Artist profile
Primitive Instinct is a drum and bass producer working within the genre's electronic and rhythmic traditions. The project focuses on the fast-breakbeat aesthetics central to drum and bass production.
Plan a set with Primitive Instinct tracks scored against the rest of the catalog
Mixgraph for iOS — chemistry-scored DJ planning.
Primitive Instinct is a high-energy and a bright production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Drum & Bass pocket.
Across 9 analysed tracks, Primitive Instinct averages 65% energy — harder than 63% of individual Drum & Bass tracks — and 39% groove, straighter than 58%.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Primitive Instinct’s 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 649 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.
79 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 9 different Primitive Instinct tracks.
Acid Ritual → Chant - Extended Mix · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 92 chemistry
81 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 9 different Primitive Instinct tracks.
83 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 8 different Primitive Instinct tracks.
My Ocean → Dead Stock · 8A → 7B · same BPM · 91 chemistry
80 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 9 different Primitive Instinct tracks.
My Ocean → Days Like These · 8A → 7A · −1 BPM · 92 chemistry
80 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 8 different Primitive Instinct tracks.
Hot One → Dulcid Tones · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
79 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 8 different Primitive Instinct tracks.
Let You Go → Back to the Rave · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
79 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 8 different Primitive Instinct tracks.
My Ocean → Extend The Range · 8A → 8A · +1 BPM · 91 chemistry
79 of the 306 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 8 different Primitive Instinct tracks.
Acid Ritual → Eclipse · 7B → 8A · +1 BPM · 92 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 Primitive Instinct 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 Primitive Instinct, 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.
Primitive Instinct's tracks in our catalog range from 86 to 87 BPM, with a median of 87 BPM. Across 9 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.
Primitive Instinct's tracks are mostly in minor keys (89% minor across 9 tracks). The most common single key is 9A (E Minor) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between Primitive Instinct's 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 649 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and 1991, Alibi, Audio 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: Acid Ritual into Chant - Extended Mix, 7B to 7B, 92 chemistry.
Primitive Instinct sits closest to Moria Falls, Grey Lady Down, Comedy Of Errors 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.
