Artist profile
Johan Gielen is a trance producer and DJ known for his work in the main floor trance sound. His productions and DJ sets have established him as a fixture in the electronic dance music community.
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Johan Gielen is a moderate-energy with strong groove and drive and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Trance (Main Floor) pocket.
Across 29 analysed tracks, Johan Gielen averages 58% energy — gentler than 63% of individual Trance (Main Floor) tracks.
Measured against 21,919 Trance (Main Floor) tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 120–145 BPM with a median of 135 · predominantly minor keys (52% minor) · most common key: 9A (E Minor) with 4 tracks.
How Johan Gielen’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 Trance (Main Floor) tempo.
Across Johan Gielen's catalog, warmth has receded; groove has thinned; production has darkened.
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We scored every transition between Johan Gielen’s 29 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 645 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.
85 of the 957 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.5. They come from 24 different Johan Gielen tracks.
Trance Society - Extended Mix → End Of Silence - Extended Mix · 5A → 5A · +2 BPM · 92 chemistry
79 of the 725 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.2. They come from 22 different Johan Gielen tracks.
Trance Society - Extended Mix → Crusader - Extended Mix · 5A → 6A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
80 of the 957 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.5. They come from 23 different Johan Gielen tracks.
Souvenir - Extended Mix → Split Dimension · 9A → 10A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
93 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 21 different Johan Gielen tracks.
Souvenir - Extended Mix → Who I Await - Andre Visior Extended Mix · 9A → 9A · +4 BPM · 91 chemistry
94 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 24 different Johan Gielen tracks.
Sunshine State - Extended Mix → Space Traveller (Hypersia Radio Show 156) · 12B → 1A · −2 BPM · 90 chemistry
93 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 23 different Johan Gielen tracks.
Trance Society - Extended Mix → Drowning in love - Mhammed El Alami Remix · 5A → 5A · +2 BPM · 90 chemistry
97 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 23 different Johan Gielen tracks.
Give Me Some More → Lasting Light - Exolight & Suncatcher Remix · 9A → 8A · −1 BPM · 92 chemistry
94 of the 1,073 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.2. They come from 25 different Johan Gielen tracks.
Flash - M.I.K.E. Push Transcental Remix → Dreamer - Extended Mix · 4B → 4B · +1 BPM · 92 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 Johan Gielen 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 Johan Gielen, 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.
Johan Gielen's tracks in our catalog range from 120 to 145 BPM, with a median of 135 BPM. Across 29 tracks, the most common range falls in the 135–140 BPM bucket.
Johan Gielen's tracks are mostly in minor keys (52% minor across 29 tracks). The most common single key is 9A (E Minor) with 4 tracks.
We scored every transition between Johan Gielen's 29 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 645 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and A.R.D.I., C-Systems, Dan Thompson 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: Trance Society - Extended Mix into End Of Silence - Extended Mix, 5A to 5A, 92 chemistry.
Johan Gielen sits closest to Kuffdam & Plant, Re:Locate, Ernesto vs. Bastian 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 Johan Gielen releases spanning 1985 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2010s.