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The Timewriter

The Timewriter is a tech house producer known for rhythmic, percussion-driven compositions that emphasize groove and hypnotic layering. Working primarily in the tech house idiom, the artist builds tracks through careful arrangement of synthesizers and drum elements, creating a sound suited to both club and listening contexts.

25 tracksTech House· 1996–2007
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Sound profile

EnergyDriveGrooveBrightnessWarmthVocal

The Timewriter is a restrained with strong groove and drive artist.

This artistTypical Tech House
Signature sound

Unusually low energy for Tech House.

↓energy
How this compares to Tech House

Across 25 analysed tracks, The Timewriter averages 37% energy — gentler than 97% of individual Tech House tracks — and 82% groove, groovier than 61%.

Measured against 25,372 Tech House tracks on 11 August 2026.

Key & BPM profile

Most tracks sit between 104–135 BPM with a median of 128 · predominantly minor keys (100% minor) · most common key: 6A (G Minor) with 7 tracks.

BPM spread
100–104
1
120–124
1
125–129
19
130–134
2
135–139
2
Key distribution
1A1B2A42B3A23B4A14B5A15B6A76B7A37B8A48B9A29B10A110B11A11B12A12B

Sound profile evolution

How The Timewriter’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 Tech House tempo.

Sound profile shift
EnergyDriveGrooveBrightnessWarmthVocal
1996–2002·19 tracks
2003–2007·4 tracks
Year-by-year sound · scale 0–100
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Tempo migration · yearly average
This artistTypical Tech House
What changed

Across The Timewriter's catalog, energy has lifted; production has brightened.

Release volume by decade

11
1990s
12
2000s

Tracks in catalog

25 total · sortable
Love is Beautiful album art
Love is Beautiful
The Timewriter
127 BPM · 6A · House · 29% Warm-up
House
127
6A · G min
29%Warm-up
2005
Life Is Just A Timeless Motion album art
Life Is Just A Timeless Motion
The Timewriter, Sid Thomson
127 BPM · 4A · Tech House · 37% Sustainer
Tech House
127
4A · F min
37%Sustainer
2002
Hope And Dispair album art
Hope And Dispair
The Timewriter
128 BPM · 10A · Tech House · 41% Sustainer
Tech House
128
10A · B min
41%Sustainer
2002
Power To The People album art
Power To The People
The Timewriter
128 BPM · 8A · Deep House · 39% Sustainer
Deep House
128
8A · A min
39%Sustainer
2001
Brooklyn album art
Brooklyn
The Timewriter
128 BPM · 7A · Deep House · 39% Sustainer
Deep House
128
7A · D min
39%Sustainer
2007
When Stars Collide album art
When Stars Collide
The Timewriter
126 BPM · 2A · Deep House · 34% Warm-up
Deep House
126
2A · E♭ min
34%Warm-up
2002
Life Is Just a Timeless Motion - Sascha Dive Cosmic Dub album art
Life Is Just a Timeless Motion - Sascha Dive Cosmic Dub
The Timewriter, Sid Thomson
122 BPM · 3A · Deep House · 36% Sustainer
Deep House
122
3A · B♭ min
36%Sustainer
2002
The Guiding Light album art
The Guiding Light
The Timewriter
126 BPM · 8A · Deep House · 37% Sustainer
Deep House
126
8A · A min
37%Sustainer
2002
Soul Freak Music 6 (Second Sight) album art
Soul Freak Music 6 (Second Sight)
The Timewriter
135 BPM · 5A · Tech House · 42% Sustainer
Tech House
135
5A · C min
42%Sustainer
—
Back From Exile album art
Back From Exile
The Timewriter
127 BPM · 3A · Tech House · 43% Sustainer
Tech House
127
3A · B♭ min
43%Sustainer
2002
Morning Prayer album art
Morning Prayer
The Timewriter
129 BPM · 6A · Deep House · 22% Warm-up
Deep House
129
6A · G min
22%Warm-up
1996
No Higher album art
No Higher
The Timewriter
127 BPM · 7A · Tech House · 14% Warm-up
Tech House
127
7A · D min
14%Warm-up
1997
Let's Keep our Love Goin' album art
Let's Keep our Love Goin'
The Timewriter
128 BPM · 7A · Tech House · 55% Builder
Tech House
128
7A · D min
55%Builder
1997
Did My Time - City Lights Sax Mix album art
Did My Time - City Lights Sax Mix
The Timewriter
130 BPM · 6A · House · 17% Warm-up
House
130
6A · G min
17%Warm-up
1996
Truth Lies album art
Truth Lies
The Timewriter
135 BPM · 2A · Tech House · 25% Warm-up
Tech House
135
2A · E♭ min
25%Warm-up
1997
Can't Sleep album art
Can't Sleep
The Timewriter
127 BPM · 8A · Tech House · 29% Warm-up
Tech House
127
8A · A min
29%Warm-up
2002
Smashin' Friendship album art
Smashin' Friendship
The Timewriter
128 BPM · 9A · Tech House · 61% Builder
Tech House
128
9A · E min
61%Builder
1996
Salty Water album art
Salty Water
The Timewriter
127 BPM · 6A · Deep House · 35% Warm-up
Deep House
127
6A · G min
35%Warm-up
1997
Just Can't Stop album art
Just Can't Stop
The Timewriter
128 BPM · 8A · Deep House · 34% Warm-up
Deep House
128
8A · A min
34%Warm-up
1997
Yellow and Blue - Frame 15 Mix album art
Yellow and Blue - Frame 15 Mix
The Timewriter
128 BPM · 6A · Tech House · 73% Peak time
Tech House
128
6A · G min
73%Peak time
2005
The Language of Love album art
The Language of Love
The Timewriter
129 BPM · 9A · Tech House · 37% Sustainer
Tech House
129
9A · E min
37%Sustainer
1997
Bet You Wonder album art
Bet You Wonder
The Timewriter
104 BPM · 2A · Electronica · 38% Sustainer
Electronica
104
2A · E♭ min
38%Sustainer
—
Yellow & Blue - Frame 15 Mix album art
Yellow & Blue - Frame 15 Mix
The Timewriter
128 BPM · 6A · Tech House · 73% Peak time
Tech House
128
6A · G min
73%Peak time
2006
So Much Pain Inside - Album Version album art
So Much Pain Inside - Album Version
The Timewriter
127 BPM · 6A · Deep House · 27% Warm-up
Deep House
127
6A · G min
27%Warm-up
1997
Lost in Lyrix - Album Version album art
Lost in Lyrix - Album Version
The Timewriter
130 BPM · 2A · Electronica · 19% Warm-up
Electronica
130
2A · E♭ min
19%Warm-up
1997

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Artists that mix with The Timewriter

We scored every transition between The Timewriter’s 25 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 1,343 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.

Archie Hamilton

60 of the 1,000 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.7. They come from 14 different The Timewriter tracks.

Let's Keep our Love Goin' → Quicksand · 7A → 7A · −1 BPM · 90 chemistry

Guti

65 of the 1,000 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.7. They come from 18 different The Timewriter tracks.

Hope And Dispair → Resurrect You · 10A → 11A · same BPM · 90 chemistry

Harrison BDP

65 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 15 different The Timewriter tracks.

When Stars Collide → You Like It, It's Yours · 2A → 2A · same BPM · 92 chemistry

Javier Labarca

67 of the 875 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.0. They come from 17 different The Timewriter tracks.

Back From Exile → Eternal Bond · 3A → 3A · +1 BPM · 90 chemistry

Okain

67 of the 1,000 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.7. They come from 13 different The Timewriter tracks.

The Guiding Light → Politics Of Dancing X Okain · 8A → 9A · same BPM · 92 chemistry

Prunk

58 of the 850 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.9. They come from 14 different The Timewriter tracks.

The Guiding Light → Sleepy Rhythm · 8A → 8A · +1 BPM · 93 chemistry

Ritz

57 of the 800 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 4.6. They come from 11 different The Timewriter tracks.

Power To The People → Everybody's Getting High · 8A → 8A · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry

The Willers Brothers

58 of the 625 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 3.6. They come from 12 different The Timewriter tracks.

The Guiding Light → What You Say · 8A → 8A · 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.

Related artists

Top 15 by similarity

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

Holo
100%
15 tracks in catalog · Deep House
Terry Lee Brown Junior
82%
15 tracks in catalog · House
Swayzak
74%
7 tracks in catalog · Techno (Peak Time / Driving)
Miguel Migs
49%
43 tracks in catalog · Deep House
Forteba
48%
3 tracks in catalog · Deep House
Maya Jane Coles
48%
74 tracks in catalog · Deep House
Vincenzo
46%
29 tracks in catalog · Deep House
Luomo
46%
2 tracks in catalog · Deep House · no artist page yet
Phonique
45%
37 tracks in catalog · Melodic House & Techno
Kevin Yost
42%
215 tracks in catalog · Deep House
Circulation
42%
21 tracks in catalog · Progressive House
Soda Inc.
40%
2 tracks in catalog · Deep House · no artist page yet
Move D
39%
17 tracks in catalog · Deep House
Chaos In The CBD
38%
22 tracks in catalog · Deep House
Fred Everything
37%
52 tracks in catalog · Deep House

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 Timewriter play at?+

The Timewriter's tracks in our catalog range from 104 to 135 BPM, with a median of 128 BPM. Across 25 tracks, the most common range falls in the 130–135 BPM bucket.

What key are The Timewriter's tracks in?+

The Timewriter's tracks are mostly in minor keys (100% minor across 25 tracks). The most common single key is 6A (G Minor) with 7 tracks.

What artists mix well with The Timewriter?+

We scored every transition between The Timewriter's 25 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 1,343 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Archie Hamilton, Guti, Harrison BDP 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: Let's Keep our Love Goin' into Quicksand, 7A to 7A, 90 chemistry.

Which artists share an audience with The Timewriter?+

The Timewriter sits closest to Holo, Terry Lee Brown Junior, Swayzak 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 Timewriter most active?+

Our catalog has The Timewriter releases spanning 1996 to 2007, with the most tracks from the 2000s.