Artist profile
Kø:lab is a hard dance and hardcore producer working within the neo-rave spectrum. Their sound emphasizes driving rhythms and intense energy characteristic of contemporary hardcore and dance music.
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Kø:lab is a high-energy with strong groove and drive artist.
Unusually low brightness for Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave.
Across 8 analysed tracks, Kø:lab averages 61% groove — groovier than 83% of individual Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave tracks — and 65% energy, gentler than 75%.
Measured against 12,440 Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Kø:lab’s 8 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 18 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.
17 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 6 different Kø:lab tracks.
No Man̄ana → Rock the Place - Extended Mix · 7B → 6A · same BPM · 86 chemistry
17 of the 312 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 4 different Kø:lab tracks.
No Man̄ana → Running On Empty - Extended Mix · 7B → 8A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
14 of the 264 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.5. They come from 5 different Kø:lab tracks.
FVCK → Pump It Up - Extended Mix · 9B → 8A · +5 BPM · 82 chemistry
15 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 5 different Kø:lab tracks.
17 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 6 different Kø:lab tracks.
No Man̄ana → YEET 2.0 - Extended Mix · 7B → 8A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
13 of the 224 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.3. They come from 4 different Kø:lab tracks.
No Man̄ana → Freaky - Extended Mix · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 89 chemistry
15 of the 200 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.1. They come from 3 different Kø:lab tracks.
No Man̄ana → Heart Beating · 7B → 6A · same BPM · 84 chemistry
15 of the 184 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.1. They come from 4 different Kø:lab tracks.
No Man̄ana → Tech x Rave - Extended Mix · 7B → 7B · same 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 Kø:lab 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 Kø:lab, 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.
Kø:lab's tracks in our catalog range from 83 to 165 BPM, with a median of 158 BPM. Across 8 tracks, the most common range falls in the 160–165 BPM bucket.
Kø:lab's tracks are mostly in major keys (25% minor across 8 tracks). The most common single key is 6B (B♭ Major) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between Kø:lab's 8 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 18 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and CARV, Fraw, Klubfiller 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: No Man̄ana into Rock the Place - Extended Mix, 7B to 6A, 86 chemistry.
Kø:lab sits closest to Elben Schutte, Pressure Cooker, Swedish House Mafia, 070 Shake, London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices 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 Kø:lab releases spanning 2021 to 2022, with the most tracks from the 2020s.