Artist profile
Kai van Dongen is a techno producer working in raw and hypnotic styles. His work explores deep, minimalist approaches to electronic music production.
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Kai van Dongen is a moderate-energy — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) pocket.
Across 12 analysed tracks, Kai van Dongen averages 56% groove — straighter than 77% of individual Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) tracks — and 54% energy, gentler than 59%.
Measured against 10,772 Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Kai van Dongen’s 12 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 206 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.
33 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 8 different Kai van Dongen tracks.
32 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 9 different Kai van Dongen tracks.
Groove 2 - ROM 3Ø3 Remix → Mountak · 9A → 10A · +3 BPM · 87 chemistry
30 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 7 different Kai van Dongen tracks.
Free Your Mind → Spellbind · 5B → 6A · −1 BPM · 90 chemistry
28 of the 468 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.7. They come from 7 different Kai van Dongen tracks.
Free Your Mind → Batteritorsk · 5B → 5A · +1 BPM · 86 chemistry
28 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 7 different Kai van Dongen tracks.
Groove 2 - ROM 3Ø3 Remix → Ahora · 9A → 8A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
37 of the 468 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.7. They come from 7 different Kai van Dongen tracks.
We Will Chat → Lonely Singing · 11B → 11B · −2 BPM · 91 chemistry
28 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 7 different Kai van Dongen tracks.
Free Your Mind → Quanta · 5B → 6A · −1 BPM · 90 chemistry
33 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 8 different Kai van Dongen tracks.
Weekend Jam - V2 → Tough To Say · 11B → 11B · −2 BPM · 93 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 Kai van Dongen 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 Kai van Dongen, 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.
Kai van Dongen's tracks in our catalog range from 72 to 143 BPM, with a median of 135 BPM. Across 12 tracks, the most common range falls in the 135–140 BPM bucket.
Kai van Dongen's tracks are mostly in minor keys (50% minor across 12 tracks). The most common single key is 5B (E♭ Major) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between Kai van Dongen's 12 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 206 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Deas, Jonas Kopp, Marcal 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: Hypno 5 into Cut, 9B to 9B, 90 chemistry.
Kai van Dongen sits closest to Rove Ranger, Tred, Julian Muller 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.