Artist profile
DJ Tira is a South African producer and DJ based in Durban, known for his work in gqom and electronic dance music. He has been a central figure in the gqom scene, producing and performing tracks that blend deep house elements with the genre's distinctive percussive style.
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DJ Tira is a moderate-energy and a warm production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Gqom pocket.
Across 14 analysed tracks, DJ Tira averages 54% groove — groovier than 65% of individual Bass / Club tracks — and 48% energy, gentler than 64%.
Measured against 6,914 Bass / Club tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between DJ Tira’s 14 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 83 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.
25 of the 462 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.6. They come from 8 different DJ Tira tracks.
Malume feat. Tipcee and Joejo → Buleria · 11A → 11A · −2 BPM · 88 chemistry
26 of the 420 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.4. They come from 8 different DJ Tira tracks.
Hure → Harlem Renaissance · 12B → 1A · same BPM · 88 chemistry
22 of the 560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.2. They come from 7 different DJ Tira tracks.
Happy Days feat. Zanda Zakuza and Prince Bulo → Portals · 7A → 6B · −2 BPM · 86 chemistry
22 of the 420 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.4. They come from 9 different DJ Tira tracks.
Bhampa - DJ Tira & Woza Bakzin Gqom Remix → Rapture · 5B → 6B · same BPM · 86 chemistry
21 of the 182 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.0. They come from 8 different DJ Tira tracks.
Amandla → Jakuta - Instrumental Mix · 10B → 10B · +2 BPM · 88 chemistry
19 of the 224 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.3. They come from 8 different DJ Tira tracks.
Happy Days feat. Zanda Zakuza and Prince Bulo → Energy · 7A → 6B · −2 BPM · 89 chemistry
25 of the 560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.2. They come from 9 different DJ Tira tracks.
Happy Days feat. Zanda Zakuza and Prince Bulo → Green Apple · 7A → 7A · +6 BPM · 86 chemistry
21 of the 448 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.6. They come from 11 different DJ Tira tracks.
Khuphula → Afrotek feat. Mxshi Mo · 10B → 10B · −1 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 DJ Tira 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 DJ Tira, 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.
DJ Tira's tracks in our catalog range from 79 to 127 BPM, with a median of 123 BPM. Across 14 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.
DJ Tira's tracks are mostly in major keys (29% minor across 14 tracks). The most common single key is 11A (F♯ Minor) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between DJ Tira's 14 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 83 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Aaron Sevilla, Dany Cohiba, Double Drop 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: Malume feat. Tipcee and Joejo into Buleria, 11A to 11A, 88 chemistry.
DJ Tira sits closest to Dladla Mshunqisi, Heavy-K, Mobi Dixon 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.
