Artist profile
Ben Nicky is a hard dance and hardcore producer known for his work in the neo-rave and hard house spectrum. His productions and DJ sets are rooted in energetic, dancefloor-focused sound design characteristic of the UK hard dance scene.
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Ben Nicky is a high-energy and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave pocket.
Across 56 analysed tracks, Ben Nicky averages 52% groove — groovier than 73% of individual Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave tracks — and 70% energy, gentler than 59%.
Measured against 12,440 Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 70–165 BPM with a median of 140 · predominantly minor keys (59% minor) · most common key: 11A (F♯ Minor) with 7 tracks.
How Ben Nicky’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 Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave tempo.
Across Ben Nicky's catalog, groove has thinned; tempos have climbed from ~138 to ~144 BPM.
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We scored every transition between Ben Nicky’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 438 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.
44 of the 1,520 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.7. They come from 9 different Ben Nicky tracks.
We Come 1 - Darren Styles Extended Remix → NEOVISION - Extended Mix · 12A → 1A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
41 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 12 different Ben Nicky tracks.
Brave Heart feat. Chloe Stamp → Coffin Corner · 7B → 7B · +2 BPM · 90 chemistry
36 of the 1,200 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.9. They come from 10 different Ben Nicky tracks.
Survive It - Extended Mix → HUSTLE! · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
34 of the 760 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.4. They come from 10 different Ben Nicky tracks.
Oxygen - Darren Styles Extended Remix → Omega · 5A → 5A · same BPM · 90 chemistry
37 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 13 different Ben Nicky tracks.
COLLIDE - Extended Mix → Dunes Of Light - Extended Mix · 10A → 9A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
36 of the 1,240 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 7.1. They come from 13 different Ben Nicky tracks.
COLLIDE - Extended Mix → Equilibrium - Extended Mix · 10A → 10A · same BPM · 88 chemistry
37 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 12 different Ben Nicky tracks.
Brave Heart feat. Chloe Stamp → Forever As One · 7B → 8A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
43 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 9 different Ben Nicky tracks.
Oxygen - Darren Styles Extended Remix → Underground Business - Extended Mix · 5A → 4A · 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 Ben Nicky 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 Ben Nicky, 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.
Ben Nicky's tracks in our catalog range from 70 to 165 BPM, with a median of 140 BPM. Across 56 tracks, the most common range falls in the 140–145 BPM bucket.
Ben Nicky's tracks are mostly in minor keys (59% minor across 56 tracks). The most common single key is 11A (F♯ Minor) with 7 tracks.
We scored every transition between Ben Nicky's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 438 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Anderex, Lostly, Mutilator 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: We Come 1 - Darren Styles Extended Remix into NEOVISION - Extended Mix, 12A to 1A, 92 chemistry.
Ben Nicky sits closest to Craig Connelly, Ralphie B, Will Atkinson 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 Ben Nicky releases spanning 2013 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2020s.
