Artist profile
Matthew Dear is an electronic producer and DJ working in indie dance and techno. His work blends minimal house frameworks with experimental production techniques and atmospheric textures.
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Matthew Dear is a moderate-energy with strong groove and drive — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Tech House pocket.
Across 24 analysed tracks, Matthew Dear averages 74% groove — straighter than 59% of individual Tech House tracks.
Measured against 25,372 Tech House tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 83–151 BPM with a median of 123 · predominantly minor keys (50% minor) · most common key: 9A (E Minor) with 3 tracks.
How Matthew Dear’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 Tech House tempo.
Across Matthew Dear's catalog, warmth has receded; tempos have eased from ~126 to ~113 BPM.
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We scored every transition between Matthew Dear’s 24 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 532 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 960 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.5. They come from 6 different Matthew Dear tracks.
Little People (Black City) - Sascha Dive Dub Remix → Eye Of The Storm feat. Onallee feat. Onallee - Bushwacka! Remix · 1A → 2A · −1 BPM · 90 chemistry
40 of the 960 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.5. They come from 7 different Matthew Dear tracks.
Love Games → Making it · 8A → 8A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
32 of the 960 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.5. They come from 5 different Matthew Dear tracks.
34 of the 960 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.5. They come from 7 different Matthew Dear tracks.
Love Games → Yardie · 8A → 8A · +1 BPM · 91 chemistry
35 of the 960 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.5. They come from 6 different Matthew Dear tracks.
28 of the 576 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.3. They come from 8 different Matthew Dear tracks.
Little People (Black City) - Sascha Dive Dub Remix → Red Ship · 1A → 1A · −1 BPM · 90 chemistry
30 of the 600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.4. They come from 6 different Matthew Dear tracks.
Dog Days → The Hacker · 7A → 6A · same BPM · 87 chemistry
31 of the 768 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.4. They come from 7 different Matthew Dear tracks.
Little People (Black City) - Sascha Dive Dub Remix → Feels Fine · 1A → 12B · +1 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 Matthew Dear 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 Matthew Dear, 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.
Matthew Dear's tracks in our catalog range from 83 to 151 BPM, with a median of 123 BPM. Across 24 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.
Matthew Dear's tracks are mostly in minor keys (50% minor across 24 tracks). The most common single key is 9A (E Minor) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between Matthew Dear's 24 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 532 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Archie Hamilton, Arkady Antsyrev, Daniel Meister 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: Little People (Black City) - Sascha Dive Dub Remix into Eye Of The Storm feat. Onallee feat. Onallee - Bushwacka! Remix, 1A to 2A, 90 chemistry.
Matthew Dear sits closest to Audion, DJ Koze, !!! 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 Matthew Dear releases spanning 2003 to 2019, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
