Artist profile
Rusko is a drum and bass producer and DJ known for his work in the liquid funk and neurofunk styles. His productions and DJ sets have been fixtures in the drum and bass community, with releases spanning the 2010s and 2020s.
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Rusko is a moderate-energy and a bright production — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Drum & Bass pocket.
Across 29 analysed tracks, Rusko averages 52% groove — groovier than 79% of individual Drum & Bass tracks — and 58% energy, gentler than 67%.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 66–150 BPM with a median of 88 · predominantly minor keys (66% minor) · most common key: 9A (E Minor) with 7 tracks.
How Rusko’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 Drum & Bass tempo.
Across Rusko's catalog, tempos have eased from ~110 to ~89 BPM.
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We scored every transition between Rusko’s 29 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 890 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.
122 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 12 different Rusko tracks.
Mac 19 → Is It Real? · 2A → 2A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
112 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 11 different Rusko tracks.
Rubix Cube → Box Clever - Skeptical Remix · 4B → 5A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
111 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 13 different Rusko tracks.
Real Badman → Snake Eyes · 5B → 5B · same BPM · 92 chemistry
116 of the 1,131 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.5. They come from 14 different Rusko tracks.
Rubix Cube → Jailbreak · 4B → 4B · same BPM · 91 chemistry
112 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 13 different Rusko tracks.
110 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 11 different Rusko tracks.
Mac 19 → Boring - DJ Mix · 2A → 2A · +1 BPM · 91 chemistry
111 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 11 different Rusko tracks.
Rubix Cube → Hack and Slash · 4B → 4A · −1 BPM · 90 chemistry
112 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 11 different Rusko tracks.
Rubix Cube → Originate · 4B → 4B · 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 Rusko 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 Rusko, 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.
Rusko's tracks in our catalog range from 66 to 150 BPM, with a median of 88 BPM. Across 29 tracks, the most common range falls in the 90–95 BPM bucket.
Rusko's tracks are mostly in minor keys (66% minor across 29 tracks). The most common single key is 9A (E Minor) with 7 tracks.
We scored every transition between Rusko's 29 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 890 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Bcee, Break, Kanine 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: Mac 19 into Is It Real?, 2A to 2A, 93 chemistry.
Rusko sits closest to Caspa, The Others, Emalkay 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 Rusko releases spanning 2007 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
