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10 songs that feel like Apogee

Matched to Apogee by Tycho on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Apogee
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safe 30/100 intensity 90 BPM
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Morning Mood — Edvard Grieg safe 60 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100).

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River — Enya safe 85 BPM

87% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100).

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Breeze — Lush safe 95 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — runs a little hotter at 36/100. Measured 87% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Stairway to Heaven — Rockabye Baby safe 70 BPM

Measures 87% the same. It sits a little calmer at 19/100.

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Book of Days — Enya safe 72 BPM

A 85% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and sits a little calmer at 20/100.

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Be Comfortable, Creature — Explosions in the Sky safe 70 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 22/100. Same layered texture.

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Weissensee — Neu! safe 135 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (25/100). Measured 85% alike.

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Sapphire — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

Measures 85% the same. It sits a little calmer at 21/100.

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Jets — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Animals — Bonobo safe 88 BPM

84% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 15/100.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Apogee” by Tycho?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Morning Mood” by Edvard Grieg, “River” by Enya, “Breeze” by Lush — the top match scores 93% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

How intense is “Apogee”?

It measures 30/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 90 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 80% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 30/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 88% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

What it’s good for

Sleep7/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype2/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

2014 in context

The 313 songs we’ve measured from 2014 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 5/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity30
Dynamics44
Tempo28
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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