Artist profile
Trance (Main Floor) producer and DJ.
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Plan a set with Dave Steward tracks scored against the rest of the catalog
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Dave Steward is a high-energy with strong groove and drive and a bright production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Trance (Main Floor) pocket.
Across 14 analysed tracks, Dave Steward averages 78% energy — harder than 70% of individual Trance (Main Floor) tracks — and 68% groove, groovier than 57%.
Measured against 21,919 Trance (Main Floor) tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Dave Steward’s 14 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 370 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.
65 of the 560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.2. They come from 13 different Dave Steward tracks.
Rise - Extended Mix → First Love - Extended Mix · 5A → 4B · same BPM · 92 chemistry
58 of the 518 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.0. They come from 14 different Dave Steward tracks.
Control - Extended Mix → Inside The Pyramid - Extended Mix · 2B → 2B · same BPM · 93 chemistry
65 of the 560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.2. They come from 13 different Dave Steward tracks.
Taking Me Higher - Extended Mix → Within - Extended Mix · 2A → 3A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
56 of the 560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.2. They come from 13 different Dave Steward tracks.
Links & Chains - Extended Mix → All I Need - Extended Mix · 3A → 3A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
53 of the 560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.2. They come from 13 different Dave Steward tracks.
Behind Me - Extended Mix → Fury · 1A → 1A · −6 BPM · 87 chemistry
54 of the 560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.2. They come from 14 different Dave Steward tracks.
Desert - Extended Mix → Plural - Extended Mix · 2B → 2B · +2 BPM · 93 chemistry
53 of the 560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.2. They come from 14 different Dave Steward tracks.
Desert - Extended Mix → Abstrakt - Extended Mix · 2B → 2B · same BPM · 91 chemistry
54 of the 448 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.6. They come from 14 different Dave Steward tracks.
Taking Me Higher - Extended Mix → L'Envoi - Extended Mix · 2A → 2A · same BPM · 92 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 Dave Steward 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 Dave Steward, 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.
Dave Steward's tracks in our catalog range from 138 to 140 BPM, with a median of 138 BPM. Across 14 tracks, the most common range falls in the 140–145 BPM bucket.
Dave Steward's tracks are mostly in minor keys (57% minor across 14 tracks). The most common single key is 6B (B♭ Major) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between Dave Steward's 14 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 370 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Alan Morris, Miroslav Vrlik, Nikolauss 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: Rise - Extended Mix into First Love - Extended Mix, 5A to 4B, 92 chemistry.
Dave Steward sits closest to Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Paul Carrack 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.