Artist profile
HLZ is a drum and bass producer working within the genre's fast-breakbeat tradition. Their output spans the spectrum of the scene, from darker liquid textures to harder neurofunk-influenced cuts.
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HLZ is a high-energy and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Drum & Bass pocket.
Across 27 analysed tracks, HLZ averages 46% groove — groovier than 63% of individual Drum & Bass tracks.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
How HLZ’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 HLZ's catalog, production has brightened; warmth has receded; tempos have eased from ~92 to ~87 BPM.
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We scored every transition between HLZ’s 27 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 830 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.
184 of the 1,080 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.2. They come from 26 different HLZ tracks.
193 of the 1,080 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.2. They come from 25 different HLZ tracks.
All My Life → Love Break · 8A → 8A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
208 of the 1,080 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.2. They come from 25 different HLZ tracks.
Velvet Vice → Quiet Creep · 3B → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
185 of the 1,080 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.2. They come from 26 different HLZ tracks.
Sonar feat. HLZ → Ghost Town · 8A → 8A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
189 of the 1,080 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.2. They come from 26 different HLZ tracks.
Circus Shot → Pistol Whip · 7A → 6B · same BPM · 91 chemistry
194 of the 1,080 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.2. They come from 25 different HLZ tracks.
How I Feel → Weirder · 7A → 7A · +1 BPM · 92 chemistry
194 of the 1,080 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.2. They come from 25 different HLZ tracks.
All My Life → Forbidden Planet · 8A → 8A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
202 of the 1,080 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.2. They come from 26 different HLZ tracks.
Sentinel → FEEL THE BASS · 1A → 12B · same BPM · 90 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 HLZ 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 HLZ, 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.
HLZ's tracks in our catalog range from 85 to 174 BPM, with a median of 87 BPM. Across 27 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.
HLZ's tracks are mostly in minor keys (67% minor across 27 tracks). The most common single key is 7A (D Minor) with 6 tracks.
We scored every transition between HLZ's 27 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 830 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Break, DJ Marky, 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: Sparkles into Gunpowder, 6A to 6A, 93 chemistry.
HLZ sits closest to Ed:It, Adred, NC-17 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 HLZ releases spanning 2014 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
