Artist profile
Rafael is an indie dance artist known for electronic compositions that blend rhythmic precision with atmospheric production. His work engages with contemporary dance music sensibilities while maintaining a distinct approach to arrangement and sound design.
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Rafael is a high-energy with strong groove and drive — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Progressive House pocket.
Across 48 analysed tracks, Rafael averages 63% energy — harder than 56% of individual Progressive House tracks — and 78% groove, straighter than 56%.
Measured against 20,247 Progressive House tracks on 11 August 2026.
How Rafael’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 Progressive House tempo.
Across Rafael's catalog, production has brightened; energy has eased; vocal content has increased.
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We scored every transition between Rafael’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 2,523 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.
80 of the 1,240 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 7.1. They come from 23 different Rafael tracks.
Diopside → Underworld · 8B → 9B · same BPM · 91 chemistry
82 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 20 different Rafael tracks.
Distant Embers - Danny Lloyd Remix → Forget Everything · 3A → 3A · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry
82 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 19 different Rafael tracks.
Life Goes On - Christopher FaFa Remix → Solace in Silence - Gai Barone Remix · 4B → 4B · −3 BPM · 92 chemistry
90 of the 1,120 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.4. They come from 23 different Rafael tracks.
Frozen Ground → Reborn · 10B → 10B · same BPM · 91 chemistry
96 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 28 different Rafael tracks.
Life Goes On - Christopher FaFa Remix → Weather Is Fine · 4B → 4B · same BPM · 92 chemistry
83 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 22 different Rafael tracks.
Revival - Black 8 → Geometria - Juan Deminicis Remix · 10B → 10B · same BPM · 93 chemistry
95 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 26 different Rafael tracks.
Revival - Black 8 → Fatalism · 10B → 10B · same 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 Rafael 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 Rafael, 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.
Rafael's tracks in our catalog range from 67 to 130 BPM, with a median of 123 BPM. Across 48 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.
Rafael's tracks are mostly in minor keys (52% minor across 48 tracks). The most common single key is 5A (C Minor) with 5 tracks.
We scored every transition between Rafael's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 2,523 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Cream (PL), Ewan Rill, Hobin Rude 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: Diopside into Underworld, 8B to 9B, 91 chemistry.
Rafael sits closest to GUDFELLA, Vhyce, Hollaphonic 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 Rafael releases spanning 2014 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2020s.
