Artist profile
Derrick Carter is a tech house producer and DJ working within the deeper, groove-oriented end of the genre. His work emphasizes rhythmic precision and understated production aesthetics characteristic of contemporary tech house practice.
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Derrick Carter is a moderate-energy with strong groove and drive and a bright production — mostly instrumental artist.
Unusually low energy for Tech House.
Across 11 analysed tracks, Derrick Carter averages 44% energy — gentler than 88% of individual Tech House tracks — and 82% groove, groovier than 61%.
Measured against 25,372 Tech House tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Derrick Carter’s 11 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 300 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.
21 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 6 different Derrick Carter tracks.
Loop Limbo → Panama City · 5A → 5A · −1 BPM · 86 chemistry
21 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 7 different Derrick Carter tracks.
Ease The Pressure - Red Nail Enhanced Club Mix → The Fire - Melé Remix · 8A → 8A · −1 BPM · 88 chemistry
22 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 5 different Derrick Carter tracks.
Ease The Pressure - Red Nail Enhanced Club Mix → Blue Doves - CINTHIE Remix · 8A → 9A · +4 BPM · 86 chemistry
24 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 4 different Derrick Carter tracks.
Ease The Pressure - Red Nail Enhanced Club Mix → Twlight · 8A → 8A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
21 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 7 different Derrick Carter tracks.
Ease The Pressure - Red Nail Enhanced Club Mix → Sunny Days feat. Dawn Tallman - Extended Mix · 8A → 7A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
23 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 6 different Derrick Carter tracks.
Ease The Pressure - Red Nail Enhanced Club Mix → Movin' Parts - Main Mix · 8A → 8A · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry
24 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 6 different Derrick Carter tracks.
Te Opus Diem feat. Meada & Farina → E.S.M. (Earth, Sun, Moon) · 8A → 8A · +1 BPM · 87 chemistry
22 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 8 different Derrick Carter tracks.
Got Change For A Twenty → Funkpusher · 6B → 5B · same 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 Derrick Carter 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 Derrick Carter, 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.
Derrick Carter's tracks in our catalog range from 105 to 126 BPM, with a median of 124 BPM. Across 11 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.
Derrick Carter's tracks are mostly in minor keys (82% minor across 11 tracks). The most common single key is 8A (A Minor) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between Derrick Carter's 11 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 300 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Aney F., Armand Van Helden, Cinthie 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: Loop Limbo into Panama City, 5A to 5A, 86 chemistry.
Derrick Carter sits closest to Bryan Jones, Lawnchair Generals, Cricco Castelli 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 Derrick Carter releases spanning 1996 to 2017, with the most tracks from the 1990s.