Artist profile
Jim Funk is a breakbeat and UK bass producer working across breaks, drum and bass, and related electronic styles. His productions emphasize rhythmic complexity and bass-driven sound design within the broader breaks and breakbeat tradition.
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Jim Funk is a moderate-energy and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Breaks / Breakbeat / UK Bass pocket.
Across 20 analysed tracks, Jim Funk averages 37% groove — straighter than 72% of individual Breaks / Breakbeat / UK Bass tracks — and 57% energy, harder than 61%.
Measured against 16,260 Breaks / Breakbeat / UK Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 68–158 BPM with a median of 128 · predominantly minor keys (85% minor) · most common key: 4A (F Minor) with 4 tracks.
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We scored every transition between Jim Funk’s 20 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 248 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.
71 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 11 different Jim Funk tracks.
Want You To Love Again → Friday Night · 7A → 8A · +1 BPM · 87 chemistry
77 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 14 different Jim Funk tracks.
Hit the dance floor → Makossa · 4B → 3B · same BPM · 91 chemistry
75 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 13 different Jim Funk tracks.
Nobodies Free → Unexpected Creativity · 8A → 7B · same BPM · 91 chemistry
71 of the 700 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.0. They come from 12 different Jim Funk tracks.
Hit the dance floor → Droppin Bass · 4B → 4B · +2 BPM · 92 chemistry
88 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 13 different Jim Funk tracks.
Nobodies Free → Picante Bajo - 2017 Re-Work · 8A → 8A · −2 BPM · 92 chemistry
85 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 13 different Jim Funk tracks.
My Style → Road Runner · 8A → 8A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
79 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 12 different Jim Funk tracks.
Hit the dance floor → White Girl Ass · 4B → 4B · +6 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 Jim Funk 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 Jim Funk, 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.
Jim Funk's tracks in our catalog range from 68 to 158 BPM, with a median of 128 BPM. Across 20 tracks, the most common range falls in the 130–135 BPM bucket.
Jim Funk's tracks are mostly in minor keys (85% minor across 20 tracks). The most common single key is 4A (F Minor) with 4 tracks.
We scored every transition between Jim Funk's 20 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 248 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Basstyler, Curtis B, Digital Base 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: Want You To Love Again into Friday Night, 7A to 8A, 87 chemistry.
Jim Funk sits closest to SellRude, Brothers Of Funk, Firestar Soundsystem 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.
