Artist profile
Hugh Hardie is a drum and bass producer and DJ working within the genre's electronic production landscape. His work engages with the technical and rhythmic foundations characteristic of the drum and bass sound.
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Hugh Hardie is a high-energy and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Drum & Bass pocket.
Across 24 analysed tracks, Hugh Hardie averages 36% groove — straighter than 66% of individual Drum & Bass tracks.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
How Hugh Hardie’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 Hugh Hardie's catalog, drive has softened; production has brightened; vocal content has thinned.
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We scored every transition between Hugh Hardie’s 24 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 823 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.
192 of the 960 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.5. They come from 23 different Hugh Hardie tracks.
Emerald City feat. Pola & Bryson → All We Do Is Dance - Extended Mix · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
184 of the 960 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.5. They come from 23 different Hugh Hardie tracks.
Love Troubles → Stay Hungry · 5A → 4A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
178 of the 960 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.5. They come from 21 different Hugh Hardie tracks.
Emerald City feat. Pola & Bryson → Seal The Deal · 4A → 3A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
191 of the 960 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.5. They come from 21 different Hugh Hardie tracks.
Emerald City feat. Pola & Bryson → Out Of Time · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
189 of the 960 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.5. They come from 23 different Hugh Hardie tracks.
189 of the 960 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.5. They come from 22 different Hugh Hardie tracks.
Love Troubles → Lot Like You · 5A → 4A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
186 of the 960 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.5. They come from 23 different Hugh Hardie tracks.
Emerald City feat. Pola & Bryson → Hack and Slash · 4A → 4A · −1 BPM · 92 chemistry
184 of the 960 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.5. They come from 23 different Hugh Hardie tracks.
Emerald City feat. Pola & Bryson → Sunburst · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 91 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 Hugh Hardie 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 Hugh Hardie, 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.
Hugh Hardie's tracks in our catalog range from 85 to 132 BPM, with a median of 87 BPM. Across 24 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.
Hugh Hardie's tracks are mostly in minor keys (75% minor across 24 tracks). The most common single key is 9A (E Minor) with 4 tracks.
We scored every transition between Hugh Hardie's 24 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 823 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and 1991, Amoss, Bcee 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: Emerald City feat. Pola & Bryson into All We Do Is Dance - Extended Mix, 4A to 4A, 92 chemistry.
Hugh Hardie sits closest to Nu:Tone, Logistics, Makoto 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 Hugh Hardie releases spanning 2014 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
