Artist profile
Darude is a Finnish trance producer known for his work in progressive and main-floor trance. His production spans the 2000s and 2010s, contributing to the broader European trance landscape during that period.
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Plan a set with Darude tracks scored against the rest of the catalog
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Darude is a high-energy with strong groove and drive and a bright production — vocal-forward artist.
Sits right in the typical Trance (Main Floor) pocket.
Across 14 analysed tracks, Darude averages 72% energy — harder than 61% of individual Trance (Main Floor) tracks — and 71% groove, groovier than 61%.
Measured against 21,919 Trance (Main Floor) tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Darude’s 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 88 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.
20 of the 297 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.7. They come from 5 different Darude tracks.
Sandstorm - Original Club Mix → The World is Ours - Extended Mix · 9A → 8A · +2 BPM · 90 chemistry
24 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 6 different Darude tracks.
Feel the Beat → Ode To Autumn - Extended Mix · 2A → 3A · +0.4 BPM · 85 chemistry
18 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 6 different Darude tracks.
Sandstorm - Original Club Mix → Adagio - Extended Mix · 9A → 9A · +4 BPM · 86 chemistry
20 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 7 different Darude tracks.
Sandstorm - Original Club Mix → Mein Herz - Davey Asprey Remix · 9A → 8A · −1 BPM · 86 chemistry
19 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 5 different Darude tracks.
Sandstorm - Original Club Mix → Sawubona - Extended Mix · 9A → 10A · +4 BPM · 88 chemistry
19 of the 279 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.6. They come from 4 different Darude tracks.
Feel The Beat - Giuseppe Ottaviani Extended Remix → Serotonin - Extended Mix · 5B → 6A · +1 BPM · 87 chemistry
23 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 6 different Darude tracks.
Feel the Beat → Incognition · 2A → 12B · +0.4 BPM · 88 chemistry
18 of the 270 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.6. They come from 5 different Darude tracks.
Feel the Beat → Tremolo (Mixed) · 2A → 1A · −1.6 BPM · 88 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 Darude 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 Darude, 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.
Darude's tracks in our catalog range from 66 to 165 BPM, with a median of 135 BPM. Across 14 tracks, the most common range falls in the 135–140 BPM bucket.
Darude's tracks are mostly in minor keys (64% minor across 14 tracks). The most common single key is 9A (E Minor) with 5 tracks.
We scored every transition between Darude's 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 88 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and A.R.D.I., Driftmoon, Eximinds 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: Sandstorm - Original Club Mix into The World is Ours - Extended Mix, 9A to 8A, 90 chemistry.
Darude sits closest to Sash!, Paul van Dyk, Ian van Dahl 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 Darude releases spanning 2000 to 2019, with the most tracks from the 2000s.
