Artist profile
Captain Hook is a psy-trance producer working within the darker, more hypnotic end of the genre. His productions emphasize intricate layering and driving rhythmic elements characteristic of underground psychedelic techno.
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Captain Hook is a moderate-energy with strong groove and drive artist.
Sits right in the typical Psy-Trance pocket.
Across 17 analysed tracks, Captain Hook averages 58% energy — gentler than 63% of individual Psy-Trance tracks — and 80% groove, groovier than 59%.
Measured against 15,751 Psy-Trance tracks on 11 August 2026.
How Captain Hook’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 Psy-Trance tempo.
Across Captain Hook's catalog, production has darkened; warmth has lifted; energy has lifted.
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We scored every transition between Captain Hook’s 17 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 421 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.
82 of the 680 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.9. They come from 16 different Captain Hook tracks.
Space Tube 25 → Oculture · 12A → 11B · +3 BPM · 88 chemistry
74 of the 680 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.9. They come from 15 different Captain Hook tracks.
Time & Space → Mind Expand · 12B → 12B · same BPM · 93 chemistry
74 of the 612 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.5. They come from 16 different Captain Hook tracks.
The Power of Now - Dekel Remix → Rising Shamans · 9B → 9B · +1 BPM · 92 chemistry
85 of the 680 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.9. They come from 16 different Captain Hook tracks.
Origin - Bliss remix → Follow Me - Asgard Remix · 2A → 2A · +2 BPM · 93 chemistry
83 of the 680 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.9. They come from 14 different Captain Hook tracks.
Space Tube 25 → Headlong · 12A → 1A · +3 BPM · 90 chemistry
83 of the 680 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.9. They come from 16 different Captain Hook tracks.
Time & Space → Mind Control · 12B → 11B · same BPM · 92 chemistry
77 of the 680 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.9. They come from 16 different Captain Hook tracks.
Consciousness → Shalula · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 91 chemistry
76 of the 663 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.8. They come from 16 different Captain Hook tracks.
Try Listening from Your Heart → In the Dirt - Liquid Soul Remix · 2B → 2B · −1 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 Captain Hook 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 Captain Hook, 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.
Captain Hook's tracks in our catalog range from 115 to 142 BPM, with a median of 138 BPM. Across 17 tracks, the most common range falls in the 140–145 BPM bucket.
Captain Hook's tracks are mostly in major keys (24% minor across 17 tracks). The most common single key is 7B (F Major) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between Captain Hook's 17 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 421 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Lunatica, Lyktum, Middle Mode 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: Space Tube 25 into Oculture, 12A to 11B, 88 chemistry.
Captain Hook sits closest to Ace Ventura, Liquid Soul, Astrix 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 Captain Hook releases spanning 2014 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2010s.