Artist profile
Swimming Paul is a breakbeat and UK bass producer working within contemporary electronic music frameworks. Their work engages with fractured rhythmic structures and bass-heavy production typical of the breaks and breakbeat traditions.
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Swimming Paul is a high-energy with strong groove and drive — mostly instrumental artist.
Sits right in the typical Dance pocket.
Across 10 analysed tracks, Swimming Paul averages 63% energy — harder than 71% of individual Dance tracks.
Measured against 14,418 Dance tracks on 11 August 2026.
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We scored every transition between Swimming Paul’s 10 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 24 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.
12 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 3 different Swimming Paul tracks.
Maximum - Extended → Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat · 8A → 7A · +2 BPM · 86 chemistry
12 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 4 different Swimming Paul tracks.
Fading - Extended → Blessings · 11A → 10A · +2 BPM · 89 chemistry
12 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 6 different Swimming Paul tracks.
Vhs → Tears feat. Paige Cavell - Max Styler Extended Mix · 12A → 10B · −1 BPM · 86 chemistry
13 of the 340 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.9. They come from 3 different Swimming Paul tracks.
Maximum - Extended → One/Two · 8A → 7B · −2 BPM · 86 chemistry
12 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 3 different Swimming Paul tracks.
Maximum - Extended → Clap Your Face · 8A → 7B · −2 BPM · 86 chemistry
14 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 5 different Swimming Paul tracks.
Different Time - Extended → Hot In It - Riton Extended Mix · 5B → 6A · −3 BPM · 88 chemistry
16 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 5 different Swimming Paul tracks.
Different Time - Extended → Showtek vs David Guetta - Booyah vs Titanium - Cheyenne Giles & Knock2 Remix · 5B → 5B · same BPM · 89 chemistry
17 of the 400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 3 different Swimming Paul tracks.
Maximum - Extended → Ohhhh Yeahhh Feat. Shana Rockit - DJ Fixx Remix · 8A → 7B · same BPM · 87 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 Swimming Paul 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 Swimming Paul, 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.
Swimming Paul's tracks in our catalog range from 69 to 133 BPM, with a median of 128 BPM. Across 10 tracks, the most common range falls in the 130–135 BPM bucket.
Swimming Paul's tracks are mostly in minor keys (50% minor across 10 tracks). The most common single key is 5B (E♭ Major) with 2 tracks.
We scored every transition between Swimming Paul's 10 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 24 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Bad Legs, Calvin Harris, John Summit 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: Maximum - Extended into Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat, 8A to 7A, 86 chemistry.
Swimming Paul sits closest to nimino, ATRIP, Fred again.. 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 Swimming Paul releases spanning 2023 to 2024, with the most tracks from the 2020s.