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10 songs that feel like Glider

Matched to Glider 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 23/100 intensity 100 BPM
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Rosewood — Bonobo safe 105 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (105 BPM).

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Metamorphosis Three — Philip Glass safe 100 BPM

92% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 16/100. Same smooth texture.

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River — Enya safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Measured 91% alike.

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Samba do Avião — Antônio Carlos Jobim safe 92 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

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Dolphin Dance — Herbie Hancock safe 120 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and sits a little calmer at 17/100.

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O Boto — Tom Jobim safe 90 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

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Energy Flow — Ryuichi Sakamoto safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Niama — Toumani Diabate safe 90 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

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Hung Up On My Baby — Isaac Hayes safe 95 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Path of the Wind — Joe Hisaishi safe 72 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 13/100. Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Glider” by Tycho?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Rosewood” by Bonobo, “Metamorphosis Three” by Philip Glass, “River” by Enya — the top match scores 94% 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 “Glider”?

It measures 23/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, no 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

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 85% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 23/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth 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 deep calm: more extreme on that axis than 85% 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.

2016 in context

The 368 songs we’ve measured from 2016 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity23
Dynamics56
Tempo33
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load13

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

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