Artist profile
Prolix is a drum and bass producer and DJ known for his work within the genre's technical and atmospheric subgenres. His productions are characterized by intricate breakbeats and detailed sound design, contributing to the broader drum and bass landscape through both original releases and remix work.
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Prolix is a high-energy and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Drum & Bass pocket.
Across 55 analysed tracks, Prolix averages 66% energy — harder than 67% of individual Drum & Bass tracks — and 47% groove, groovier than 66%.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 65–172 BPM with a median of 87 · predominantly minor keys (58% minor) · most common key: 4A (F Minor) with 19 tracks.
How Prolix’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 Prolix's catalog, vocal content has increased.
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We scored every transition between Prolix’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 968 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.
383 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 39 different Prolix tracks.
Been About This → Chant - Extended Mix · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 93 chemistry
394 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 35 different Prolix tracks.
Been About This → Nobody · 7B → 7B · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry
378 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 39 different Prolix tracks.
424 of the 1,560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.9. They come from 38 different Prolix tracks.
355 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 36 different Prolix tracks.
Rocket Fuel → Shark Tank · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 93 chemistry
359 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 37 different Prolix tracks.
Rocket Fuel → Reality Begins · 7B → 7B · +1 BPM · 92 chemistry
352 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 38 different Prolix tracks.
Space & Time → Corruption · 4A → 4A · +1 BPM · 93 chemistry
370 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 38 different Prolix tracks.
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 Prolix 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 Prolix, 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.
Prolix's tracks in our catalog range from 65 to 172 BPM, with a median of 87 BPM. Across 55 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.
Prolix's tracks are mostly in minor keys (58% minor across 55 tracks). The most common single key is 4A (F Minor) with 19 tracks.
We scored every transition between Prolix's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 968 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and 1991, Fourward, Kanine 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: Been About This into Chant - Extended Mix, 7B to 7B, 93 chemistry.
Prolix sits closest to Pythius, Neonlight, Agressor Bunx 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 Prolix releases spanning 2012 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2010s.