Artist profile
Protoculture is a trance producer working within the main floor sound. The project is characterized by driving rhythmic structures and atmospheric layering typical of the genre.
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Protoculture is a high-energy with strong groove and drive and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Trance (Main Floor) pocket.
Across 73 analysed tracks, Protoculture averages 74% groove — groovier than 67% of individual Trance (Main Floor) tracks.
Measured against 21,919 Trance (Main Floor) tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 78–157 BPM with a median of 128 · predominantly minor keys (54% minor) · most common key: 7A (D Minor) with 12 tracks.
How Protoculture’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 Trance (Main Floor) tempo.
Across Protoculture's catalog, energy has lifted; vocal content has thinned.
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We scored every transition between Protoculture’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 774 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.
67 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 22 different Protoculture tracks.
Valley Of The Red Gods - Extended Mix → Tell Me - Extended Mix · 9B → 10A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
72 of the 960 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.5. They come from 19 different Protoculture tracks.
Ulvetanna - Extended Mix → Whispers · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
65 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 21 different Protoculture tracks.
Weightless - Koyah Extended Remix → Save Me · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
74 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 21 different Protoculture tracks.
Ultramarine - Extended Mix → I'll Be There - Extended Mix · 9A → 8A · same BPM · 89 chemistry
79 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 23 different Protoculture tracks.
Ultramarine - Extended Mix → Chromosphere - Extended Mix · 9A → 8B · same BPM · 89 chemistry
80 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 21 different Protoculture tracks.
Wings (Mixed) feat. Alina Renae → Baby Baby - AmyElle Extended Mix · 10A → 9A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
69 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 24 different Protoculture tracks.
Weightless - Koyah Extended Remix → Warehouse - Extended Mix · 6A → 5A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
69 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 20 different Protoculture tracks.
Valley Of The Red Gods - Extended Mix → Heart On The Line - Extended Mix · 9B → 10B · same 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 Protoculture 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 Protoculture, 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.
Protoculture's tracks in our catalog range from 78 to 157 BPM, with a median of 128 BPM. Across 74 tracks, the most common range falls in the 130–135 BPM bucket.
Protoculture's tracks are mostly in minor keys (54% minor across 74 tracks). The most common single key is 7A (D Minor) with 12 tracks.
We scored every transition between Protoculture's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 774 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and ALPHA 9, Beat Service, Denis Kenzo 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: Valley Of The Red Gods - Extended Mix into Tell Me - Extended Mix, 9B to 10A, 89 chemistry.
Protoculture sits closest to Maarten De Jong, Jorn Van Deynhoven, Ben Gold 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 Protoculture releases spanning 2003 to 2026, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
