Artist profile
High Contrast is a drum and bass producer and DJ known for his work in the liquid funk and neurofunk styles. His productions blend intricate breakbeats with soulful atmospheres and technical precision, contributing to the UK drum and bass scene across multiple decades.
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High Contrast is a moderate-energy and a bright production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Drum & Bass pocket.
Across 41 analysed tracks, High Contrast averages 58% energy — gentler than 64% of individual Drum & Bass tracks.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 83–137 BPM with a median of 87 · predominantly minor keys (73% minor) · most common key: 8A (A Minor) with 5 tracks.
How High Contrast’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 High Contrast's catalog, tempos have eased from ~99 to ~93 BPM.
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We scored every transition between High Contrast’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 886 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.
252 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 29 different High Contrast tracks.
Remember Me → Love Is The Answer - Extended Mix · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
256 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 31 different High Contrast tracks.
Tread Softly → Firebox · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
256 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 30 different High Contrast tracks.
Remember Me → End of Time · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
252 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 29 different High Contrast tracks.
Remember Me → What If · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
251 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 30 different High Contrast tracks.
Be No Rain → Remember - Extended Mix · 10A → 10A · +1 BPM · 93 chemistry
251 of the 1,560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.9. They come from 29 different High Contrast tracks.
Dehydrated Funk → Avenger · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 92 chemistry
270 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 29 different High Contrast tracks.
Days Go By - 2019 Extended Mix → With My Day Saver · 2A → 2A · +1 BPM · 93 chemistry
251 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 30 different High Contrast tracks.
Grindhouse → Battlecruiser · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 92 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 High Contrast 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 High Contrast, 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.
High Contrast's tracks in our catalog range from 83 to 137 BPM, with a median of 87 BPM. Across 41 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.
High Contrast's tracks are mostly in minor keys (73% minor across 41 tracks). The most common single key is 8A (A Minor) with 5 tracks.
We scored every transition between High Contrast's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 886 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and 1991, Bcee, Break 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: Remember Me into Love Is The Answer - Extended Mix, 6A to 6A, 93 chemistry.
High Contrast sits closest to Logistics, London Elektricity, Technimatic 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 High Contrast releases spanning 2002 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2000s.
