Artist profile
Phaction is a drum and bass producer working within the genre's electronic and rhythmic traditions. Their work engages with the fast-breakbeat and bass-heavy elements central to the sound.
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Phaction is a moderate-energy and a bright production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Drum & Bass pocket.
Across 12 analysed tracks, Phaction averages 57% energy — gentler than 71% of individual Drum & Bass tracks — and 39% groove, straighter than 58%.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
How Phaction’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 Phaction's catalog, tempos have eased from ~102 to ~87 BPM; production has brightened.
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We scored every transition between Phaction’s 12 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 689 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.
108 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 12 different Phaction tracks.
Ubiquitous → Trunk · 10A → 10A · −1 BPM · 91 chemistry
102 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 12 different Phaction tracks.
99 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 12 different Phaction tracks.
Rah → Love so True - VIP Version · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
105 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 12 different Phaction tracks.
What U Need feat. Stormae → Tell Me · 3A → 3A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
105 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 12 different Phaction tracks.
Hard Truth → Allure · 10A → 10A · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry
111 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 12 different Phaction tracks.
Rah → Break the Habit · 6A → 7A · −1 BPM · 92 chemistry
113 of the 408 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 12 different Phaction tracks.
109 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 12 different Phaction tracks.
Rah → String Therapy · 6A → 6A · same 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 Phaction 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 Phaction, 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.
Phaction's tracks in our catalog range from 86 to 117 BPM, with a median of 87 BPM. Across 12 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.
Phaction's tracks are mostly in minor keys (75% minor across 12 tracks). The most common single key is 10A (B Minor) with 5 tracks.
We scored every transition between Phaction's 12 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 689 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Alibi, Amoss, Break 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: Ubiquitous into Trunk, 10A to 10A, 91 chemistry.
Phaction sits closest to Humanature, Nexus & Tight, Macca 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 Phaction releases spanning 2015 to 2020, with the most tracks from the 2010s.