Artist profile
Benga is a UK dubstep and grime producer known for his work in the deep dubstep and 140 BPM sound. His productions are characterized by heavy bass design and intricate rhythmic arrangements rooted in the UK underground electronic music scene.
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Plan a set with Benga tracks scored against the rest of the catalog
Benga is a moderate-energy with strong groove and drive and a bright production — mostly instrumental artist.
Unusually high groove for 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime.
Across 9 analysed tracks, Benga averages 64% groove — groovier than 93% of individual 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime tracks — and 52% energy, gentler than 65%.
Measured against 4,816 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Benga’s 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 13 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.
12 of the 342 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.0. They come from 3 different Benga tracks.
One Million → Locked · 3A → 4A · −1 BPM · 89 chemistry
18 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 4 different Benga tracks.
One Million → Affinity · 3A → 2B · −1 BPM · 88 chemistry
13 of the 288 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.6. They come from 4 different Benga tracks.
26 Basslines → Oneness · 4B → 5B · half-time · 86 chemistry
12 of the 351 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.0. They come from 3 different Benga tracks.
Crunked Up → Cause and Effect · 11A → 10B · same BPM · 86 chemistry
12 of the 153 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 0.9. They come from 4 different Benga tracks.
26 Basslines → So Damn Beat · 4B → 4A · same BPM · 88 chemistry
13 of the 288 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.6. They come from 4 different Benga tracks.
One Million → Karma (feat. Badmon Bishop) · 3A → 4A · −1 BPM · 86 chemistry
12 of the 171 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.0. They come from 3 different Benga tracks.
26 Basslines → Blunted · 4B → 4A · same BPM · 86 chemistry
13 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 4 different Benga tracks.
26 Basslines → Music That You Like · 4B → 5A · same BPM · 87 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 Benga 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 Benga, 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.
Benga's tracks in our catalog range from 67 to 141 BPM, with a median of 140 BPM. Across 9 tracks, the most common range falls in the 140–145 BPM bucket.
Benga's tracks are mostly in minor keys (67% minor across 9 tracks). The most common single key is 3A (B♭ Minor) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between Benga's 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 13 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Abstrakt Sonance, Caspa, Distance 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: One Million into Locked, 3A to 4A, 89 chemistry.
Benga sits closest to Skream, Kromestar, Loefah 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 Benga releases spanning 2006 to 2009, with the most tracks from the 2000s.