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 48 releases. Top connections include Roland Clark, Robert Hood, Axel Karakasis. 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
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, 24 shared genres, 5 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, 24 shared genres, 5 collaborations
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, 24 shared genres, 2 collaborations
Andre Salmon
Andre Salmon is an Ecuadorian DJ and producer from Guayaquil who also performs under the alias Merac and runs the Anima Somnis label since 2014. His tech house and deep house productions appear on labels including Material, Repopulate Mars, and Resonance Records, with over 100 releases since 2014.
Connection: 1 shared label, 23 shared genres, 4 collaborations
Adriatique
Adriatique is a Zurich-based duo comprising Adrian Schweizer and Adrian Shala, active since 2009. The pair produces melodic house and techno with deep house influences, releasing on labels including Afterlife Records, Siamese, and Cercle Records.
Connection: 2 shared labels, 24 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, 24 shared genres, 3 collaborations
Michael A
Michael A produces progressive house and melodic techno with releases spanning from 2017 to present across 41 tracks. His music appears on established labels including Proton Music, Sudbeat Music, and Genesis Music, covering both peak-time driving techno and deeper hypnotic variations.
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, 24 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, 24 shared genres, 3 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, 22 shared genres, 3 collaborations
Claptone
Claptone is a Berlin-based duo comprising Christoph Göttsch and Daniel Brems, who run Golden Recordings since 2023. The masked producers deliver deep house and tech house across labels including Defected, Exploited, and Different.
Connection: 1 shared label, 24 shared genres, 3 collaborations
Dennis Quin
Dennis Quin, real name Dennis Hennequin, produces house music spanning deep house, tech house, and Afro house territories. His 58 releases since 2016 have appeared on labels including Rejected, Simma Black, Food Music, and Unknown to the Unknown.
Connection: 1 shared label, 23 shared genres, 3 collaborations
Piem
Barcelona-based DJ and producer Alvaro Palau Marimon operates under the Piem moniker, releasing tech house and deep house tracks since 2013. His productions appear on labels including Glasgow Underground, Lapsus Music, Crosstown Rebels, and Moon Harbour, spanning energetic tech house grooves to deeper house cuts.
Connection: 1 shared label, 23 shared genres, 3 collaborations
Belocca
Belocca is Hungarian producer Béla Gábor, active since 2011 with 71 releases across major underground labels. His tech house and peak time techno productions appear on Mainground Music, Great Stuff Recordings, and Fe Chrome.
Connection: 1 shared label, 23 shared genres, 3 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, 24 shared genres, 2 collaborations
How We Found These Techno (Peak Time / Driving) Artist Connections
These recommendations are computed from Electrobuzz's archive of 181,790+ 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.