Artist profile
Napes is a drum and bass producer working within the genre's fast-breakbeat traditions. Their sound draws from the technical and atmospheric elements characteristic of contemporary drum and bass production.
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Napes is a moderate-energy and a balanced bright/warm production artist.
Unusually high warmth for Drum & Bass.
Across 8 analysed tracks, Napes averages 36% groove — straighter than 66% of individual Drum & Bass tracks — and 59% energy, gentler than 62%.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Napes’s 8 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 497 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.
57 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 7 different Napes tracks.
Tracking → Said & Done (feat. DRS) · 9A → 9A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
56 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 8 different Napes tracks.
Special Patrol Group → Whatah Bang · 2A → 2A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
60 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 7 different Napes tracks.
Special Patrol Group → Terminal Madness · 2A → 2A · −2 BPM · 91 chemistry
57 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 7 different Napes tracks.
North Road → Into The Night · 9A → 9A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
68 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 7 different Napes tracks.
Chopper Gunner → Outlaw - Drumsound & Bassline Smith Remix · 12B → 12B · +1 BPM · 91 chemistry
59 of the 272 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.6. They come from 7 different Napes tracks.
Chopper Gunner → Impossible · 12B → 1A · +1 BPM · 91 chemistry
59 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 7 different Napes tracks.
Shaolin Sniper → Killer VIP · 11A → 11A · double-time · 90 chemistry
55 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 7 different Napes tracks.
Special Patrol Group → Dice Game · 2A → 2A · −1 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 Napes 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 Napes, 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.
Napes's tracks in our catalog range from 85 to 109 BPM, with a median of 87 BPM. Across 8 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.
Napes's tracks are mostly in minor keys (63% minor across 8 tracks). The most common single key is 11B (A Major) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between Napes's 8 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 497 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Alibi, Black Barrel, DLR 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: Tracking into Said & Done (feat. DRS), 9A to 9A, 92 chemistry.
Napes sits closest to Cesco, 4am Kru, Tim Reaper 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 Napes releases spanning 2022 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2020s.
