Westbam

Westbam is a melodic peak-time techno artist from Germany. Westbam's catalogue here runs a wide 91-152 BPM band (median 132). Harmonically the catalogue spreads across 23 of 24 keys, with 64% of it in major keys, most often 3B, 10A, 10B. The overall sound is even and understated. The catalogue is mostly instrumental. The tracks here span 1990 to 2013. Since 1990 the energy has softened from 66 to 53 out of 100. The catalogue traces a label journey from TSR Records to Low Spirit Recordings. More restrained than 99% of techno artists.

Harmonic focus:

more harmonically varied than 96% of techno artists

Plays across 23 of 24 keys, 36% in minor, most often 3B, 10A, 10B. Genre DNA leans 31% Electro, then Trance.

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.

• Paul Kalkbrenner22 keys · 127 BPM · NRG 54
• Sven Väth22 keys · 130 BPM · NRG 66
• Ben Klock19 keys · 130 BPM · NRG 61
• Nina Kraviz21 keys · 128 BPM · NRG 59

Set builder

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

Signature tracks

The defining cuts from Westbam's catalogue.

• Best known

  

  Making Of "Oldschool, Baby"

  3A · 47/100 popularity

• Hardest

  

  Wizards of the Sonic

  11B · energy 100/100

• Latest

  

  A Night to Remember

  6A · 2013

• Deepest cut

  

  Endlos

  3B · 135 BPM