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Was A Be
Drum & Bass producer and DJ.
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Artist profile
Drum & Bass producer and DJ.
Compare with another artistPlan a set with Was A Be tracks scored against the rest of the catalog
Mixgraph for iOS — chemistry-scored DJ planning.
Was A Be is a high-energy and a bright production artist.
Sits right in the typical Drum & Bass pocket.
Across 26 analysed tracks, Was A Be averages 67% energy — harder than 69% of individual Drum & Bass tracks — and 47% groove, groovier than 67%.
Measured against 23,150 Drum & Bass tracks on 11 August 2026.
How Was A Be’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 Was A Be's catalog, tempos have climbed from ~76 to ~84 BPM; groove has deepened; production has brightened.
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We scored every transition between Was A Be’s 26 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 804 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.
158 of the 1,040 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.0. They come from 20 different Was A Be tracks.
Too Much → The People - D&B Mix · 3A → 3A · +1 BPM · 93 chemistry
159 of the 1,040 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.0. They come from 20 different Was A Be tracks.
175 of the 1,040 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.0. They come from 21 different Was A Be tracks.
Bench → The Storm Ft. Linguistics · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 92 chemistry
156 of the 936 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.4. They come from 18 different Was A Be tracks.
167 of the 1,014 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 5.8. They come from 21 different Was A Be tracks.
159 of the 1,040 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.0. They come from 22 different Was A Be tracks.
164 of the 1,040 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.0. They come from 20 different Was A Be tracks.
Bench → Transcendent · 7B → 7B · +1 BPM · 92 chemistry
166 of the 1,040 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.0. They come from 21 different Was A Be tracks.
Bench → TAKE ME HIGHER · 7B → 7B · +1 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 Was A Be 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 Was A Be, 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.
Was A Be's tracks in our catalog range from 65 to 140 BPM, with a median of 86 BPM. Across 26 tracks, the most common range falls in the 85–90 BPM bucket.
Was A Be's tracks are mostly in minor keys (58% minor across 26 tracks). The most common single key is 7B (F Major) with 6 tracks.
We scored every transition between Was A Be's 26 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 804 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and 1991, Audio, 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: Too Much into The People - D&B Mix, 3A to 3A, 93 chemistry.
Was A Be sits closest to Doctor Abstract, Povo Feat Ed Thigpen, Dj Cam Feat Tassel & Naturel 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 Was A Be releases spanning 2015 to 2023, with the most tracks from the 2010s.
