Artist profile
John Holt is a drum and bass producer working within the genre's electronic and rhythmic traditions. His work engages with the fast-breakbeat aesthetics central to the drum and bass sound.
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John Holt is a moderate-energy and a bright production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Drum & Bass pocket.
Across 3 analysed tracks, John Holt averages 58% energy — gentler than 67% of individual Drum & Bass tracks.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
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Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
John Holt's tracks in our catalog range from 88 to 175 BPM, with a median of 90 BPM. Across 3 tracks, the most common range falls in the 90–95 BPM bucket.
John Holt's tracks are mostly in minor keys (67% minor across 3 tracks). The most common single key is 7B (F Major) with 1 track.
John Holt sits closest to The Heptones, Alton Ellis, Dennis Brown 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 John Holt releases spanning 2019 to 2020, with the most tracks from the 2020s.