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10 songs that feel like Motherboard

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

Motherboard
The song you love
Motherboard
Daft Punk
moderate 39/100 intensity 120 BPM
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Ageispolis — Aphex Twin moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Two Fish and an Elephant — Khruangbin safe 95 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Same layered texture.

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Schottkey 7th Path — Aphex Twin moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Logos — Tangerine Dream safe 100 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Same layered texture.

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Force Majeure — Tangerine Dream moderate 110 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100).

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Poland — Tangerine Dream moderate 110 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Same layered texture.

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Otomo — Bonobo safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Ricochet — Tangerine Dream moderate 110 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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The Eye of the Hurricane — Herbie Hancock moderate 142 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and runs a little hotter at 45/100.

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The Birth and Death of the Day — Explosions in the Sky moderate 85 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

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Tea in the Sahara — The Police safe 104 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 18/100, down from 39.

It's Too Late by Carole King
It's Too Late — Carole King safe 126 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 24/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Every Breath You Take by The Police
Every Breath You Take — The Police safe 117 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 27/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Circles by Post Malone
Circles — Post Malone safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 27/100, versus the original's 39. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Plainsong by The Cure
Plainsong — The Cure safe 82 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 21/100, down from 39.

Sugar for the Pill by Slowdive
Sugar for the Pill — Slowdive safe 60 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 19/100 — the pull without the edge.

Fire and Rain by James Taylor
Fire and Rain — James Taylor safe 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 21/100.

Here's Where the Story Ends by The Sundays
Here's Where the Story Ends — The Sundays safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 21/100, versus the original's 39.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Motherboard” by Daft Punk?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Ageispolis” by Aphex Twin, “Two Fish and an Elephant” by Khruangbin, “Schottkey 7th Path” by Aphex Twin — 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 “Motherboard” but calmer?

“Tea in the Sahara” by The Police, “It's Too Late” by Carole King, “Every Breath You Take” by The Police keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Motherboard”?

It measures 39/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 120 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 32% of songs, calmer than the other 68%. Its intensity reading of 39/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 79% 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

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout5/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype5/10

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

2013 in context

The 408 songs we’ve measured from 2013 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. 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

Intensity39
Dynamics56
Tempo44
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load13

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

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