Artist profile
Richard Durand is a trance producer and DJ known for his work in progressive and uplifting trance. His productions and DJ sets are characterized by driving rhythms and melodic elements rooted in the main floor trance tradition.
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Richard Durand 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, Richard Durand averages 68% energy — harder than 56% of individual Trance (Main Floor) tracks.
Measured against 21,919 Trance (Main Floor) tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 67–145 BPM with a median of 138 · predominantly minor keys (52% minor) · most common key: 7B (F Major) with 8 tracks.
How Richard Durand’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 Richard Durand's catalog, tempos have climbed from ~127 to ~138 BPM.
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We scored every transition between Richard Durand’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 733 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.
120 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 32 different Richard Durand tracks.
Give Your Heart a Home → What Happens When We End - Extended Mix · 3B → 3B · +1 BPM · 93 chemistry
136 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 33 different Richard Durand tracks.
Separate Ways - Extended Mix → Tremble - Extended Mix · 7A → 8A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
106 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 30 different Richard Durand tracks.
State of Bliss → Whispering Words - Extended Mix · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 93 chemistry
108 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 34 different Richard Durand tracks.
Move - Extended Mix → Uncharted - Extended Mix · 10A → 10A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
110 of the 1,240 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 7.1. They come from 32 different Richard Durand tracks.
Move - Extended Mix → Space Emotions - Extended Mix · 10A → 10A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
117 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 35 different Richard Durand tracks.
Give Your Heart a Home → Legends · 3B → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
113 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 34 different Richard Durand tracks.
Rubicon - Extended Mix → Horoscope - Ronski Speed Remix · 3B → 3B · same BPM · 92 chemistry
107 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 33 different Richard Durand tracks.
Avalanche - Extended Mix → Horizons · 2B → 3B · 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 Richard Durand 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 Richard Durand, 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.
Richard Durand's tracks in our catalog range from 67 to 145 BPM, with a median of 138 BPM. Across 73 tracks, the most common range falls in the 140–145 BPM bucket.
Richard Durand's tracks are mostly in minor keys (52% minor across 73 tracks). The most common single key is 7B (F Major) with 8 tracks.
We scored every transition between Richard Durand's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 733 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Daniel Kandi, DJ T.H., Jennifer Rene 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: Give Your Heart a Home into What Happens When We End - Extended Mix, 3B to 3B, 93 chemistry.
Richard Durand sits closest to Cubicore, Ben Gold, Markus Schulz 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 Richard Durand releases spanning 2013 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2020s.