Artist profile
Heist is a drum and bass producer and DJ working within the genre's fast-breakbeat traditions. Known for releases across the drum and bass spectrum, the artist maintains an active presence in the scene through production and performance.
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Heist is a high-energy and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Drum & Bass pocket.
Across 40 analysed tracks, Heist averages 49% groove — groovier than 72% of individual Drum & Bass tracks — and 65% energy, harder than 63%.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 66–175 BPM with a median of 88 · predominantly minor keys (63% minor) · most common key: 4A (F Minor) with 8 tracks.
How Heist’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 Heist's catalog, groove has thinned; vocal content has increased.
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We scored every transition between Heist’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 854 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.
245 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 34 different Heist tracks.
Can't Break It Down → Ride feat. Clarkey · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
219 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 36 different Heist tracks.
217 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 34 different Heist tracks.
Can't Break It Down → Galactic · 4A → 4A · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry
229 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 36 different Heist tracks.
Can't Break It Down → One · 4A → 4A · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry
239 of the 1,560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.9. They come from 33 different Heist tracks.
Can't Break It Down → Timelapse · 4A → 4A · −1 BPM · 92 chemistry
217 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 37 different Heist tracks.
Termination - VIP → Mirror Mirror · 1A → 1A · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry
273 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 34 different Heist tracks.
Go For The Kill → Helicopter · 1A → 2A · −1 BPM · 91 chemistry
232 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 36 different Heist tracks.
Salvation → Drop Bombs · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 93 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 Heist 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 Heist, 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.
Heist's tracks in our catalog range from 66 to 175 BPM, with a median of 88 BPM. Across 40 tracks, the most common range falls in the 90–95 BPM bucket.
Heist's tracks are mostly in minor keys (63% minor across 40 tracks). The most common single key is 4A (F Minor) with 8 tracks.
We scored every transition between Heist's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 854 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Amplify, Fourward, Friction 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: Can't Break It Down into Ride feat. Clarkey, 4A to 4A, 93 chemistry.
Heist sits closest to Serum, T>I, Total Science 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 Heist releases spanning 2013 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
