Artist profile
Optiv is a drum and bass producer and DJ known for his work within the liquid funk and neurofunk subgenres. His productions are characterized by intricate breakbeats, atmospheric textures, and technical precision.
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Optiv is a high-energy and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Drum & Bass pocket.
Across 64 analysed tracks, Optiv averages 67% energy — harder than 70% of individual Drum & Bass tracks — and 39% groove, straighter than 59%.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 65–175 BPM with a median of 87 · predominantly minor keys (77% minor) · most common key: 4A (F Minor) with 16 tracks.
How Optiv’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 Drum & Bass tempo.
Across Optiv's catalog, vocal content has thinned.
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We scored every transition between Optiv’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 941 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.
357 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 38 different Optiv tracks.
Understand Ft Sam Wills → Horizon - Extended Mix · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
417 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 38 different Optiv tracks.
Gateway - Tobax Remix → Flute Ting · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
414 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 34 different Optiv tracks.
Hack and Slash → Babalugats · 4A → 4A · +1 BPM · 93 chemistry
379 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 38 different Optiv tracks.
End Run → Into Black · 6A → 6A · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry
371 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 40 different Optiv tracks.
Hack and Slash → Galactic · 4A → 4A · +1 BPM · 93 chemistry
359 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 40 different Optiv tracks.
Hack and Slash → Step Back - Break Remix · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
403 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 39 different Optiv tracks.
Let It Loose - Emperor Remix → Holding On Ft. Matt Wilson · 4A → 4A · +1 BPM · 92 chemistry
360 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 37 different Optiv tracks.
Battlecruiser → Eternity - Extended Mix · 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 Optiv 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 Optiv, 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.
Optiv's tracks in our catalog range from 65 to 175 BPM, with a median of 87 BPM. Across 64 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.
Optiv's tracks are mostly in minor keys (77% minor across 64 tracks). The most common single key is 4A (F Minor) with 16 tracks.
We scored every transition between Optiv's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 941 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and 1991, Document One, Dub Phizix 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: Understand Ft Sam Wills into Horizon - Extended Mix, 4A to 4A, 93 chemistry.
Optiv sits closest to Black Sun Empire And Chris Su, Bad Robot, Maztek 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 Optiv releases spanning 2012 to 2018, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
