Artist profile
Derek Ryan is a trance producer working in the main floor electronic music space. His work emphasizes the rhythmic and atmospheric elements characteristic of contemporary trance production.
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Derek Ryan is a high-energy with strong groove and drive and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Trance (Main Floor) pocket.
Across 25 analysed tracks, Derek Ryan averages 72% energy — harder than 61% of individual Trance (Main Floor) tracks.
Measured against 21,919 Trance (Main Floor) tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Derek Ryan’s 25 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 604 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.
115 of the 1,000 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.7. They come from 21 different Derek Ryan tracks.
Heart Logic - Extended Mix → Never Be The Same - Extended Mix · 5A → 5A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
100 of the 1,000 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.7. They come from 23 different Derek Ryan tracks.
Nagomix (Run Away) - Extended Mix → You & Me - Extended Mix · 2A → 2A · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry
96 of the 1,000 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.7. They come from 23 different Derek Ryan tracks.
This Space - Extended Mix → Who I Await - Extended Mix · 9A → 9A · −2 BPM · 92 chemistry
115 of the 1,000 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.7. They come from 25 different Derek Ryan tracks.
Depend On Me - Extended Mix → If I Stay · 5A → 4A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
97 of the 1,000 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.7. They come from 23 different Derek Ryan tracks.
This Space - Extended Mix → Lacuna - Extended Mix · 9A → 9A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
100 of the 925 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.3. They come from 23 different Derek Ryan tracks.
Escape - Extended Mix → Playtest - Extended Mix · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
108 of the 1,000 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.7. They come from 22 different Derek Ryan tracks.
Disinformation Age - Extended Mix → Dunes Of Light - Extended Mix · 9A → 9A · +2 BPM · 92 chemistry
100 of the 775 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.4. They come from 22 different Derek Ryan tracks.
Starts Tonight - Extended Mix → Human - Extended Mix · 1A → 12A · +2 BPM · 91 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 Derek Ryan 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 Derek Ryan, 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.
Derek Ryan's tracks in our catalog range from 126 to 140 BPM, with a median of 138 BPM. Across 25 tracks, the most common range falls in the 140–145 BPM bucket.
Derek Ryan's tracks are mostly in minor keys (88% minor across 25 tracks). The most common single key is 9A (E Minor) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between Derek Ryan's 25 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 604 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Alan Morris, Daniel Kandi, DJ T.H. 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: Heart Logic - Extended Mix into Never Be The Same - Extended Mix, 5A to 5A, 92 chemistry.
Derek Ryan sits closest to Nathan Carter, Johnny Brady, Mike Denver 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 Derek Ryan releases spanning 2021 to 2023, with the most tracks from the 2020s.
