Artist profile
Perpetual Present works in breakbeat and UK bass, crafting rhythmically intricate productions rooted in the breaks tradition. The project emphasizes textural detail and percussive precision across sparse, forward-thinking arrangements.
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Perpetual Present is a high-energy with strong drive — mostly instrumental artist.
Unusually high drive for Breaks / Breakbeat / UK Bass.
Across 10 analysed tracks, Perpetual Present averages 63% energy — harder than 80% of individual Breaks / Breakbeat / UK Bass tracks — and 53% groove, groovier than 66%.
Measured against 16,260 Breaks / Breakbeat / UK Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Perpetual Present’s 10 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 134 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.
40 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 7 different Perpetual Present tracks.
Engulfed By Bunnies - Binary (SP) Remix → Fresh Air · 8A → 8A · −3 BPM · 89 chemistry
52 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 9 different Perpetual Present tracks.
Engulfed By Bunnies - Binary (SP) Remix → Bring Back · 8A → 8A · −1 BPM · 90 chemistry
42 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 9 different Perpetual Present tracks.
Machine Elves - Bear Moss Remix → Stick'Em · 9B → 8B · same BPM · 89 chemistry
42 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 7 different Perpetual Present tracks.
Discopocalypse → Blasted · 11A → 11A · −2 BPM · 91 chemistry
39 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 10 different Perpetual Present tracks.
Discopocalypse → The Ritual · 11A → 11A · −1 BPM · 90 chemistry
40 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 9 different Perpetual Present tracks.
Machine Elves - Bear Moss Remix → Bad Boy · 9B → 9B · +3 BPM · 90 chemistry
39 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 10 different Perpetual Present tracks.
Discopocalypse → Avecrem · 11A → 11A · same BPM · 88 chemistry
42 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 9 different Perpetual Present tracks.
Reset Button → San Francisco - Perfect Kombo Remix · 12B → 1A · −2 BPM · 88 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 Perpetual Present 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 Perpetual Present, 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.
Perpetual Present's tracks in our catalog range from 128 to 136 BPM, with a median of 134 BPM. Across 10 tracks, the most common range falls in the 135–140 BPM bucket.
Perpetual Present's tracks are mostly in minor keys (60% minor across 10 tracks). The most common single key is 8A (A Minor) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between Perpetual Present's 10 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 134 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Bad Legs, Basstyler, Bubble Couple 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: Engulfed By Bunnies - Binary (SP) Remix into Fresh Air, 8A to 8A, 89 chemistry.
Perpetual Present sits closest to Lunar Shift, B-Phreak, Break The Box 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 Perpetual Present releases spanning 2015 to 2020, with the most tracks from the 2010s.