Artist profile
Subtension is a drum and bass producer working within the genre's technical and atmospheric dimensions. Their approach emphasizes intricate breakbeats and textural sound design characteristic of contemporary drum and bass practice.
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Subtension is a high-energy and a bright production — mostly instrumental artist.
Unusually low warmth for Drum & Bass.
Across 9 analysed tracks, Subtension sits within a few points of the Drum & Bass median on energy and groove.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Subtension’s 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 640 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.
83 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 8 different Subtension tracks.
85 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 8 different Subtension tracks.
No Worries → Days Like These · 7B → 7A · +1 BPM · 91 chemistry
81 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 8 different Subtension tracks.
Tom Yum → Break Check · 8A → 8A · same BPM · 90 chemistry
89 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 8 different Subtension tracks.
No Worries → No Escape · 7B → 7B · +1 BPM · 93 chemistry
81 of the 324 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.9. They come from 9 different Subtension tracks.
No Worries → Creatures · 7B → 7B · +1 BPM · 91 chemistry
92 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 8 different Subtension tracks.
87 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 8 different Subtension tracks.
VDTM → Imagination · 9A → 9A · +1 BPM · 90 chemistry
92 of the 360 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 8 different Subtension tracks.
VDTM → Kick Off feat. MC Coppa · 9A → 9A · same BPM · 91 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 Subtension 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 Subtension, 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.
Subtension's tracks in our catalog range from 85 to 129 BPM, with a median of 86 BPM. Across 9 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.
Subtension's tracks are mostly in minor keys (56% minor across 9 tracks). The most common single key is 7B (F Major) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between Subtension's 9 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 640 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Alibi, Bcee, DJ Hazard 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: VDTM into Fractions, 9A to 9A, 93 chemistry.
Subtension sits closest to Fre4knc, Survey, Hybris 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 Subtension releases spanning 2014 to 2018, with the most tracks from the 2010s.