Artist profile
Gridlok is a drum and bass producer and DJ known for work in the neurofunk and liquid funk subgenres. His productions are characterized by intricate breakbeats and atmospheric sound design.
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Gridlok is a high-energy and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Drum & Bass pocket.
Across 30 analysed tracks, Gridlok averages 51% groove — groovier than 76% of individual Drum & Bass tracks — and 67% energy, harder than 70%.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
How Gridlok’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 Drum & Bass tempo.
Across Gridlok's catalog, tempos have eased from ~94 to ~86 BPM; vocal content has increased.
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We scored every transition between Gridlok’s 30 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 850 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.
224 of the 1,200 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.9. They come from 27 different Gridlok tracks.
Gladiators → Chant - Extended Mix · 7B → 7B · +1 BPM · 93 chemistry
227 of the 1,200 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.9. They come from 29 different Gridlok tracks.
Sociopath → Little Bit Lighter · 11A → 11A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
229 of the 1,200 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.9. They come from 29 different Gridlok tracks.
Membrane → Foot Soldiers · 2B → 2B · +1 BPM · 93 chemistry
236 of the 1,200 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.9. They come from 28 different Gridlok tracks.
257 of the 1,170 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 28 different Gridlok tracks.
Slingshot Remix → Faces - Club Mix · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
225 of the 1,200 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.9. They come from 27 different Gridlok tracks.
Sputnik → Return of the Snitch · 9A → 10A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
269 of the 1,200 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.9. They come from 28 different Gridlok tracks.
230 of the 1,200 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.9. They come from 27 different Gridlok tracks.
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 Gridlok 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 Gridlok, 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.
Gridlok's tracks in our catalog range from 86 to 129 BPM, with a median of 87 BPM. Across 30 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.
Gridlok's tracks are mostly in minor keys (70% minor across 30 tracks). The most common single key is 4A (F Minor) with 8 tracks.
We scored every transition between Gridlok's 30 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 850 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and 1991, Bcee, Fourward 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: Gladiators into Chant - Extended Mix, 7B to 7B, 93 chemistry.
Gridlok sits closest to Phace, Black Sun Empire, Redpill 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 Gridlok releases spanning 2005 to 2020, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
