Artist profile
Monika Kruse is a German techno producer and DJ known for her driving, peak-time sound rooted in Berlin's techno culture. Her work spans both production and DJ sets, with a focus on hypnotic, percussive techno that emphasizes rhythm and dancefloor energy.
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Monika Kruse is a high-energy with strong groove and drive artist.
Sits right in the typical Techno (Peak Time / Driving) pocket.
Across 47 analysed tracks, Monika Kruse averages 76% groove — groovier than 60% of individual Techno (Peak Time / Driving) tracks — and 66% energy, harder than 57%.
Measured against 25,003 Techno (Peak Time / Driving) tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 70–156 BPM with a median of 126 · predominantly major keys (47% minor) · most common key: 11B (A Major) with 7 tracks.
How Monika Kruse’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 Techno (Peak Time / Driving) tempo.
Across Monika Kruse's catalog, groove has thinned; energy has lifted; warmth has lifted.
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We scored every transition between Monika Kruse’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 1,317 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.
77 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 19 different Monika Kruse tracks.
Floating - Adam Beyer Remix → Powersurge · 9A → 10A · +1 BPM · 91 chemistry
77 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 21 different Monika Kruse tracks.
Hidden Love → Hard Echo · 8A → 8A · same BPM · 90 chemistry
70 of the 1,520 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.7. They come from 20 different Monika Kruse tracks.
Floating - Adam Beyer Remix → Sin Eaters · 9A → 8A · −1 BPM · 91 chemistry
90 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 18 different Monika Kruse tracks.
70 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 24 different Monika Kruse tracks.
Trooper → When The Sun Came Up - Arjun Vagale Remix · 3B → 4B · same BPM · 89 chemistry
73 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 26 different Monika Kruse tracks.
Silver Spark → Pressure - Kate Hex Remix · 3A → 4A · −3 BPM · 89 chemistry
94 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 24 different Monika Kruse tracks.
Trooper → Feel the Heat · 3B → 3B · +4 BPM · 89 chemistry
76 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 24 different Monika Kruse tracks.
Blue Elephant → Your Life · 11B → 11B · −2 BPM · 91 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 Monika Kruse 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 Monika Kruse, 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.
Monika Kruse's tracks in our catalog range from 70 to 156 BPM, with a median of 126 BPM. Across 47 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.
Monika Kruse's tracks are mostly in major keys (47% minor across 47 tracks). The most common single key is 11B (A Major) with 7 tracks.
We scored every transition between Monika Kruse's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 1,317 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Cari Lekebusch, Dense & Pika, Gregor Tresher 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: Floating - Adam Beyer Remix into Powersurge, 9A to 10A, 91 chemistry.
Monika Kruse sits closest to Alex Stein, Thomas Schumacher, Belocca 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 Monika Kruse releases spanning 2001 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2010s.