High Contrast

High Contrast is a high-energy drum n bass artist from United Kingdom. High's catalogue here runs a wide 80-170 BPM band (median 103). Harmonically the catalogue spreads across 21 of 24 keys, with an even split of major and minor, most often 10B, 8A, 9B. The overall sound is dark and driving. The catalogue is mostly instrumental. The tracks here span 2001 to 2026. Since 2001 the typical tempo has climbed from 94 to 114 BPM. The catalogue traces a label journey from DMC to Hospital Records. More harmonically varied than 99% of drum n bass artists.

Reach:

bigger than 82% of drum n bass artists

Plays across 21 of 24 keys, 49% in minor, most often 10B, 8A, 9B. Genre DNA leans 50% Drum N Bass, then Progressive House.

Evolution

Median tempo and energy of the analyzed tracks, year by year.

B2B pairings

Artists who play the same keys at a matching tempo and energy. A back-to-back that mixes cleanly.

• Sub Focus21 keys · 102 BPM · NRG 88
• Noisia21 keys · 104 BPM · NRG 80
• Pendulum19 keys · 102 BPM · NRG 89
• Alix Perez20 keys · 103 BPM · NRG 74

Set builder

A set arc from High's own catalogue — picked by measured energy, tempo and groove.

Signature tracks

The defining cuts from High's catalogue.

• Best known

  

  You Don't Understand (original mix)

  3B · 45/100 popularity

• Hardest

  

  Savoir Faire

  8A · energy 100/100

• Latest

  

  Arthouse

  8B · 2025

• Deepest cut

  

  So Confused

  5A · 87 BPM