Artist profile
Paul Elstak is a hard dance and hardcore producer rooted in the neo-rave and industrial techno sound. His work spans energetic breakbeats, distorted synths, and driving bass lines characteristic of the harder electronic music spectrum.
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Paul Elstak is a high-energy and a bright production — vocal-forward artist.
Sits right in the typical Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave pocket.
Across 16 analysed tracks, Paul Elstak averages 44% groove — groovier than 57% of individual Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave tracks.
Measured against 12,440 Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 80–202 BPM with a median of 150 · predominantly major keys (44% minor) · most common key: 6A (G Minor) with 2 tracks.
How Paul Elstak’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 Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave tempo.
Across Paul Elstak's catalog, tempos have eased from ~155 to ~83 BPM; groove has deepened; warmth has lifted.
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We scored every transition between Paul Elstak’s 16 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 286 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.
71 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 12 different Paul Elstak tracks.
Trapped In Darkness - Paul Elstak's Pussy lounge Mix → Starscream · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 90 chemistry
78 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 14 different Paul Elstak tracks.
Trapped In Darkness - Paul Elstak's Pussy lounge Mix → If You Fall, I'll Catch You - Extended Mix · 6A → 7A · same BPM · 87 chemistry
65 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 14 different Paul Elstak tracks.
Luv U More (Da Tweekaz Remix) - Extended Mix → From the Hard · 7B → 8A · same BPM · 86 chemistry
63 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 13 different Paul Elstak tracks.
Luv U More (Da Tweekaz Remix) - Extended Mix → Forever - Extended Mix · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 88 chemistry
72 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 11 different Paul Elstak tracks.
Luv U More (Da Tweekaz Remix) - Extended Mix → What?! · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 90 chemistry
68 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 12 different Paul Elstak tracks.
Luv U More (Da Tweekaz Remix) - Extended Mix → I Want To Party · 7B → 8A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
65 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 10 different Paul Elstak tracks.
Trapped In Darkness - Paul Elstak's Pussy lounge Mix → Univerze - Extended Mix · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 88 chemistry
68 of the 640 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.7. They come from 13 different Paul Elstak tracks.
Luv U More (Da Tweekaz Remix) - Extended Mix → Back To The Underground · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 87 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 Paul Elstak 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 Paul Elstak, 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.
Paul Elstak's tracks in our catalog range from 80 to 202 BPM, with a median of 150 BPM. Across 16 tracks, the most common range falls in the 150–155 BPM bucket.
Paul Elstak's tracks are mostly in major keys (44% minor across 16 tracks). The most common single key is 6A (G Minor) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between Paul Elstak's 16 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 286 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Atmozfears, Brennan Heart, D-Block & S-te-Fan 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: Trapped In Darkness - Paul Elstak's Pussy lounge Mix into Starscream, 6A to 6A, 90 chemistry.
Paul Elstak sits closest to Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo, Party Animals, Flamman & Abraxas 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 Paul Elstak releases spanning 1999 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2020s.