Daylight
Daylight is a dance-music act. Key releases appeared on Hotsound Records, Rona Music, Hypersound Productions. The lineup included Humphrey Robertson, Danny Amsler. Within the MixPerfect Radio library, 22 tracks are part of the rotation.
About
- Aliases: Ciber People, Humphrey Robertson, Based On Bass, Futurespace, Hypnosis (2), Relaxing Music, Hypsomatic
- Key labels: Hotsound Records, Rona Music, Hypersound Productions (from the MixPerfect Radio catalog)
- Members: Humphrey Robertson, Danny Amsler
Daylight is a project by Humphrey Robertson, one of the most famous synthdance artists and producers.
Notable tracks
Chart-tagged and most-played productions by Daylight in the MixPerfect Radio catalog.
- Danger (1992) 25 plays Hotsound Records
- Spy-O-Matic (1992) 10 plays Hotsound Records
- Italian Affair (1993) 11 plays Rona Music
- Syn Attack (1993) 17 plays Rona Music
- Italian Affair (Remix) (1994) 10 plays Rona Music
- Music (1992) 9 plays Hotsound Records
- Power Machine (1992) 22 plays Hotsound Records
- Search Patrol (1993) 12 plays Rona Music
Tracks & releases
All 22 Daylight tracks in the MixPerfect Radio database, with play counts (1992 - 2004).
| Track | Year | BPM | Label | Country | Plays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic Lover | 1992 | 127.72 | Hotsound Records | Netherlands | 4 |
| Danger | 1992 | 127.42 | Hotsound Records | Netherlands | 25 |
| Energy | 1992 | 123.78 | Hotsound Records | Netherlands | 9 |
| Let's Do It | 1992 | 125.88 | Hotsound Records | Netherlands | 4 |
| Music | 1992 | 121.72 | Hotsound Records | Germany | 9 |
| Power Machine | 1992 | 125.72 | Hotsound Records | Netherlands | 22 |
| Spy-O-Matic | 1992 | 125.02 | Hotsound Records | Netherlands | 10 |
| Time To Fly | 1992 | 124.91 | Hotsound Records | Netherlands | 2 |
| Italian Affair | 1993 | 124.93 | Rona Music | Switzerland | 11 |
| S-System | 1993 | 124.89 | Rona Music | Switzerland | 9 |
| Search Patrol | 1993 | 124.94 | Rona Music | Switzerland | 12 |
| Syn Attack | 1993 | 125.94 | Rona Music | Switzerland | 17 |
| The Theme Of The Soldier | 1993 | 91.91 | Rona Music | Switzerland | 1 |
| Ciber Space | 1994 | 131.87 | Rona Music | Switzerland | 7 |
| Italian Affair (Remix) | 1994 | 126.83 | Rona Music | Switzerland | 10 |
| Sky Fighter | 1994 | 131.88 | Rona Music | Switzerland | 3 |
| Atomic World | 2000 | 132.86 | Hypersound Productions | Switzerland | 5 |
| Combine Your Mind | 2000 | 122.98 | Hypersound Productions | Switzerland | 11 |
| Space Revenge | 2000 | 139.19 | Hypersound Productions | Switzerland | 16 |
| Star Fighter | 2000 | 153.86 | Hypersound Productions | Switzerland | - |
| Light Years Away | 2004 | 125.05 | Hypersound Productions | Switzerland | 13 |
| Space Jumper | 2004 | 124.97 | Hypersound Productions | Switzerland | 39 |
Catalog by decade
Of these, 16 from the 90s dance era anchor the classic MixPerfect Radio sound.
BPM profile
16 of 22 tracks fall inside the mix-friendly 119 - 129 BPM band, with The Theme Of The Soldier (91.9 BPM) at the slow end and Star Fighter (153.9 BPM) at the fast end. That places them within reach of the station's ±3 BPM beat-matching window, so they mix together comfortably in the non-stop mix.
Airplay
Plays per week across the Daylight catalog (last 8 weeks):
Most-played tracks:
- Space Jumper 39 plays 2004
- Danger 25 plays 1992
- Power Machine 22 plays 1992
- Syn Attack 17 plays 1993
- Space Revenge 16 plays 2000
Play counts are generated live from the MixPerfect Radio airplay log and update continuously.
Mixed with on MixPerfect Radio
The tracks most often mixed directly before or after Daylight's tracks in the MixPerfect Radio non-stop mix (239 plays). Every transition is beat-matched within the station's ±3 BPM window and is always 32 beats. The element badge marks transitions that also satisfy the engine's rule of no overlapping bass / melody / vocals.
- Josy Nowack - Break You Down before 2x · after 1x 123.6 BPM 1984 element ✓
- Kirlian Camera - Communicate before 3x 126.1 BPM 1983 element ✓
- Grant Miller - Red For Love before 2x · after 1x 123.5 BPM 1985 element ✓
- Daylight - Syn Attack before 2x 125.9 BPM 1993 element ✓
- Formato - Camion before 2x 121.6 BPM 1987 element ✓
- Alan Barry - Hie Hie Hie before 1x · after 1x 123.9 BPM 1987 element ✓
- The Hasbeens - Maybe before 1x · after 1x 122.5 BPM 2014 element ✓
- New York Rappers - True Love before 1x · after 1x 126.2 BPM 1991 element ✓
- Albert One - Mandy before 2x 125.0 BPM 1998 element ✓
- Gipsy & Queen - Brown Sugar before 1x · after 1x 123.4 BPM 1987 element ✓
Small sample - observed connections from the airplay log, not recommendations. A partner can be another track by this same artist: those were mixed consecutively on air. If no element data is recorded for a transition it is counted as BPM-only.
Genres & labels
Genres in the database:
Dominant labels:
- Hotsound Records (8 tracks)
- Rona Music (8 tracks)
- Hypersound Productions (6 tracks)
Frequently asked questions
Similar artists
Artists in the MixPerfect Radio library sharing genre tags with Daylight.
Sources
Factual information on this page was researched using the following sources:
- Data provided by Discogs.
The biographical text on this page is an original summary based on independently selected factual information; no source text has been reproduced. Release data (year, label, catalog number) comes from the MixPerfect Radio catalog. Facts may contain errors - see the legal information page for the full disclaimer.
