Artist profile
Matt Darey is a trance producer and DJ working within the main floor trance sound. His work focuses on the melodic and progressive elements of the genre.
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Matt Darey is a high-energy with strong groove and drive and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Trance (Main Floor) pocket.
Across 11 analysed tracks, Matt Darey sits within a few points of the Trance (Main Floor) median on groove and energy.
Measured against 21,919 Trance (Main Floor) tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Matt Darey’s 11 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 172 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.
27 of the 275 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.6. They come from 7 different Matt Darey tracks.
Beautiful - Extended Mix → Unreal - Extended Mix · 4A → 4A · −1 BPM · 90 chemistry
29 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 8 different Matt Darey tracks.
Gamemaster - Lightform Remix → Gem State - Extended Mix · 12B → 11B · same BPM · 90 chemistry
28 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 7 different Matt Darey tracks.
See The Sun feat. Kate Louise Smith - Dan Stone Rework → Tremble - Extended Mix · 7B → 8A · same BPM · 90 chemistry
34 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 8 different Matt Darey tracks.
From Russia With Love (Solar Stone 1999 Remix) → Lifeline - Extended Mix · 5A → 5A · +0.1 BPM · 90 chemistry
25 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 7 different Matt Darey tracks.
See The Sun feat. Kate Louise Smith - Dan Stone Rework → Echoes In Oslo - Extended Mix · 7B → 8A · +2 BPM · 88 chemistry
25 of the 341 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.0. They come from 6 different Matt Darey tracks.
See The Sun feat. Kate Louise Smith - Dan Stone Rework → Deep Impact - Extended Mix · 7B → 8A · +2 BPM · 89 chemistry
37 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 6 different Matt Darey tracks.
See The Sun feat. Kate Louise Smith - Dan Stone Rework → Nadiwe - Extended Mix · 7B → 6B · same BPM · 91 chemistry
26 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 7 different Matt Darey tracks.
Liberation [Fly Like an Angel] feat. Marcella Woods - Ferry Corsten Remix → Halcyon 2016 - Extended Mix · 8A → 8A · −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 Matt Darey 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 Matt Darey, 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.
Matt Darey's tracks in our catalog range from 68 to 155 BPM, with a median of 138 BPM. Across 11 tracks, the most common range falls in the 140–145 BPM bucket.
Matt Darey's tracks are mostly in major keys (45% minor across 11 tracks). The most common single key is 7B (F Major) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between Matt Darey's 11 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 172 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and C-Systems, Daniel Kandi, DJ T.H. 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: Beautiful - Extended Mix into Unreal - Extended Mix, 4A to 4A, 90 chemistry.
Matt Darey sits closest to The Quest, Lange, The Space Brothers 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 Matt Darey releases spanning 1999 to 2019, with the most tracks from the 2010s.