Artist profile
SHDW & Obscure Shape are a techno production duo working in the peak-time and driving techno space. Their work is characterized by propulsive rhythms and stripped-back industrial sound design.
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SHDW & Obscure Shape is a high-energy with strong groove and drive artist.
Sits right in the typical Techno (Peak Time / Driving) pocket.
Across 10 analysed tracks, SHDW & Obscure Shape averages 76% groove — groovier than 60% of individual Techno (Peak Time / Driving) tracks.
Measured against 25,003 Techno (Peak Time / Driving) tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between SHDW & Obscure Shape’s 10 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 516 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.
57 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 8 different SHDW & Obscure Shape tracks.
Die Illusion → Go Back · 8A → 8A · +2 BPM · 93 chemistry
58 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 8 different SHDW & Obscure Shape tracks.
Innocent Voices → Voyager · 7A → 7A · −6 BPM · 89 chemistry
59 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 8 different SHDW & Obscure Shape tracks.
Die Illusion → Angry Teleprinter · 8A → 8A · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry
67 of the 390 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.2. They come from 8 different SHDW & Obscure Shape tracks.
Leiser Zorn → Retsticka · 8A → 8A · +2 BPM · 92 chemistry
71 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 8 different SHDW & Obscure Shape tracks.
Innocent Voices → Afterglow · 7A → 7A · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry
80 of the 390 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.2. They come from 8 different SHDW & Obscure Shape tracks.
Die Illusion → Mover - 2024 Remaster · 8A → 9A · −1 BPM · 92 chemistry
59 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 9 different SHDW & Obscure Shape tracks.
Die Illusion → Mom · 8A → 7B · −5 BPM · 89 chemistry
61 of the 260 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.5. They come from 6 different SHDW & Obscure Shape tracks.
Innocent Voices → Plane to Lisboa · 7A → 7A · +4 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.
DJs and producers closest to SHDW & Obscure Shape 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 SHDW & Obscure Shape, 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.
SHDW & Obscure Shape's tracks in our catalog range from 65 to 137 BPM, with a median of 133 BPM. Across 10 tracks, the most common range falls in the 135–140 BPM bucket.
SHDW & Obscure Shape's tracks are mostly in minor keys (100% minor across 10 tracks). The most common single key is 8A (A Minor) with 4 tracks.
We scored every transition between SHDW & Obscure Shape's 10 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 516 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Hertz, Inigo Kennedy, Marcal 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: Die Illusion into Go Back, 8A to 8A, 93 chemistry.
SHDW & Obscure Shape sits closest to Shdw, Parallx, Tim Tama 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 SHDW & Obscure Shape releases spanning 2017 to 2019, with the most tracks from the 2010s.