Artist profile
Obscure Shape is a techno producer working in raw, hypnotic styles. Their work emphasizes stripped-down rhythmic structures and deep sonic textures characteristic of contemporary underground techno.
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Obscure Shape is a moderate-energy with strong groove and drive artist.
Sits right in the typical Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) pocket.
Across 41 analysed tracks, Obscure Shape averages 58% energy — harder than 62% of individual Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) tracks.
Measured against 10,772 Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 66–155 BPM with a median of 136 · predominantly minor keys (63% minor) · most common key: 5A (C Minor) with 6 tracks.
How Obscure Shape’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 (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) tempo.
Across Obscure Shape's catalog, tempos have climbed from ~106 to ~137 BPM; production has brightened.
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We scored every transition between Obscure Shape’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 1,295 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.
115 of the 1,280 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 7.3. They come from 18 different Obscure Shape tracks.
Turbulence → Tenacity · 5B → 5B · −1 BPM · 91 chemistry
114 of the 1,480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.5. They come from 17 different Obscure Shape tracks.
Kaidan → The freeway at dawn · 7A → 7A · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry
110 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 19 different Obscure Shape tracks.
You and Me → Ibora · 5A → 5A · +2 BPM · 92 chemistry
102 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 21 different Obscure Shape tracks.
Kaidan → Absent Form · 7A → 7A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
106 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 18 different Obscure Shape tracks.
Kaidan → Terminating · 7A → 7A · −3 BPM · 90 chemistry
144 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 18 different Obscure Shape tracks.
Kaidan → Undercover · 7A → 7A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
101 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 21 different Obscure Shape tracks.
103 of the 1,040 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.0. They come from 19 different Obscure Shape tracks.
Kaidan → Plane to Lisboa · 7A → 7A · −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 Obscure Shape 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 Obscure Shape, 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.
Obscure Shape's tracks in our catalog range from 66 to 155 BPM, with a median of 136 BPM. Across 41 tracks, the most common range falls in the 135–140 BPM bucket.
Obscure Shape's tracks are mostly in minor keys (63% minor across 41 tracks). The most common single key is 5A (C Minor) with 6 tracks.
We scored every transition between Obscure Shape's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 1,295 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Altinbas, ANNĒ, Arnaud Le Texier 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: Turbulence into Tenacity, 5B to 5B, 91 chemistry.
Obscure Shape sits closest to Shdw, Charles Fenckler, Parallx 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 Obscure Shape releases spanning 2016 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2020s.
