of the 520 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.0. They come from 7 different Ape Drums tracks.
222 - Extended Mix → The Sign · 7B → 8A · same BPM · 90 chemistry
32 of the 364 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 6 different Ape Drums tracks.
Anything (Ya Ya) - Extended Mix → Spirit Path · 11A → 12A · +1 BPM · 90 chemistry
30 of the 520 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.0. They come from 6 different Ape Drums tracks.
For Your Love - Extended Mix → Mamacita - Bun Xapa Remix · 8A → 8A · same BPM · 90 chemistry
38 of the 520 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.0. They come from 7 different Ape Drums tracks.
Alema → Milele - Extended Mix · 3A → 3A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
31 of the 364 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 8 different Ape Drums tracks.
For Your Love - Extended Mix → Ehcoprieta · 8A → 8A · +2 BPM · 89 chemistry
39 of the 468 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.7. They come from 7 different Ape Drums tracks.
222 - Extended Mix → Rise Up · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 90 chemistry
Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.
DJs and producers closest to Ape Drums by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Ape Drums, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Ape Drums's tracks in our catalog range from 105 to 160 BPM, with a median of 122 BPM. Across 13 tracks, the most common range falls in the 120–125 BPM bucket.
Ape Drums's tracks are mostly in minor keys (54% minor across 13 tracks). The most common single key is 8B (C Major) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between Ape Drums's 13 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 163 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Aaron Sevilla, Double Drop, Dr Feel are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: FFM into Xul, 8B to 9B, 88 chemistry.
Ape Drums sits closest to Cakes, Astrality, Badflite in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Ape Drums releases spanning 2014 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2020s.
