Artist profile
Barbatuques is a Brazilian percussion and body music ensemble known for their innovative approach to Afro House and rhythmic experimentation. Blending traditional African polyrhythms with contemporary electronic production, the group has developed a distinctive sound rooted in bodily percussion and collective improvisation.
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Barbatuques is a high-energy with strong groove and drive artist.
Sits right in the typical Afro House pocket.
Across 9 analysed tracks, Barbatuques averages 67% energy — harder than 74% of individual Afro House tracks — and 76% groove, straighter than 68%.
Measured against 12,606 Afro House tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Barbatuques’s 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 153 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.
28 of the 297 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.7. They come from 6 different Barbatuques tracks.
Melhor Dia Da Semana → Sunset Guitar · 12B → 11B · same BPM · 90 chemistry
34 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 6 different Barbatuques tracks.
36 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 7 different Barbatuques tracks.
Baianá - Pablo Fierro Edit → Train To Work · 7A → 7A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
32 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 6 different Barbatuques tracks.
Baianá - Pablo Fierro Edit → True Love feat. AKIKI - Extended Mix · 7A → 7A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
37 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 6 different Barbatuques tracks.
Baianá - Pablo Fierro Edit → Misizi · 7A → 7A · same BPM · 90 chemistry
28 of the 252 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.4. They come from 6 different Barbatuques tracks.
Baião → Butundaile · 9B → 10B · −2 BPM · 88 chemistry
31 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 6 different Barbatuques tracks.
Baião → Ingoma feat. Lizwi · 9B → 9B · +3 BPM · 91 chemistry
46 of the 324 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.9. They come from 6 different Barbatuques tracks.
Baianá → Talking Drums · 7A → 7A · 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 Barbatuques 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 Barbatuques, 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.
Barbatuques's tracks in our catalog range from 120 to 130 BPM, with a median of 122 BPM. Across 9 tracks, the most common range falls in the 120–125 BPM bucket.
Barbatuques's tracks are mostly in major keys (44% minor across 9 tracks). The most common single key is 7A (D Minor) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between Barbatuques's 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 153 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Aaron Sevilla, Darksidevinyl, 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: Melhor Dia Da Semana into Sunset Guitar, 12B to 11B, 90 chemistry.
Barbatuques sits closest to Mari Froes, Claudya, Palavra Cantada 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 Barbatuques releases spanning 2003 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2000s.