Similar Artists to Cristian Varela
If you follow Cristian Varela, these are the artists Electrobuzz listeners also track — connected through shared labels, overlapping genres, and actual collaborations across 47 releases. Top connections include Axel Karakasis, Robert Hood, Roland Clark. These aren't generic recommendations — every link is computed from real release data in the Electrobuzz archive.
Spanish techno producer Cristian Varela Durán founded Pornographic Recordings and owns Donkey Head Recordings. His releases span peak time and raw techno across labels including Intec, Black Codes Experiments, and his own imprints.
Artists Similar to Cristian Varela
Axel Karakasis
Axel Karakasis is Athens-based techno DJ and producer Alexandros Karakasis, who owns Remain Records and has released 107 tracks since 2011. His driving peak-time techno and raw hypnotic productions appear on labels including KD RAW, Alleanza, and Reload Black Label.
Connection: 4 shared labels, 23 shared genres, 2 collaborations
Robert Hood
Detroit producer Robert Artis Hood makes minimal techno with an emphasis on soul and experimentation, having recorded for Metroplex, Axis, and Tresor Records since the early 1990s. His driving, hypnotic productions appear on his own M-Plant imprint alongside releases on Dekmantel and Rekids.
Connection: 2 shared labels, 23 shared genres, 3 collaborations
Roland Clark
Roland Clark is a house DJ, producer and vocalist from Newark who has released 153 tracks since 2012. His output spans house, tech house and deep house across labels including Get Physical Music, Strictly Rhythm, Spinnin Deep and Armada Music.
Connection: 2 shared labels, 23 shared genres, 3 collaborations
Gorge
German DJ and producer Peter Felix Waldmann from Mannheim operates under the moniker Gorge and runs 8bit Records alongside Nick Curly. His deep house and tech house productions appear on labels including Pracht, Still Hot, Knee Deep In Sound, and his own Re:Fresh Your Mind imprint.
Connection: 2 shared labels, 23 shared genres, 3 collaborations
UMEK
UMEK is Slovenian producer Uroš Umek from Ljubljana who founded the 1605 Music Therapy label in 2007. His sound spans peak time techno and tech house with 173 releases on Electrobuzz spanning driving techno to minimal deep tech.
Connection: 3 shared labels, 23 shared genres, 2 collaborations
Ramon Tapia
Dutch-born Ramon Tapia De Jonge operates from Antwerp, Belgium, producing tech house and driving techno since 2009. His 112 releases span labels including Toolroom, Moan, and Say What, delivering peak-time tracks alongside deeper house explorations.
Connection: 2 shared labels, 21 shared genres, 3 collaborations
Uncertain
Uncertain is the music project of Florian-Ayala Fauna, later joined by vocalist Felix Keigh in 2013. The project produces raw and hypnotic techno alongside peak time driving tracks, releasing on labels including Kneaded Pains, Suara, Tronic, and Beard Man since 2018.
Connection: 3 shared labels, 22 shared genres, 2 collaborations
Hot Since 82
Hot Since 82 is Leeds-based producer Daley Padley, who founded his own label Knee Deep In Sound in 2014. His tech house and deep house productions appear on Saved Records, Moon Harbour Recordings, Moda Black, and Truesoul.
Connection: 2 shared labels, 23 shared genres, 2 collaborations
Carl Bee
Carl Bee is a Maltese DJ and producer who has released 31 tracks since 2012. His sound spans melodic house and techno to peak-time driving techno, with releases on Get Physical Music, Intec, and Diynamic Music.
Connection: 3 shared labels, 20 shared genres, 2 collaborations
Volkoder
Brazilian producer Marcos Vinicius Lima Benedetti operates from São Paulo under the Volkoder alias. His tech house and deep house productions appear on Repopulate Mars, Material, Club Sweat, and Spinnin Deep, spanning melodic house and minimal deep tech territories.
Connection: 1 shared label, 20 shared genres, 3 collaborations
Huxley
Michael Dodman, known as Huxley, is a London-based DJ and producer who has released 117 tracks since 2010. His deep house and tech house productions appear on Moon Harbour Recordings, Aus Music, and Moda Black.
Connection: 1 shared label, 23 shared genres, 2 collaborations
Joeski
American producer Joe Flores, known as Joeski, started DJing in 1989 at house parties in Queens before moving to legendary New York venues like Limelight and Save the Robots in the early 1990s. His tech house and deep house productions appear on labels including Relief, Poker Flat Recordings, and Maya Records.
Connection: 1 shared label, 23 shared genres, 2 collaborations
Alinka
Alinka Ratner is a producer from Chicago who has released 38 tracks since 2016 across house, indie dance, and melodic techno. Her releases appear on Crosstown Rebels, Rekids, Permanent Vacation, and Gudu Records, spanning deep house to peak-time techno.
Connection: 1 shared label, 23 shared genres, 2 collaborations
Todd Terry
Brooklyn-born Todd Norton Terry produces house music across multiple subgenres, co-founding Freeze Records in 1991 and establishing In House Records in the early 2000s. His productions span house, tech house, and deep house, with 136 releases on labels including Inhouse, Freeze Records, and Terminator Records.
Connection: 2 shared labels, 21 shared genres, 2 collaborations
Dino Lenny
Dino Lenny is Italian producer Dino Anthony Lanni, born in Cassino in 1969 and now based in London, who founded Age One Records and Frenetica. His melodic house and techno productions appear on Bedrock Records, Crosstown Rebels, R&S Records, and ellum, spanning deep house to indie dance across 65 releases since 2011.
Connection: 1 shared label, 22 shared genres, 2 collaborations
How We Found These Techno (Peak Time / Driving) Artist Connections
These recommendations are computed from Electrobuzz's archive of 172,163+ releases. Each artist's connection score is based on three signals: shared label affiliations (artists releasing on the same imprints), overlapping genre coverage (artists working in the same musical territories), and direct collaborations (co-releases, remixes, and compilation appearances). The rankings update automatically as new music is published.