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Roy Ayers

Trap / Future Bass producer and DJ.

8 tracksTrap / Future Bass· 1983–2020
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Sound profile

EnergyDriveGrooveBrightnessWarmthVocal

Roy Ayers is a restrained with strong groove and a balanced bright/warm production — mostly instrumental artist.

This artistTypical Trap / Future Bass
Signature sound

Higher groove but lower energy than typical Trap / Future Bass.

↑groove↓energy
How this compares to Trap / Future Bass

Across 8 analysed tracks, Roy Ayers averages 80% groove — groovier than 96% of individual Trap / Future Bass tracks — and 40% energy, gentler than 91%.

Measured against 8,278 Trap / Future Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.

Key & BPM profile

Most tracks sit between 89–126 BPM with a median of 123 · predominantly minor keys (75% minor) · most common key: 3A (B♭ Minor) with 3 tracks.

BPM spread
85–89
1
115–119
2
120–124
1
125–129
4
Key distribution
1A1B2A2B3A33B4A4B5A5B6A16B7A7B28A28B9A9B10A10B11A11B12A12B

Release volume by decade

1
1980s
2
2000s
2
2010s
2
2020s

Tracks in catalog

8 total · sortable
Funk in the Hole album art
Funk in the Hole
Roy Ayers
89 BPM · 7B · Trap / Future Bass · 40% Sustainer
Trap / Future Bass
89
7B · F maj
40%Sustainer
2005
Holiday - Ben Rau Meta Remix album art
Holiday - Ben Rau Meta Remix
Roy Ayers, Terri Wells
126 BPM · 3A · House · 48% Sustainer
House
126
3A · B♭ min
48%Sustainer
2018
Chicago album art
Chicago
Roy Ayers
115 BPM · 8A · Trap / Future Bass · 27% Warm-up
Trap / Future Bass
115
8A · A min
27%Warm-up
1983
What's The T? - Delfonic Edit album art
What's The T? - Delfonic Edit
Roy Ayers, Merry Clayton
118 BPM · 6A · Nu Disco / Disco · 31% Warm-up
Nu Disco / Disco
118
6A · G min
31%Warm-up
—
Brand New Feeling - Phil Asher Main Mix album art
Brand New Feeling - Phil Asher Main Mix
Roy Ayers
126 BPM · 3A · Trap / Future Bass · 33% Warm-up
Trap / Future Bass
126
3A · B♭ min
33%Warm-up
2003
Wasting feat. Ben Westbeech feat. Roy Ayers - Extended Mix album art
Wasting feat. Ben Westbeech feat. Roy Ayers - Extended Mix
Roy Ayers, Ben Westbeech, The Vision
120 BPM · 3A · Nu Disco / Disco · 44% Sustainer
Nu Disco / Disco
120
3A · B♭ min
44%Sustainer
2020
Holiday - Ben Rau Inkal Remix album art
Holiday - Ben Rau Inkal Remix
Roy Ayers, Terri Wells
126 BPM · 7B · House · 52% Sustainer
House
126
7B · F maj
52%Sustainer
2018
I Am Your Mind - Mr. V 2020 Sole Channel Remix album art
I Am Your Mind - Mr. V 2020 Sole Channel Remix
Roy Ayers
125 BPM · 8A · Trap / Future Bass · 44% Sustainer
Trap / Future Bass
125
8A · A min
44%Sustainer
2020

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Artists that mix with Roy Ayers

We scored every transition between Roy Ayers’s 8 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 119 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.

Daniel Steinberg

28 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 3 different Roy Ayers tracks.

Holiday - Ben Rau Inkal Remix → Trick Mixing - Extended Mix · 7B → 8B · −1 BPM · 90 chemistry

David Morales

20 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 3 different Roy Ayers tracks.

Holiday - Ben Rau Meta Remix → The Love I Gave · 3A → 3A · −1 BPM · 89 chemistry

Demuir

22 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 3 different Roy Ayers tracks.

Holiday - Ben Rau Meta Remix → Eerbawdy Wants to Deeezsko · 3A → 3A · same BPM · 89 chemistry

Honey Dijon

22 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 4 different Roy Ayers tracks.

Holiday - Ben Rau Inkal Remix → Catch The Beat feat. Cakes Da Killa · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 88 chemistry

Louie Vega

21 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 4 different Roy Ayers tracks.

Holiday - Ben Rau Inkal Remix → Let It Go feat. Marc E. Bassy - Dom Dolla Extended Remix · 7B → 6B · −1 BPM · 90 chemistry

Mattei & Omich

19 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 3 different Roy Ayers tracks.

Holiday - Ben Rau Inkal Remix → Hypnagogic (I Can't Wait) - Extended Mix · 7B → 8A · +4 BPM · 88 chemistry

Mirko & Meex

19 of the 320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.8. They come from 3 different Roy Ayers tracks.

Holiday - Ben Rau Inkal Remix → Moonlight · 7B → 7B · −3 BPM · 90 chemistry

Trimtone

19 of the 232 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.3. They come from 3 different Roy Ayers tracks.

Holiday - Ben Rau Inkal Remix → You Got the Love Boy - Extended Mix · 7B → 8A · −1 BPM · 90 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 Roy Ayers 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 Roy Ayers, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.

Roy Ayers Ubiquity
100%
Not in our catalog yet
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
66%
Not in our catalog yet
Bobbi Humphrey
62%
Not in our catalog yet
Ramp
61%
2 tracks in catalog · House · no artist page yet
Lonnie Liston Smith
60%
Not in our catalog yet
The Blackbyrds
51%
1 track in catalog · Deep House · no artist page yet
Donald Byrd
50%
Not in our catalog yet
Ronnie Laws
48%
Not in our catalog yet
Fatback Band
44%
5 tracks in catalog · Nu Disco / Disco
Ronnie Foster
42%
1 track in catalog · Nu Disco / Disco · no artist page yet
Slave
40%
3 tracks in catalog · R&B
Weldon Irvine
40%
1 track in catalog · Nu Disco / Disco · no artist page yet
Norman Connors
40%
Not in our catalog yet
George Duke
39%
Not in our catalog yet
Azymuth
35%
1 track in catalog · Deep House · 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 Roy Ayers play at?+

Roy Ayers's tracks in our catalog range from 89 to 126 BPM, with a median of 123 BPM. Across 8 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.

What key are Roy Ayers's tracks in?+

Roy Ayers's tracks are mostly in minor keys (75% minor across 8 tracks). The most common single key is 3A (B♭ Minor) with 3 tracks.

What artists mix well with Roy Ayers?+

We scored every transition between Roy Ayers's 8 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 119 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Daniel Steinberg, David Morales, Demuir 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: Holiday - Ben Rau Inkal Remix into Trick Mixing - Extended Mix, 7B to 8B, 90 chemistry.

Which artists share an audience with Roy Ayers?+

Roy Ayers sits closest to Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes, Bobbi Humphrey 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 Roy Ayers most active?+

Our catalog has Roy Ayers releases spanning 1983 to 2020, with the most tracks from the 2020s.