Artist profile
Side Effects is a psy-trance producer known for intricate, hypnotic soundscapes and driving rhythmic frameworks. The artist works within the psychedelic trance spectrum, crafting layered compositions that balance technical precision with immersive atmospheric depth.
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Side Effects is a high-energy with strong groove and drive artist.
Sits right in the typical Psy-Trance pocket.
Across 45 analysed tracks, Side Effects averages 69% energy — harder than 61% of individual Psy-Trance tracks.
Measured against 15,751 Psy-Trance tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 68–158 BPM with a median of 140 · predominantly major keys (20% minor) · most common key: 4B (A♭ Major) with 7 tracks.
How Side Effects’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 Psy-Trance tempo.
Across Side Effects's catalog, tempos have climbed from ~116 to ~140 BPM.
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We scored every transition between Side Effects’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 569 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.
164 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 27 different Side Effects tracks.
Twisted → Neuron Twister · 5B → 5B · +4 BPM · 90 chemistry
173 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 33 different Side Effects tracks.
Twisted → 3 Quartos - Shekinah Remix · 5B → 5B · −2 BPM · 91 chemistry
180 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 28 different Side Effects tracks.
Levitation → Onboard - Plasmatix Remix · 9B → 9B · +4 BPM · 90 chemistry
174 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 27 different Side Effects tracks.
Mind Control → Perception in Fragments · 11B → 11B · +5 BPM · 90 chemistry
167 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 33 different Side Effects tracks.
Resting Souls → Double Dose - HYPNOISE REMIX · 6A → 6A · +4 BPM · 92 chemistry
182 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 34 different Side Effects tracks.
Twisted → Ground Truth · 5B → 5B · same BPM · 92 chemistry
161 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 36 different Side Effects tracks.
Wake Up → Flow Rider · 4B → 5B · same BPM · 91 chemistry
158 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 36 different Side Effects tracks.
Feelings - Bouncerz Remix → Cosmic Experience · 9A → 9A · +2 BPM · 93 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 Side Effects 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 Side Effects, 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.
Side Effects's tracks in our catalog range from 68 to 158 BPM, with a median of 140 BPM. Across 45 tracks, the most common range falls in the 140–145 BPM bucket.
Side Effects's tracks are mostly in major keys (20% minor across 45 tracks). The most common single key is 4B (A♭ Major) with 7 tracks.
We scored every transition between Side Effects's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 569 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Braincell, Burn In Noise, Earthspace 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: Twisted into Neuron Twister, 5B to 5B, 90 chemistry.
Side Effects sits closest to Sonic Entity, Vertical Mode, One Function 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 Side Effects releases spanning 2012 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
