Artist profile
Chicane is a trance producer and DJ known for melodic, progressive approaches to the genre. His work spans both dancefloor-focused tracks and atmospheric compositions, establishing him as a consistent presence in electronic music production.
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Chicane is a moderate-energy with strong groove and drive and a warm production artist.
Unusually low brightness for Trance (Main Floor).
Across 28 analysed tracks, Chicane averages 53% energy — gentler than 76% of individual Trance (Main Floor) tracks.
Measured against 21,919 Trance (Main Floor) tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 65–144 BPM with a median of 125 · predominantly minor keys (64% minor) · most common key: 4A (F Minor) with 8 tracks.
How Chicane’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 Trance (Main Floor) tempo.
Across Chicane's catalog, groove has deepened; production has brightened; vocal content has increased.
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We scored every transition between Chicane’s 28 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 318 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.
34 of the 1,120 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.4. They come from 11 different Chicane tracks.
Saltwater feat. Moya Brennan - Extended Mix → KAIF - Extended Mix · 4A → 3A · +1 BPM · 90 chemistry
33 of the 700 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.0. They come from 9 different Chicane tracks.
Red Skies - Album Mix → Unreal - Extended Mix · 3A → 4A · −1 BPM · 88 chemistry
29 of the 644 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 8 different Chicane tracks.
Saltwater feat. Moya Brennan - Young Marco Remix → With You - Extended Mix · 4A → 4A · −2 BPM · 90 chemistry
35 of the 1,092 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.3. They come from 11 different Chicane tracks.
Red Skies - Album Mix → A Tribute To Life - Robimon Extended Remix · 3A → 3A · −6 BPM · 88 chemistry
36 of the 1,120 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.4. They come from 9 different Chicane tracks.
Don't Give Up feat. Bryan Adams - Giuseppe Ottaviani Extended Remix → Forever - Extended Mix · 5A → 5A · −2 BPM · 87 chemistry
33 of the 1,120 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.4. They come from 8 different Chicane tracks.
Red Skies - Album Mix → In The Darkness - Dmitry Chelnokov Extended Remix · 3A → 3A · +1 BPM · 90 chemistry
29 of the 868 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.0. They come from 8 different Chicane tracks.
Saltwater feat. Moya Brennan - Young Marco Remix → Ocean - Extended Mix · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
29 of the 868 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.0. They come from 9 different Chicane tracks.
Don't Give Up feat. Bryan Adams - Giuseppe Ottaviani Extended Remix → Such Is Life - Album Cut · 5A → 5A · +3 BPM · 89 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 Chicane 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 Chicane, 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.
Chicane's tracks in our catalog range from 65 to 144 BPM, with a median of 125 BPM. Across 28 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.
Chicane's tracks are mostly in minor keys (64% minor across 28 tracks). The most common single key is 4A (F Minor) with 8 tracks.
We scored every transition between Chicane's 28 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 318 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Alexander Popov, C-Systems, Christopher Corrigan 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: Saltwater feat. Moya Brennan - Extended Mix into KAIF - Extended Mix, 4A to 3A, 90 chemistry.
Chicane sits closest to Paul van Dyk, York, Late Night Alumni 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 Chicane releases spanning 1997 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2020s.
