Artist profile
The Upbeats are a drum and bass production duo known for their work within the neurofunk and liquid drum and bass subgenres. Their output spans both high-energy breakbeats and atmospheric compositions, establishing them as consistent contributors to the drum and bass landscape.
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The Upbeats is a high-energy and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Drum & Bass pocket.
Across 55 analysed tracks, The Upbeats averages 68% energy — harder than 71% of individual Drum & Bass tracks.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
Most tracks sit between 65–162 BPM with a median of 87 · predominantly minor keys (69% minor) · most common key: 6A (G Minor) with 11 tracks.
How The Upbeats’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 The Upbeats's catalog, tempos have eased from ~98 to ~89 BPM; warmth has lifted; vocal content has thinned.
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We scored every transition between The Upbeats’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 915 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.
302 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 33 different The Upbeats tracks.
Say Go - Memtrix Remix → Illusions · 5A → 4A · same BPM · 92 chemistry
286 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 32 different The Upbeats tracks.
280 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 30 different The Upbeats tracks.
Monogram → Quiet Creep · 4A → 4A · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry
267 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 33 different The Upbeats tracks.
273 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 33 different The Upbeats tracks.
Silly Banter → The Shadows · 9A → 9A · same BPM · 91 chemistry
294 of the 1,560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.9. They come from 32 different The Upbeats tracks.
266 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 33 different The Upbeats tracks.
Monogram → Snakes & Villains - Molecular Remix · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 93 chemistry
289 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 32 different The Upbeats tracks.
Grasshopper → Danger · 9B → 9B · 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 The Upbeats 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 Upbeats, 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.
The Upbeats's tracks in our catalog range from 65 to 162 BPM, with a median of 87 BPM. Across 55 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.
The Upbeats's tracks are mostly in minor keys (69% minor across 55 tracks). The most common single key is 6A (G Minor) with 11 tracks.
We scored every transition between The Upbeats's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 915 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and 1991, Amplify, Fourward 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: Say Go - Memtrix Remix into Illusions, 5A to 4A, 92 chemistry.
The Upbeats sits closest to Noisia, Mefjus, Noisia & The Upbeats 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 The Upbeats releases spanning 2013 to 2023, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
