Artist profile
Operate is a drum and bass producer working within the genre's electronic and breakbeat traditions. Their approach emphasizes intricate rhythmic design and atmospheric production elements characteristic of contemporary drum and bass.
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Operate is a high-energy and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Drum & Bass pocket.
Across 12 analysed tracks, Operate averages 68% energy — harder than 72% of individual Drum & Bass tracks — and 44% groove, groovier than 57%.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Operate’s 11 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 691 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.
98 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 11 different Operate tracks.
Set You Free → Empty · 8A → 7B · same BPM · 93 chemistry
104 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 10 different Operate tracks.
One By One → Firebox · 4A → 4A · −1 BPM · 90 chemistry
97 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 10 different Operate tracks.
Set You Free → Should I · 8A → 8A · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry
98 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 9 different Operate tracks.
One By One → All To Me · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
97 of the 429 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 9 different Operate tracks.
One By One → Timelapse · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
104 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 10 different Operate tracks.
Set You Free → Powerstream - Wingz Remix · 8A → 8A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
105 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 9 different Operate tracks.
Pitch Black → Sound of a Feeling · 5A → 5A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
100 of the 440 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 10 different Operate tracks.
One By One → Gateway - Tobax Remix · 4A → 4A · same 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 Operate 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 Operate, 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.
Operate's tracks in our catalog range from 87 to 174 BPM, with a median of 87 BPM. Across 12 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.
Operate's tracks are mostly in minor keys (100% minor across 12 tracks). The most common single key is 8A (A Minor) with 4 tracks.
We scored every transition between Operate's 11 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 691 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Alibi, Bcee, DJ Marky 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: Set You Free into Empty, 8A to 7B, 93 chemistry.
Operate sits closest to Invadhertz, Objectiv, Charli Brix 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 Operate releases spanning 2021 to 2024, with the most tracks from the 2020s.
