Artist profile
Ruffneck is a hard dance and hardcore producer working within the neo-rave and breakbeat spectrum. Their sound draws on the energy and intensity characteristic of the hard dance underground.
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Ruffneck is a moderate-energy and a balanced bright/warm production artist.
Unusually low energy for Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave.
Across 10 analysed tracks, Ruffneck averages 55% energy — gentler than 94% of individual Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave tracks — and 56% groove, groovier than 78%.
Measured against 12,440 Hard Dance / Hardcore / Neo Rave tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Ruffneck’s 10 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 108 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.
22 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 4 different Ruffneck tracks.
Mindcontroller 2k20 - Extended Mix → Power Of Perception (Reverze Anthem 2020) - Extended Mix · 10B → 11A · same BPM · 88 chemistry
25 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 5 different Ruffneck tracks.
Mindcontroller 2k20 - Extended Mix → Change To Follow · 10B → 10B · +5 BPM · 90 chemistry
22 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 3 different Ruffneck tracks.
Everybody Be Somebody feat. Yavahn - MAW Style Mix → Double Rainbow · 9A → 8A · −1 BPM · 89 chemistry
19 of the 390 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.2. They come from 3 different Ruffneck tracks.
Mindcontroller 2k20 - Extended Mix → Unleash War · 10B → 11A · +4 BPM · 89 chemistry
21 of the 300 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.7. They come from 4 different Ruffneck tracks.
Everybody Be Somebody feat. Yavahn - Lucas & Steve Remix → Hot 4 U - Blaster Mix · 10A → 9A · +1 BPM · 88 chemistry
21 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 3 different Ruffneck tracks.
Everybody Be Somebody feat. Yavahn - Lucas & Steve Remix → Stars feat. Sam Sparro - Disco Version · 10A → 10B · same BPM · 89 chemistry
18 of the 300 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.7. They come from 4 different Ruffneck tracks.
Mindcontroller 2k20 - Extended Mix → For You - Extended Mix · 10B → 11A · same BPM · 87 chemistry
23 of the 350 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.0. They come from 3 different Ruffneck tracks.
Everybody Be Somebody feat. Yavahn - MAW Style Mix → Bonus Beez · 9A → 9A · same 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 Ruffneck 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 Ruffneck, 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.
Ruffneck's tracks in our catalog range from 87 to 180 BPM, with a median of 124 BPM. Across 10 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.
Ruffneck's tracks are mostly in minor keys (50% minor across 10 tracks). The most common single key is 4B (A♭ Major) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between Ruffneck's 10 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 108 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Coone, D-Block & S-te-Fan, 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: Mindcontroller 2k20 - Extended Mix into Power Of Perception (Reverze Anthem 2020) - Extended Mix, 10B to 11A, 88 chemistry.
Ruffneck sits closest to Wedlock, Undercover Anarchist, Cybernators 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 Ruffneck releases spanning 1995 to 2021, with the most tracks from the 2010s.