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10 songs that feel like Dye

Matched to Dye 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 19/100 intensity 95 BPM
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Lily on the Beach — Tangerine Dream safe 95 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Nocturne Op. 15 No. 2 — Frédéric Chopin safe 80 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (14/100). Same smooth texture.

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Rosewood — Bonobo safe 105 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Princess Leia's Theme — John Williams safe 80 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (18/100). Same smooth texture.

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Le Parc — Tangerine Dream safe 90 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Animals — Bonobo safe 88 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Same smooth texture.

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Wave — Antonio Carlos Jobim safe 140 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Measured 90% alike.

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The Sound of Water — Pat Metheny safe 85 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (14/100). Same smooth texture.

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Echoes in Rain — Enya safe 85 BPM

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

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Petite Suite — Claude Debussy safe 80 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Dye” by Tycho?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Lily on the Beach” by Tangerine Dream, “Nocturne Op. 15 No. 2” by Frédéric Chopin, “Rosewood” 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 “Dye”?

It measures 19/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 95 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 91% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 19/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is deep calm: more extreme on that axis than 91% 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

Sleep9/10
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

Intensity19
Dynamics44
Tempo31
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

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

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