Artist profile
Roy Davis Jr. is a deep house producer and DJ known for his contributions to the genre throughout his career. His work spans electronic production with an emphasis on soulful, groove-oriented deep house sounds.
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Plan a set with Roy Davis Jr. tracks scored against the rest of the catalog
Roy Davis Jr. is a restrained with strong groove and drive and a bright production artist.
Unusually low groove for Deep House.
Across 22 analysed tracks, Roy Davis Jr. averages 67% groove — straighter than 86% of individual Deep House tracks — and 40% energy, gentler than 74%.
Measured against 22,124 Deep House tracks on 11 August 2026.
How Roy Davis Jr.’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 Deep House tempo.
Across Roy Davis Jr.'s catalog, production has darkened; warmth has receded.

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We scored every transition between Roy Davis Jr.’s 22 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 648 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.
47 of the 880 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.0. They come from 17 different Roy Davis Jr. tracks.
56 of the 880 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.0. They come from 13 different Roy Davis Jr. tracks.
Midnight Passion - Classy Club Mix → Attis · 8B → 9B · −1 BPM · 91 chemistry
54 of the 880 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.0. They come from 9 different Roy Davis Jr. tracks.
Midnight Passion - Classy Club Mix → Albatross · 8B → 8B · same BPM · 93 chemistry
44 of the 880 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.0. They come from 11 different Roy Davis Jr. tracks.
Midnight Passion - Classy Club Mix → Never Give Up - Instrumental Mix · 8B → 8B · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry
50 of the 660 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.8. They come from 13 different Roy Davis Jr. tracks.
Watch Them Come - Manda Moor Remix → Blow - Extednded Version · 9A → 8B · −2 BPM · 88 chemistry
45 of the 880 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.0. They come from 13 different Roy Davis Jr. tracks.
R U Ready → Cold Clouds · 9A → 9A · same BPM · 88 chemistry
47 of the 880 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.0. They come from 12 different Roy Davis Jr. tracks.
Distant Planet - Saved Your Life Remix → Wasp Nest · 11B → 11B · +1 BPM · 92 chemistry
46 of the 880 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.0. They come from 16 different Roy Davis Jr. tracks.
Rock Shock → Runaway - Reboot Rebeef Mix · 11A → 11A · same BPM · 89 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 Roy Davis Jr. 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 Davis Jr., 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.
Roy Davis Jr.'s tracks in our catalog range from 66 to 163 BPM, with a median of 126 BPM. Across 22 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.
Roy Davis Jr.'s tracks are mostly in minor keys (59% minor across 22 tracks). The most common single key is 9A (E Minor) with 4 tracks.
We scored every transition between Roy Davis Jr.'s 22 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 648 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Black Loops, CEV's, Daniel Steinberg 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: R U Ready into UTOPIA, 9A to 9A, 92 chemistry.
Roy Davis Jr. sits closest to Robert Owens, Larry Heard, Frankie Knuckles 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 Roy Davis Jr. releases spanning 1995 to 2023, with the most tracks from the 1990s.