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10 songs that feel like Disintegration Loop 1.1

Matched to Disintegration Loop 1.1 by William Basinski 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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Disintegration Loop 1.1
William Basinski
safe 13/100 intensity 60 BPM
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Music for Airports — Brian Eno safe 60 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (13/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (60 BPM).

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Trio Sonata — Max Richter safe 60 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Same layered texture.

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Telephasic Workshop — Boards of Canada safe 88 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — runs a little hotter at 20/100. Measured 93% alike.

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Sugar for the Pill — Slowdive safe 60 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It runs a little hotter at 19/100. Same layered texture.

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Hearing Voices — Galaxie 500 safe 70 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100).

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Palace Posy — Boards of Canada moderate 95 BPM

92% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 20/100. Same layered texture.

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If I Die Tomorrow — Jack White moderate 70 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — runs a little hotter at 20/100. Measured 89% alike.

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Horizon — Tycho safe 90 BPM

Measures 91% the same. It runs a little hotter at 20/100. Same layered texture.

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Julie and Candy — Boards of Canada moderate 90 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and runs a little hotter at 20/100.

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Rubycon — Tangerine Dream safe 90 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 20/100. Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Disintegration Loop 1.1” by William Basinski?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Music for Airports” by Brian Eno, “Trio Sonata” by Max Richter, “Telephasic Workshop” by Boards of Canada — the top match scores 96% 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 “Disintegration Loop 1.1”?

It measures 13/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 3/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 60 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 98% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 13/100 comes from a dynamic range of 3/10, 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 100% 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

Sleep10/10
Focus9/10
Workout0/10
Dinner5/10
Party / hype0/10

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

2002 in context

The 332 songs we’ve measured from 2002 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 3/10, 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

Intensity13
Dynamics22
Tempo11
Surprise0
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load25

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

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