Artist profile
Dan Dobson is a trance producer working within the main floor sound. His productions emphasize the rhythmic and melodic foundations characteristic of contemporary trance.
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Dan Dobson is a high-energy with strong groove and drive and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Trance (Main Floor) pocket.
Across 9 analysed tracks, Dan Dobson averages 76% groove — groovier than 71% of individual Trance (Main Floor) tracks — and 73% energy, harder than 63%.
Measured against 21,919 Trance (Main Floor) tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Dan Dobson’s 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 149 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.
27 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 8 different Dan Dobson tracks.
The Distance Between Us → Unity - Extended Mix · 11B → 11B · same BPM · 92 chemistry
28 of the 216 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.2. They come from 7 different Dan Dobson tracks.
Chiral → Knightfall · 2A → 3A · −2 BPM · 88 chemistry
29 of the 297 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.7. They come from 8 different Dan Dobson tracks.
26 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 9 different Dan Dobson tracks.
28 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 6 different Dan Dobson tracks.
Lima - Extended Mix → Raindrops - Extended Mix · 11B → 12A · −2 BPM · 89 chemistry
27 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 7 different Dan Dobson tracks.
Lima - Extended Mix → One Last Look - Extended Mix · 11B → 11A · +4 BPM · 85 chemistry
27 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 8 different Dan Dobson tracks.
30 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 9 different Dan Dobson tracks.
Gaunt → Lungs feat. Izzy Warner - Extended Mix · 8A → 7A · −2 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 Dan Dobson 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 Dan Dobson, 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.
Dan Dobson's tracks in our catalog range from 128 to 134 BPM, with a median of 132 BPM. Across 9 tracks, the most common range falls in the 130–135 BPM bucket.
Dan Dobson's tracks are mostly in major keys (44% minor across 9 tracks). The most common single key is 11B (A Major) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between Dan Dobson's 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 149 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Andy Moor, Arkham Knights, Dan Thompson 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: The Distance Between Us into Unity - Extended Mix, 11B to 11B, 92 chemistry.
Dan Dobson sits closest to Alpha Force, First Sight, Tatakai 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.
