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Ricardo Villalobos

Ricardo Villalobos is a minimal and deep techno producer known for intricate, hypnotic soundscapes and a focus on subtle rhythmic development. His work emphasizes stripped-down production and extended compositional structures characteristic of the minimal techno tradition.

27 tracksMinimal / Deep Tech· 1997–2025
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Sound profile

EnergyDriveGrooveBrightnessWarmthVocal

Ricardo Villalobos is a restrained with strong groove — mostly instrumental artist.

This artistTypical Minimal / Deep Tech
Signature sound

Unusually low brightness and energy for Minimal / Deep Tech.

↓brightness↓energy
How this compares to Minimal / Deep Tech

Across 27 analysed tracks, Ricardo Villalobos averages 37% energy — gentler than 91% of individual Minimal / Deep Tech tracks — and 81% groove, straighter than 57%.

Measured against 22,121 Minimal / Deep Tech tracks on 11 August 2026.

Key & BPM profile

Most tracks sit between 96–136 BPM with a median of 126 · predominantly minor keys (81% minor) · most common key: 9A (E Minor) with 4 tracks.

BPM spread
95–99
2
115–119
1
120–124
8
125–129
12
130–134
2
135–139
2
Key distribution
1A11B2A22B3A13B4A14B5A35B6A6B17A27B8A48B9A49B210A210B11A111B112A112B1

Sound profile evolution

How Ricardo Villalobos’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 Minimal / Deep Tech tempo.

Sound profile shift
EnergyDriveGrooveBrightnessWarmthVocal
1997–2011·9 tracks
2012–2025·4 tracks
Year-by-year sound · scale 0–100
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Tempo migration · yearly average
This artistTypical Minimal / Deep Tech
What changed

Across Ricardo Villalobos's catalog, warmth has receded.

Release volume by decade

3
1990s
5
2000s
3
2010s
2
2020s

Tracks in catalog

27 total · sortable
Orin - Ricardo Villalobos Variation album art
Orin - Ricardo Villalobos Variation
Ricardo Villalobos, goat (JP)
124 BPM · 5A · Minimal / Deep Tech · 48% Sustainer
Minimal / Deep Tech
124
5A · C min
48%Sustainer
—
Everywhere You Go - Villalobos Celestial Voice Amnesia Resurrection Mix album art
Everywhere You Go - Villalobos Celestial Voice Amnesia Resurrection Mix
Ricardo Villalobos, Mari Kvien Brunvoll
120 BPM · 2A · Minimal / Deep Tech · 30% Warm-up
Minimal / Deep Tech
120
2A · E♭ min
30%Warm-up
—
Easy Lee - Random Factor Remix album art
Easy Lee - Random Factor Remix
Ricardo Villalobos
129 BPM · 5A · Deep House · 41% Sustainer
Deep House
129
5A · C min
41%Sustainer
2025
808 The Bassqueen album art
808 The Bassqueen
Ricardo Villalobos
123 BPM · 10A · Minimal / Deep Tech · 13% Warm-up
Minimal / Deep Tech
123
10A · B min
13%Warm-up
1999
Que Bel Epoque 2006 album art
Que Bel Epoque 2006
Ricardo Villalobos
131 BPM · 7A · Minimal / Deep Tech · 49% Sustainer
Minimal / Deep Tech
131
7A · D min
49%Sustainer
2006
Logohitz album art
Logohitz
Ricardo Villalobos
136 BPM · 9A · Techno (Peak Time / Driving) · 58% Builder
Techno (Peak Time / Driving)
136
9A · E min
58%Builder
1998
Swamp - Ricardo Villalobos Version album art
Swamp - Ricardo Villalobos Version
Ricardo Villalobos, Mohammad Reza Mortazavi
120 BPM · 5A · Minimal / Deep Tech · 33% Warm-up
Minimal / Deep Tech
120
5A · C min
33%Warm-up
—
Ichso album art
Ichso
Ricardo Villalobos
130 BPM · 8A · Minimal / Deep Tech · 32% Warm-up
Minimal / Deep Tech
130
8A · A min
32%Warm-up
2005
Smek - Ricardo Villalobos Remix album art
Smek - Ricardo Villalobos Remix
Ricardo Villalobos, Yuma
124 BPM · 9A · Minimal / Deep Tech · 43% Sustainer
Minimal / Deep Tech
124
9A · E min
43%Sustainer
2021
Nord album art
Nord
Ricardo Villalobos, Tripmastaz, tRicMast
128 BPM · 9A · Minimal / Deep Tech · 53% Sustainer
Minimal / Deep Tech
128
9A · E min
53%Sustainer
—
40 AGES album art
40 AGES
Ricardo Villalobos, Jay Haze, Social Being
117 BPM · 11B · Tech House · 39% Sustainer
Tech House
117
11B · A maj
39%Sustainer
—
Erso album art
Erso
Ricardo Villalobos
96 BPM · 1A · Tech House · 38% Sustainer
Tech House
96
1A · A♭ min
38%Sustainer
—
FREE YOUR MIND album art
FREE YOUR MIND
Ricardo Villalobos, Jay Haze, Social Being
128 BPM · 8A · Tech House · 46% Sustainer
Tech House
128
8A · A min
46%Sustainer
—
Arild album art
Arild
Ricardo Villalobos
128 BPM · 9A · Minimal / Deep Tech · 50% Sustainer
Minimal / Deep Tech
128
9A · E min
50%Sustainer
2013
Fenlow album art
Fenlow
Ricardo Villalobos, Jay Haze
128 BPM · 4A · Minimal / Deep Tech · 24% Warm-up
Minimal / Deep Tech
128
4A · F min
24%Warm-up
2010
Humusweg album art
Humusweg
Ricardo Villalobos
97 BPM · 11A · Minimal / Deep Tech · 27% Warm-up
Minimal / Deep Tech
97
11A · F♯ min
27%Warm-up
—
Svoboda - Garage Dub album art
Svoboda - Garage Dub
Ricardo Villalobos, Tripmastaz, tRicMast
126 BPM · 3A · Minimal / Deep Tech · 55% Builder
Minimal / Deep Tech
126
3A · B♭ min
55%Builder
—
AsloHop album art
AsloHop
Ricardo Villalobos
128 BPM · 8A · Minimal / Deep Tech · 28% Warm-up
Minimal / Deep Tech
128
8A · A min
28%Warm-up
—
Diasoul album art
Diasoul
Ricardo Villalobos
135 BPM · 12B · Minimal / Deep Tech · 25% Warm-up
Minimal / Deep Tech
135
12B · E maj
25%Warm-up
—
It's Alright album art
It's Alright
Ricardo Villalobos, Jay Haze
126 BPM · 7A · Minimal / Deep Tech · 33% Warm-up
Minimal / Deep Tech
126
7A · D min
33%Warm-up
2004
Cactus Love album art
Cactus Love
Ricardo Villalobos, Jay Haze
126 BPM · 9B · Minimal / Deep Tech · 44% Sustainer
Minimal / Deep Tech
126
9B · G maj
44%Sustainer
—
Fizheuer Zieheuer album art
Fizheuer Zieheuer
Ricardo Villalobos
124 BPM · 6B · Minimal / Deep Tech · 20% Warm-up
Minimal / Deep Tech
124
6B · B♭ maj
20%Warm-up
2006
The Contempt album art
The Contempt
Ricardo Villalobos
123 BPM · 12A · Tech House · 38% Sustainer
Tech House
123
12A · C♯ min
38%Sustainer
1997
Periodica album art
Periodica
Ricardo Villalobos, Maher Daniel
126 BPM · 8A · Minimal / Deep Tech · 35% Sustainer
Minimal / Deep Tech
126
8A · A min
35%Sustainer
—
Easy Lee album art
Easy Lee
Ricardo Villalobos
126 BPM · 10A · Minimal / Deep Tech · 32% Warm-up
Minimal / Deep Tech
126
10A · B min
32%Warm-up
2003
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Artists that mix with Ricardo Villalobos

We scored every transition between Ricardo Villalobos’s 27 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 1,303 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.

Arkady Antsyrev

120 of the 1,080 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.2. They come from 19 different Ricardo Villalobos tracks.

Svoboda - Garage Dub → Chto Eto · 3A → 2A · same BPM · 91 chemistry

Christian Burkhardt

101 of the 1,080 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.2. They come from 19 different Ricardo Villalobos tracks.

Orin - Ricardo Villalobos Variation → Do Do · 5A → 5A · +1 BPM · 92 chemistry

Daniel Meister

123 of the 1,080 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.2. They come from 19 different Ricardo Villalobos tracks.

Orin - Ricardo Villalobos Variation → Tipsy - Christian Schiemann Remix · 5A → 5A · +2 BPM · 92 chemistry

Enzo Leep

96 of the 1,080 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.2. They come from 19 different Ricardo Villalobos tracks.

Orin - Ricardo Villalobos Variation → Blue Steel · 5A → 5A · same BPM · 93 chemistry

Guti

102 of the 1,080 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.2. They come from 18 different Ricardo Villalobos tracks.

FREE YOUR MIND → Nuevo - Enzo Siragusa Remix · 8A → 9A · −1 BPM · 91 chemistry

Per Hammar

95 of the 702 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.0. They come from 19 different Ricardo Villalobos tracks.

Easy Lee - Random Factor Remix → Afterglow · 5A → 5A · +1 BPM · 93 chemistry

Silat Beksi

97 of the 1,080 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.2. They come from 18 different Ricardo Villalobos tracks.

Svoboda - Garage Dub → Weisz · 3A → 1B · same BPM · 88 chemistry

Traumer

100 of the 1,080 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.2. They come from 18 different Ricardo Villalobos tracks.

Periodica → Mata · 8A → 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.

Related artists

Top 15 by similarity

DJs and producers closest to Ricardo Villalobos 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 Ricardo Villalobos, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.

Richie Hawtin
100%
13 tracks in catalog · Techno (Peak Time / Driving)
Akufen
71%
2 tracks in catalog · Deep House · no artist page yet
Soul Capsule
63%
1 track in catalog · Deep House · no artist page yet
Plastikman
62%
13 tracks in catalog · Techno (Peak Time / Driving)
Baby Ford
55%
2 tracks in catalog · Minimal / Deep Tech · no artist page yet
Mathew Jonson
49%
26 tracks in catalog · Melodic House & Techno
Voices from The Lake
49%
6 tracks in catalog · Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic)
Robert Hood
48%
73 tracks in catalog · Techno (Peak Time / Driving)
STL
48%
31 tracks in catalog · Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic)
Luomo
48%
2 tracks in catalog · Deep House · no artist page yet
Farben
47%
1 track in catalog · Minimal / Deep Tech · no artist page yet
Jeff Mills
46%
28 tracks in catalog · Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic)
John Tejada
45%
106 tracks in catalog · Tech House
Reinhard Voigt
44%
7 tracks in catalog · Techno (Peak Time / Driving)
Vladislav Delay
43%
2 tracks in catalog · Electronica · no artist page yet

Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.

FAQ

What BPM does Ricardo Villalobos play at?+

Ricardo Villalobos's tracks in our catalog range from 96 to 136 BPM, with a median of 126 BPM. Across 27 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.

What key are Ricardo Villalobos's tracks in?+

Ricardo Villalobos's tracks are mostly in minor keys (81% minor across 27 tracks). The most common single key is 9A (E Minor) with 4 tracks.

What artists mix well with Ricardo Villalobos?+

We scored every transition between Ricardo Villalobos's 27 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 1,303 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Arkady Antsyrev, Christian Burkhardt, Daniel Meister 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: Svoboda - Garage Dub into Chto Eto, 3A to 2A, 91 chemistry.

Which artists share an audience with Ricardo Villalobos?+

Ricardo Villalobos sits closest to Richie Hawtin, Akufen, Soul Capsule 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.

When was Ricardo Villalobos most active?+

Our catalog has Ricardo Villalobos releases spanning 1997 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2000s.