Vaal

Vaal is a high-energy techno artist from United Kingdom. Vaal's catalogue here runs a wide 94-164 BPM band (median 125). Harmonically the catalogue spreads across 18 of 24 keys, with 73% of it in major keys, most often 3B, 2B, 8B. The overall sound is dark and driving. The catalogue is mostly instrumental. The tracks here span 2012 to 2023. Since 2012 the energy has risen from 60 to 86 out of 100. The catalogue traces a label journey from Pale Blue Dot to Afterlife. Less groove-driven than 92% of techno artists.

Tempo:

slower than 87% of techno artists

Reach:

more underground than 86% of techno artists

Plays across 18 of 24 keys, 27% in minor, most often 3B, 2B, 8B. Genre DNA leans 50% Techno, then Tech 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.

• Moritz Hofbauer18 keys · 125 BPM · NRG 73
• Massano16 keys · 125 BPM · NRG 80
• Spektre18 keys · 126 BPM · NRG 77
• Jeff Mills18 keys · 124 BPM · NRG 71

Set builder

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

Signature tracks

The defining cuts from Vaal's catalogue.

• Best known

  

  Monument (Stephan Bodzin Remix)

  12B · 32/100 popularity

• Hardest

  

  Dead Drop

  9B · energy 99/100

• Latest

  

  Last Things - Vaal Remix

  5B · 2023

• Deepest cut

  

  Mathe

  8A · 115 BPM