Artist profile
James Cottle is a trance producer working within the main floor sound. His work explores the rhythmic and melodic elements central to the genre.
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James Cottle is a high-energy with strong drive and a bright production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Trance (Main Floor) pocket.
Across 8 analysed tracks, James Cottle averages 77% energy — harder than 68% of individual Trance (Main Floor) tracks — and 58% groove, straighter than 58%.
Measured against 21,919 Trance (Main Floor) tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between James Cottle’s 8 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 229 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.
47 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 8 different James Cottle tracks.
Apollo - Extended Mix → A Piece Of Heaven - Extended Mix · 12A → 11A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
39 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 8 different James Cottle tracks.
Rudimental → Banshee - Extended Mix · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
36 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 8 different James Cottle tracks.
Rudimental → Home - Will Rees Remix · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 90 chemistry
38 of the 272 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.6. They come from 8 different James Cottle tracks.
Wrong Tram in Rotterdam - Extended Mix → Dymond Rush · 7A → 6A · +2 BPM · 89 chemistry
39 of the 296 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.7. They come from 8 different James Cottle tracks.
Wrong Tram in Rotterdam - Extended Mix → In The Mood - Extended Mix · 7A → 6A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
38 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 8 different James Cottle tracks.
Apollo - Extended Mix → Obsidian · 12A → 1A · +2 BPM · 89 chemistry
34 of the 232 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.3. They come from 7 different James Cottle tracks.
Night Flight - Extended Mix → The Art Of Falling In Love - Extended Mix · 6A → 5A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
38 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 8 different James Cottle tracks.
Rudimental → Old Flame - Leroy Moreno Extended Mix · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 89 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 James Cottle 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 James Cottle, 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.
James Cottle's tracks in our catalog all sit around 138 BPM.
James Cottle's tracks are mostly in minor keys (88% minor across 8 tracks). The most common single key is 6A (G Minor) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between James Cottle's 8 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 229 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Alan Morris, Allen Watts, Craig Connelly 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: Apollo - Extended Mix into A Piece Of Heaven - Extended Mix, 12A to 11A, 89 chemistry.
James Cottle sits closest to Fright Nite, Exouler, Miroslav Vrlik 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.
