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The Prototypes

The Prototypes are a drum and bass duo known for their work within the liquid funk and neurofunk subgenres. Their productions combine intricate breakbeats with soulful atmospheres and technical precision, establishing them as notable contributors to contemporary drum and bass.

39 tracksDrum & Bass· 2011–2020
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Sound profile

EnergyDriveGrooveBrightnessWarmthVocal

The Prototypes is a high-energy and a bright production artist.

This artistTypical Drum & Bass
Signature sound

Sits right in the typical Drum & Bass pocket.

How this compares to Drum & Bass

Across 39 analysed tracks, The Prototypes averages 55% groove — groovier than 84% of individual Drum & Bass tracks.

Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.

Key & BPM profile

Most tracks sit between 86–175 BPM with a median of 87 · predominantly minor keys (79% minor) · most common key: 4A (F Minor) with 18 tracks.

BPM spread
85–89
31
105–109
1
110–114
1
115–119
3
160–164
1
175–179
2
Key distribution
1A1B2A2B13A23B4A184B5A25B6A26B7A17B68A38B9A19B110A110B11A111B12A12B

Sound profile evolution

How The Prototypes’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.

Sound profile shift
EnergyDriveGrooveBrightnessWarmthVocal
2011–2016·19 tracks
2017–2020·12 tracks
Year-by-year sound · scale 0–100
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Tempo migration · yearly average
This artistTypical Drum & Bass
What changed

Across The Prototypes's catalog, groove has thinned.

Release volume by decade

25
2010s
6
2020s

Tracks in catalog

39 total · sortable
Oxygen feat. Kudu Blue album art
Oxygen feat. Kudu Blue
The Prototypes, Kudu Blue
87 BPM · 4A · Drum & Bass · 60% Builder
Drum & Bass
87
4A · F min
60%Builder
2020
Don't Let Me Go feat. Amy Pearson album art
Don't Let Me Go feat. Amy Pearson
The Prototypes
87 BPM · 5A · Drum & Bass · 70% Peak time
Drum & Bass
87
5A · C min
70%Peak time
2014
Kill the Silence feat. Ayah Marar album art
Kill the Silence feat. Ayah Marar
The Prototypes
87 BPM · 4A · Drum & Bass · 51% Sustainer
Drum & Bass
87
4A · F min
51%Sustainer
2015
Suffocate album art
Suffocate
The Prototypes
87 BPM · 3A · Drum & Bass · 60% Builder
Drum & Bass
87
3A · B♭ min
60%Builder
2011
Lights album art
Lights
The Prototypes
87 BPM · 4A · Drum & Bass · 55% Sustainer
Drum & Bass
87
4A · F min
55%Sustainer
2014
Pale Blue Dot album art
Pale Blue Dot
The Prototypes
87 BPM · 7B · Drum & Bass · 62% Builder
Drum & Bass
87
7B · F maj
62%Builder
2014
Into The Night album art
Into The Night
The Prototypes
86 BPM · 8A · Drum & Bass · 63% Builder
Drum & Bass
86
8A · A min
63%Builder
—
Pop It Off Feat. Mad Hed City album art
Pop It Off Feat. Mad Hed City
The Prototypes
87 BPM · 4A · Drum & Bass · 59% Builder
Drum & Bass
87
4A · F min
59%Builder
2015
Under feat. Ayak album art
Under feat. Ayak
The Prototypes
175 BPM · 3A · Drum & Bass · 55% Sustainer
Drum & Bass
175
3A · B♭ min
55%Sustainer
2015
Electric album art
Electric
The Prototypes
87 BPM · 4A · Drum & Bass · 65% Builder
Drum & Bass
87
4A · F min
65%Builder
2017
Rocket Guns Blazin' album art
Rocket Guns Blazin'
The Prototypes
87 BPM · 4A · Drum & Bass · 63% Builder
Drum & Bass
87
4A · F min
63%Builder
2016
Feed My Soul album art
Feed My Soul
The Prototypes
87 BPM · 8A · Drum & Bass · 59% Builder
Drum & Bass
87
8A · A min
59%Builder
—
Warrior (Feat. Mad Hed City) - The Prototypes Remix album art
Warrior (Feat. Mad Hed City) - The Prototypes Remix
The Prototypes, BARELY ALIVE, Mad Hed City
87 BPM · 11A · Drum & Bass · 79% Peak time
Drum & Bass
87
11A · F♯ min
79%Peak time
2019
Paradise album art
Paradise
The Prototypes, Elle Exxe
160 BPM · 6A · Mainstage · 55% Sustainer
Mainstage
160
6A · G min
55%Sustainer
—
First Sun album art
First Sun
The Prototypes
87 BPM · 2B · Drum & Bass · 51% Sustainer
Drum & Bass
87
2B · F♯ maj
51%Sustainer
—
Transmission - Club Mix album art
Transmission - Club Mix
The Prototypes
110 BPM · 7B · Drum & Bass · 65% Builder
Drum & Bass
110
7B · F maj
65%Builder
2016
Enter The Warrior album art
Enter The Warrior
The Prototypes, B3NDU
116 BPM · 4A · Drum & Bass · 59% Builder
Drum & Bass
116
4A · F min
59%Builder
2020
Quantum album art
Quantum
The Prototypes
87 BPM · 8A · Drum & Bass · 62% Builder
Drum & Bass
87
8A · A min
62%Builder
2020
Levelz album art
Levelz
The Prototypes, Mad Hed City
109 BPM · 7B · Drum & Bass · 60% Builder
Drum & Bass
109
7B · F maj
60%Builder
2017
Millennia album art
Millennia
The Prototypes
87 BPM · 4A · Drum & Bass · 73% Peak time
Drum & Bass
87
4A · F min
73%Peak time
2019
Hyperspeed album art
Hyperspeed
The Prototypes
87 BPM · 10A · Drum & Bass · 53% Sustainer
Drum & Bass
87
10A · B min
53%Sustainer
—
Abyss 2015 album art
Abyss 2015
The Prototypes
175 BPM · 7B · Drum & Bass · 69% Builder
Drum & Bass
175
7B · F maj
69%Builder
2015
Shadows album art
Shadows
The Prototypes, Lily McKenzie
87 BPM · 4A · Drum & Bass · 68% Builder
Drum & Bass
87
4A · F min
68%Builder
2020
Humanoid album art
Humanoid
The Prototypes
87 BPM · 4A · Drum & Bass · 59% Builder
Drum & Bass
87
4A · F min
59%Builder
2014
Electric - Mind Vortex Remix album art
Electric - Mind Vortex Remix
The Prototypes
87 BPM · 4A · Drum & Bass · 65% Builder
Drum & Bass
87
4A · F min
65%Builder
2017
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Artists that mix with The Prototypes

We scored every transition between The Prototypes’s 39 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 890 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.

Document One

316 of the 1,560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.9. They come from 34 different The Prototypes tracks.

Paradise feat. Elle Exxe - Audio Remix → Too Lazy · 7A → 7A · +1 BPM · 93 chemistry

Dub Phizix

378 of the 1,560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.9. They come from 33 different The Prototypes tracks.

Hypercube → Happy 5 · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry

Kanine

313 of the 1,560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.9. They come from 33 different The Prototypes tracks.

Electric → All To Me · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry

L Plus

337 of the 1,521 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.7. They come from 33 different The Prototypes tracks.

Pale Blue Dot → You Don't · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 92 chemistry

Optiv

327 of the 1,560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.9. They come from 35 different The Prototypes tracks.

Hypercube → Battlecruiser · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry

Prolix

325 of the 1,560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.9. They come from 36 different The Prototypes tracks.

Rocket Guns Blazin' - Crissy Criss, Malux & Erb n Dub Remix → So Deep · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry

Tantrum Desire

313 of the 1,560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.9. They come from 34 different The Prototypes tracks.

Oxygen → Nationwide Rocker · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry

Wilkinson

336 of the 1,365 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 7.8. They come from 33 different The Prototypes tracks.

Hypercube → Frontline · 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.

Related artists

Top 15 by similarity

DJs and producers closest to The Prototypes 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 The Prototypes, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.

DC Breaks
100%
54 tracks in catalog · Drum & Bass
Tantrum Desire
99%
65 tracks in catalog · Drum & Bass
Metrik
80%
52 tracks in catalog · Drum & Bass
Wilkinson
80%
35 tracks in catalog · Drum & Bass
Kove
80%
26 tracks in catalog · Drum & Bass
Delta Heavy
79%
58 tracks in catalog · Drum & Bass
Drumsound & Bassline Smith
77%
90 tracks in catalog · Drum & Bass
Sub Focus
76%
80 tracks in catalog · Drum & Bass
Friction
74%
59 tracks in catalog · Drum & Bass
Camo & Krooked
73%
43 tracks in catalog · Drum & Bass
Dimension
73%
40 tracks in catalog · Drum & Bass
Loadstar
73%
26 tracks in catalog · Drum & Bass
Culture Shock
72%
39 tracks in catalog · Drum & Bass
Cyantific
71%
32 tracks in catalog · Drum & Bass
Fourward
70%
59 tracks in catalog · Drum & Bass

Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.

FAQ

What BPM does The Prototypes play at?+

The Prototypes's tracks in our catalog range from 86 to 175 BPM, with a median of 87 BPM. Across 39 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.

What key are The Prototypes's tracks in?+

The Prototypes's tracks are mostly in minor keys (79% minor across 39 tracks). The most common single key is 4A (F Minor) with 18 tracks.

What artists mix well with The Prototypes?+

We scored every transition between The Prototypes's 39 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 890 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Document One, Dub Phizix, Kanine 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: Paradise feat. Elle Exxe - Audio Remix into Too Lazy, 7A to 7A, 93 chemistry.

Which artists share an audience with The Prototypes?+

The Prototypes sits closest to DC Breaks, Tantrum Desire, Metrik 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.

When was The Prototypes most active?+

Our catalog has The Prototypes releases spanning 2011 to 2020, with the most tracks from the 2010s.