Artist profile
Emel is a hard dance and hardcore producer working within the neo-rave sphere. Their work emphasizes the breakbeat-driven and high-energy aesthetics central to the genre.
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Emel is a high-energy and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave pocket.
Across 9 analysed tracks, Emel averages 58% groove — groovier than 80% of individual Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave tracks — and 67% energy, gentler than 70%.
Measured against 12,440 Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave tracks on 11 August 2026.
How Emel’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave tempo.
Across Emel's catalog, tempos have eased from ~155 to ~104 BPM; warmth has receded; groove has deepened.
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We scored every transition between Emel’s 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 11 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.
15 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 4 different Emel tracks.
Ripped To Pieces feat. EMEL → Rain · 6B → 6B · +5 BPM · 88 chemistry
14 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 7 different Emel tracks.
Be Alright feat. EMEL → Infinite - Extended Mix · 6B → 8A · same BPM · 84 chemistry
13 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 6 different Emel tracks.
Time → I Follow Rivers (Deep Sea Baby) · 2A → 3A · same BPM · 84 chemistry
16 of the 135 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 0.8. They come from 4 different Emel tracks.
Ripped To Pieces feat. EMEL → Don't Give A Fuck · 6B → 6A · same BPM · 81 chemistry
24 of the 297 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.7. They come from 6 different Emel tracks.
Ripped To Pieces feat. EMEL → Crazy - Extended Mix · 6B → 7A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
11 of the 207 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.2. They come from 5 different Emel tracks.
Be Alright feat. EMEL → Music Is Our Religion · 6B → 6A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
15 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 5 different Emel tracks.
Ripped To Pieces feat. EMEL → The Revolution - VIP Mix · 6B → 8A · same BPM · 80 chemistry
18 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 5 different Emel tracks.
Be Alright feat. EMEL → Open Your Eyes - Extended Mix · 6B → 7B · same BPM · 86 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 Emel 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 Emel, 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.
Emel's tracks in our catalog range from 85 to 170 BPM, with a median of 150 BPM. Across 9 tracks, the most common range falls in the 150–155 BPM bucket.
Emel's tracks are mostly in major keys (44% minor across 9 tracks). The most common single key is 4A (F Minor) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between Emel's 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 11 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Al Storm, Audiofreq, Darren Styles 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: Ripped To Pieces feat. EMEL into Rain, 6B to 6B, 88 chemistry.
Emel sits closest to YUMA., Aziz Maraka, Emel Mathlouthi 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 Emel releases spanning 2014 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2020s.