Artist profile
Ben Rau is a minimal and deep techno producer working within stripped-down, hypnotic frameworks. His productions emphasize subtle textural development and precise rhythmic control, situating him within the deeper end of electronic music.
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Ben Rau is a moderate-energy with strong groove and drive artist.
Unusually high warmth for Minimal / Deep Tech.
Across 35 analysed tracks, Ben Rau sits within a few points of the Minimal / Deep Tech median on groove and energy.
Measured against 22,121 Minimal / Deep Tech tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Ben Rau’s 35 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 2,918 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.
216 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 34 different Ben Rau tracks.
182 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 26 different Ben Rau tracks.
Gravity → JucieLussie · 7A → 7A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
218 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 28 different Ben Rau tracks.
Gravity → About Yourself · 7A → 7A · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry
212 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 31 different Ben Rau tracks.
The Long Tomorrow → Information Overload · 9A → 8A · same BPM · 90 chemistry
180 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 29 different Ben Rau tracks.
The Player → In The District · 8A → 8A · +2 BPM · 91 chemistry
181 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 34 different Ben Rau tracks.
Drop The Bass → Wake Up · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
184 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 33 different Ben Rau tracks.
Be Who You Want To Be → Mandala Vibe · 7B → 8A · −1 BPM · 90 chemistry
193 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 33 different Ben Rau tracks.
The Player → Kind Of Data · 8A → 8A · +1 BPM · 93 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 Rau 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 Rau, 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 Rau's tracks in our catalog range from 124 to 132 BPM, with a median of 128 BPM. Across 35 tracks, the most common range falls in the 130–135 BPM bucket.
Ben Rau's tracks are mostly in minor keys (77% minor across 35 tracks). The most common single key is 7A (D Minor) with 6 tracks.
We scored every transition between Ben Rau's 35 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 2,918 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Archie Hamilton, Arkady Antsyrev, Daniel Meister 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: Gravity into Moving On, 7A to 7A, 93 chemistry.
Ben Rau sits closest to Artmann, Archie Hamilton, MANT 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 Rau releases spanning 2015 to 2024, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
