Artist profile
Jon Gurd is an electronica artist working across ambient, techno, and experimental electronic music. His work is characterized by detailed sound design and textural composition within the broader electronic music landscape.
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Jon Gurd is a moderate-energy and a warm production artist.
Sits right in the typical Electronica pocket.
Across 50 analysed tracks, Jon Gurd averages 56% energy — harder than 78% of individual Electronica tracks — and 44% groove, straighter than 57%.
Measured against 14,430 Electronica tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 81–138 BPM with a median of 128 · predominantly minor keys (72% minor) · most common key: 8A (A Minor) with 6 tracks.
How Jon Gurd’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 Electronica tempo.
Across Jon Gurd's catalog, production has darkened; warmth has lifted; vocal content has thinned.
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We scored every transition between Jon Gurd’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 352 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.
41 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 21 different Jon Gurd tracks.
62 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 25 different Jon Gurd tracks.
Emergence - Extended Mix → The Game - Catz N' Dogz Interpretation · 10B → 9B · +3 BPM · 85 chemistry
61 of the 1,480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.5. They come from 27 different Jon Gurd tracks.
Little Soldier - Extended Mix → Age of Phase · 11B → 11A · same BPM · 87 chemistry
53 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 26 different Jon Gurd tracks.
Expansion - Extended Mix → Equally Feasible · 7A → 6A · −1 BPM · 89 chemistry
62 of the 680 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.9. They come from 26 different Jon Gurd tracks.
58 of the 840 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.8. They come from 29 different Jon Gurd tracks.
Five - Extended Mix → Lost Without You · 1A → 2A · +2 BPM · 81 chemistry
64 of the 1,200 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.9. They come from 25 different Jon Gurd tracks.
Expansion - Extended Mix → Encounter · 7A → 7A · same BPM · 87 chemistry
42 of the 760 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.4. They come from 20 different Jon Gurd tracks.
Expansion - Extended Mix → Sphere · 7A → 8A · −1 BPM · 85 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 Jon Gurd 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 Jon Gurd, 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.
Jon Gurd's tracks in our catalog range from 81 to 138 BPM, with a median of 128 BPM. Across 50 tracks, the most common range falls in the 130–135 BPM bucket.
Jon Gurd's tracks are mostly in minor keys (72% minor across 50 tracks). The most common single key is 8A (A Minor) with 6 tracks.
We scored every transition between Jon Gurd's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 352 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and 9 Theory, Bicep, Bonobo 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: Emergence - Extended Mix into The Game - Catz N' Dogz Interpretation, 10B to 9B, 85 chemistry.
Jon Gurd sits closest to Warung, Cubicolor, Nox Vahn 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 Jon Gurd releases spanning 2005 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2020s.
