Artist profile
Ilya Santana is a nu disco and disco producer known for crafted, groove-oriented electronic music. Working within the contemporary disco revival, Santana develops tracks that balance retro sensibilities with modern production techniques.
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Ilya Santana is a moderate-energy with strong groove and a balanced bright/warm production artist.
Unusually high warmth for Indie Dance.
Across 11 analysed tracks, Ilya Santana averages 40% energy — gentler than 76% of individual Indie Dance tracks — and 77% groove, straighter than 68%.
Measured against 16,726 Indie Dance tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Ilya Santana’s 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 59 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.
24 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 6 different Ilya Santana tracks.
The Void - Rayko Club Remix → A New Day - Extended Dub Mix · 10B → 10B · +5 BPM · 87 chemistry
16 of the 144 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 0.8. They come from 3 different Ilya Santana tracks.
Dancing Shoes → Peanut Boogie · 10B → 9B · −2 BPM · 86 chemistry
25 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 5 different Ilya Santana tracks.
19 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 4 different Ilya Santana tracks.
Dancing Shoes → Rocket In Your Pocket · 10B → 10B · +3 BPM · 89 chemistry
19 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 5 different Ilya Santana tracks.
Dancing Shoes → Such A Special Night · 10B → 10B · −3 BPM · 89 chemistry
16 of the 270 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.6. They come from 4 different Ilya Santana tracks.
Tempest → Mirror - Extended Mix · 7B → 8A · +2 BPM · 90 chemistry
18 of the 297 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.7. They come from 5 different Ilya Santana tracks.
Tempest → Body To Body · 7B → 7B · −1 BPM · 86 chemistry
16 of the 270 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.6. They come from 6 different Ilya Santana tracks.
Tempest → All the Time - Yuksek 1984 Remix · 7B → 7A · same BPM · 88 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 Ilya Santana 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 Ilya Santana, 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.
Ilya Santana's tracks in our catalog range from 103 to 150 BPM, with a median of 115 BPM. Across 11 tracks, the most common range falls in the 115–120 BPM bucket.
Ilya Santana's tracks are mostly in major keys (27% minor across 11 tracks). The most common single key is 10B (D Major) with 4 tracks.
We scored every transition between Ilya Santana's 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 59 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Discotron, groovemasta, Hotmood 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: The Void - Rayko Club Remix into A New Day - Extended Dub Mix, 10B to 10B, 87 chemistry.
Ilya Santana sits closest to Ilija Rudman, Toby Tobias, Lee Douglas 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 Ilya Santana releases spanning 2016 to 2021, with the most tracks from the 2020s.