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10 songs that feel like Awake

Matched to Awake 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.

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safe 26/100 intensity 80 BPM
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Dayvan Cowboy — Boards of Canada safe 70 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (25/100).

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The Album Opens — Labradford safe 70 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (25/100). Same layered texture.

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Cast Your Fate — Grant Green safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: Prelude — Johann Sebastian Bach moderate 70 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Same layered texture.

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Elyne Road — Toumani Diabate safe 90 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (27/100).

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La Femme d'Argent — Air safe 60 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100). Same layered texture.

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Englabornin — Johann Johannsson safe 60 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Aden — Labradford safe 60 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Same layered texture.

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Alighted — Labradford safe 60 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100).

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Lampedusa — Toumani Diabate safe 85 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Awake” by Tycho?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Dayvan Cowboy” by Boards of Canada, “The Album Opens” by Labradford, “Cast Your Fate” by Grant Green — the top match scores 98% 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 “Awake”?

It measures 26/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 80 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 83% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 26/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, no sudden 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

Sleep8/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

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

Intensity26
Dynamics44
Tempo22
Surprise0
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

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

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