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10 songs that feel like Dollar Brand

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

The song you love
Dollar Brand
Abdullah Ibrahim
safe 33/100 intensity 90 BPM
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My Friend the Forest — Nils Frahm safe 70 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100).

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Sunson — Nils Frahm safe 70 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100). Same layered texture.

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Kong — Bonobo moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Rey's Theme — John Williams safe 90 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

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Egon Schiele — Rachel's moderate 90 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Professor Backwards — Rachel's moderate 90 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

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All Melody — Nils Frahm safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Heat Miser — Massive Attack moderate 82 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

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Water from the Same Source — Rachel's safe 80 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100).

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I Feel So Good — Dirty Three moderate 80 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Dollar Brand” by Abdullah Ibrahim?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “My Friend the Forest” by Nils Frahm, “Sunson” by Nils Frahm, “Kong” by Bonobo — 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 “Dollar Brand”?

It measures 33/100 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

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 22% of songs, calmer than the other 78%. Its intensity reading of 33/100 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.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity33
Dynamics44
Tempo28
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load13

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

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