Artist profile
Barely Alive is a dubstep producer known for heavy, bass-driven sound design and aggressive production techniques. The artist has established a presence within the dubstep community through original releases and collaborations with fellow producers in the genre.
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BARELY ALIVE is a high-energy and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Dubstep pocket.
Across 79 analysed tracks, BARELY ALIVE averages 69% energy — harder than 67% of individual Dubstep tracks — and 57% groove, groovier than 63%.
Measured against 11,781 Dubstep tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 70–160 BPM with a median of 140 · predominantly minor keys (82% minor) · most common key: 4A (F Minor) with 23 tracks.
How BARELY ALIVE’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Dubstep tempo.
Across BARELY ALIVE's catalog, tempos have climbed from ~115 to ~132 BPM; vocal content has increased.
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We scored every transition between BARELY ALIVE’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 691 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.
116 of the 1,040 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.0. They come from 24 different BARELY ALIVE tracks.
Let It Spin → WAITING · 2A → 2A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
117 of the 1,320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 7.6. They come from 29 different BARELY ALIVE tracks.
Windpipe feat. Ragga Twins → Bing Bong · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
138 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 27 different BARELY ALIVE tracks.
Windpipe feat. Ragga Twins → Yeti · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
130 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 28 different BARELY ALIVE tracks.
Bang Your Head (Feat. Virus Syndicate) - INFEKT Remix → Chip Chip · 5A → 6A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
116 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 30 different BARELY ALIVE tracks.
Wedabe$ feat. Splitbreed → Take Control - PURGE Remix · 7A → 7A · +5 BPM · 91 chemistry
132 of the 1,120 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.4. They come from 23 different BARELY ALIVE tracks.
Windpipe feat. Ragga Twins → Never Sit Down · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
120 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 24 different BARELY ALIVE tracks.
Let It Spin → Battle Of The Bros · 2A → 2A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
124 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 27 different BARELY ALIVE tracks.
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 BARELY ALIVE 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 BARELY ALIVE, 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.
BARELY ALIVE's tracks in our catalog range from 70 to 160 BPM, with a median of 140 BPM. Across 79 tracks, the most common range falls in the 140–145 BPM bucket.
BARELY ALIVE's tracks are mostly in minor keys (82% minor across 79 tracks). The most common single key is 4A (F Minor) with 23 tracks.
We scored every transition between BARELY ALIVE's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 691 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Ace Aura, Bandlez, Dodge & Fuski 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: Let It Spin into WAITING, 2A to 2A, 93 chemistry.
BARELY ALIVE sits closest to Virtual Riot, Zomboy, Eptic 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 BARELY ALIVE releases spanning 2013 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
