Artist profile
Smookie Illson is a producer and DJ working in breakbeat and UK bass styles. His work explores the fractured rhythms and sub-bass frequencies characteristic of those genres.
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Smookie Illson is a moderate-energy and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Trap / Future Bass pocket.
Across 14 analysed tracks, Smookie Illson averages 48% groove — groovier than 65% of individual Trap / Future Bass tracks — and 59% energy, harder than 56%.
Measured against 8,278 Trap / Future Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 72–152 BPM with a median of 128 · predominantly minor keys (57% minor) · most common key: 7B (F Major) with 3 tracks.
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We scored every transition between Smookie Illson’s 13 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 141 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.
33 of the 520 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.0. They come from 7 different Smookie Illson tracks.
Skrilla - DJ Fixx Remix → Feeling Fine · 9A → 9A · −2 BPM · 88 chemistry
41 of the 455 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.6. They come from 8 different Smookie Illson tracks.
Yella - Keith MacKenzie VIP → Game Over · 7B → 8A · +2 BPM · 91 chemistry
35 of the 520 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.0. They come from 8 different Smookie Illson tracks.
India Jones - Keith MacKenzie And Fixx Remix → Party Crash · 4A → 4A · +2 BPM · 89 chemistry
40 of the 520 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.0. They come from 4 different Smookie Illson tracks.
Yella - Keith MacKenzie VIP → Don't Stop, Shake That · 7B → 7B · +2 BPM · 92 chemistry
39 of the 520 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.0. They come from 5 different Smookie Illson tracks.
India Jones - Keith MacKenzie And Fixx Remix → Yabadabadoo · 4A → 4A · +2 BPM · 93 chemistry
32 of the 520 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.0. They come from 5 different Smookie Illson tracks.
India Jones - Keith MacKenzie And Fixx Remix → JNCO - K5 Remix · 4A → 5A · same BPM · 90 chemistry
35 of the 520 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.0. They come from 5 different Smookie Illson tracks.
Skrilla - DJ Fixx Remix → Carry On In Peril · 9A → 9A · +2 BPM · 89 chemistry
36 of the 442 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.5. They come from 9 different Smookie Illson tracks.
India Jones - Keith MacKenzie And Fixx Remix → The Fuck Minds · 4A → 4A · same 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 Smookie Illson 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 Smookie Illson, 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.
Smookie Illson's tracks in our catalog range from 72 to 152 BPM, with a median of 128 BPM. Across 14 tracks, the most common range falls in the 130–135 BPM bucket.
Smookie Illson's tracks are mostly in minor keys (57% minor across 14 tracks). The most common single key is 7B (F Major) with 3 tracks.
We scored every transition between Smookie Illson's 13 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 141 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Bubble Couple, DJ EKL, DJ Fixx 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: Skrilla - DJ Fixx Remix into Feeling Fine, 9A to 9A, 88 chemistry.
Smookie Illson sits closest to Sudden Beatz, Trapmasters, Onder Koffer 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 Smookie Illson releases spanning 2015 to 2020, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
