Artist profile
Retrospect is a hard dance and hardcore producer working within neo-rave and electronic dance music. The project channels energy through driving breakbeats and synthetic textures characteristic of the broader hard dance movement.
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Retrospect is a moderate-energy and a bright production artist.
Unusually low energy for Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave.
Across 20 analysed tracks, Retrospect averages 60% energy — gentler than 86% of individual Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave tracks — and 50% groove, groovier than 70%.
Measured against 12,440 Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 101–176 BPM with a median of 150 · predominantly minor keys (85% minor) · most common key: 11A (F♯ Minor) with 3 tracks.
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We scored every transition between Retrospect’s 20 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 239 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.
71 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 10 different Retrospect tracks.
Droppin' 909s → Our Legacy - Extended Mix · 11A → 11A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
80 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 11 different Retrospect tracks.
Rockin' Fly → Never Break Me - Toneshifterz Remix · 6A → 6A · −2 BPM · 92 chemistry
88 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 12 different Retrospect tracks.
Droppin' 909s → Chaos & Crime - Extended Mix · 11A → 11A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
74 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 11 different Retrospect tracks.
Let You Go → Carnival feat. Mc Ruud · 2B → 2B · −5 BPM · 91 chemistry
76 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 11 different Retrospect tracks.
Droppin' 909s → The Innergame · 11A → 11A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
76 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 11 different Retrospect tracks.
Flying Way Beyond → Incoming · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
78 of the 600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.4. They come from 10 different Retrospect tracks.
All Night → Satellites · 12A → 12A · −2 BPM · 92 chemistry
71 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 8 different Retrospect tracks.
Rockin' Fly → Rise Up - Extended Mix · 6A → 5A · −2 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 Retrospect 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 Retrospect, 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.
Retrospect's tracks in our catalog range from 101 to 176 BPM, with a median of 150 BPM. Across 20 tracks, the most common range falls in the 150–155 BPM bucket.
Retrospect's tracks are mostly in minor keys (85% minor across 20 tracks). The most common single key is 11A (F♯ Minor) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between Retrospect's 20 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 239 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and B-Front, Brennan Heart, Coone 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: Droppin' 909s into Our Legacy - Extended Mix, 11A to 11A, 92 chemistry.
Retrospect sits closest to Sweet Mullet, Harem Belle, Blackhead 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 Retrospect releases spanning 2014 to 2022, with the most tracks from the 2020s.
