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10 songs that feel like Cluster

Matched to Cluster by Cluster 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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Jacquard Causeway — Boards of Canada intense 95 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Triad — Tool intense 85 BPM

88% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same complex texture.

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Ronin — Sturgill Simpson intense 90 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Köln, January 24, 1975, Part I — Keith Jarrett moderate 60 BPM

Measures 84% the same. It sits a little calmer at 52/100.

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Jupiter (Variation) — John Coltrane intense

A 90% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100).

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Afro Blue — John Coltrane intense 90 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Same complex texture.

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Sit — Japanese Breakfast moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — sits a little calmer at 54/100. Measured 87% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Name Taken — Massive Attack intense 85 BPM

Measures 87% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100).

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Parisian Goldfish — Flying Lotus moderate 95 BPM

A 87% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and sits a little calmer at 52/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Ashtray Wasp — Burial intense 120 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Cluster is more than you want right now.

Picnic on a Frozen River / Deuxieme Tableux by Faust

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 47/100, down from 60.

Emotion by Daft Punk
Emotion — Daft Punk moderate 98 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 45/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Isle of Avalon by Iron Maiden
Isle of Avalon — Iron Maiden moderate 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Reads 61/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois — Sufjan Stevens moderate 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. 32/100, versus the original's 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Music in Twelve Parts by Philip Glass
Music in Twelve Parts — Philip Glass moderate 80 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 45/100, down from 60.

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Neroli — Brian Eno safe

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 2 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 8/100 — the pull without the edge.

Sit by Japanese Breakfast
Sit — Japanese Breakfast moderate 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Reads 54/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Machinist by Japanese Breakfast
Machinist — Japanese Breakfast moderate 95 BPM

Holds the same feel while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. 54/100, versus the original's 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Cluster” by Cluster?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Jacquard Causeway” by Boards of Canada, “Triad” by Tool, “Ronin” by Sturgill Simpson — the top match scores 99% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

What songs are like “Cluster” but calmer?

“Picnic on a Frozen River / Deuxieme Tableux” by Faust, “Emotion” by Daft Punk, “Isle of Avalon” by Iron Maiden keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Cluster”?

It measures 60/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, complex texture, moderate sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 100 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

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 77% of songs, calmer than the other 23%. Its intensity reading of 60/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, complex texture, moderate 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 blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 77% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on near-total stillness — steady volume, no surprises, a slow and unhurried pulse — 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.

Dial the feeling up or down

Same feeling, bigger: Cipater — Autechre

What it’s good for

Sleep1/10
Focus5/10
Workout4/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype4/10

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

1971 in context

The 257 songs we’ve measured from 1971 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. At 7/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity60
Dynamics67
Tempo33
Surprise50
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force0
Trigger load50

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

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