Artist profile
Sub Focus is a drum and bass producer and DJ known for his work within the neurofunk and liquid drum and bass scenes. His productions blend technical precision with melodic elements, establishing him as a significant figure in the genre's evolution over the past two decades.
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Sub Focus is a high-energy and a balanced bright/warm production artist.
Sits right in the typical Drum & Bass pocket.
Across 80 analysed tracks, Sub Focus averages 48% groove — groovier than 69% of individual Drum & Bass tracks — and 65% energy, harder than 65%.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 70–174 BPM with a median of 87 · predominantly minor keys (71% minor) · most common key: 4A (F Minor) with 12 tracks.
How Sub Focus’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 Sub Focus's catalog, tempos have climbed from ~87 to ~114 BPM; energy has lifted.
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We scored every transition between Sub Focus’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 833 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.
190 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 25 different Sub Focus tracks.
Push The Tempo → Chant - Extended Mix · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 93 chemistry
212 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 23 different Sub Focus tracks.
Push The Tempo → Do One feat. DRS · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 91 chemistry
207 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 26 different Sub Focus tracks.
Miracle - VIP Mix → Electricity · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
204 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 26 different Sub Focus tracks.
Push The Tempo → GO · 7B → 7B · +0.5 BPM · 93 chemistry
204 of the 1,560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.9. They come from 25 different Sub Focus tracks.
Miracle - VIP Mix → Rocks · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
196 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 25 different Sub Focus tracks.
Solar System → Dancehall Ting - VIP · 4A → 4A · +1 BPM · 91 chemistry
199 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 22 different Sub Focus tracks.
Solar System → Inception - Gydra Remix · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
190 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 26 different Sub Focus tracks.
Ecuador → Come Down - Extended Mix · 4A → 4A · same 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 Sub Focus 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 Sub Focus, 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.
Sub Focus's tracks in our catalog range from 70 to 174 BPM, with a median of 87 BPM. Across 80 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.
Sub Focus's tracks are mostly in minor keys (71% minor across 80 tracks). The most common single key is 4A (F Minor) with 12 tracks.
We scored every transition between Sub Focus's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 833 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and 1991, Dub Phizix, Friction 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: Push The Tempo into Chant - Extended Mix, 7B to 7B, 93 chemistry.
Sub Focus sits closest to Wilkinson, Dimension, Culture Shock 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 Sub Focus releases spanning 2006 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2020s.
