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10 songs that feel like Nannou

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

Nannou
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Nannou
Aphex Twin
safe 17/100 intensity 160 BPM
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Silver Inches — Enya safe 171 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100).

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Alice in Wonderland — Bill Evans safe 140 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). 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 94% alike.

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Sleeping Beauty Waltz — Tchaikovsky safe 180 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It runs a little hotter at 23/100. Same smooth texture.

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Dolphin Dance — Herbie Hancock safe 120 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100).

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Meditation — Antônio Carlos Jobim safe 120 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Same smooth texture.

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Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy — Tchaikovsky safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Measured 91% alike.

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Dindi — Antonio Carlos Jobim safe 140 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Same smooth texture.

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Garota de Ipanema — Tom Jobim safe 130 BPM

A 89% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100).

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So This Is Love — Ilene Woods & Mike Douglas safe 180 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 25/100. Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Nannou” by Aphex Twin?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Silver Inches” by Enya, “Alice in Wonderland” by Bill Evans, “Wave” by Antonio Carlos Jobim — the top match scores 95% 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 “Nannou”?

It measures 17/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 3/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 160 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 93% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 17/100 comes from a dynamic range of 3/10, 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 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
Focus10/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

1999 in context

The 304 songs we’ve measured from 1999 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

Intensity17
Dynamics22
Tempo67
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

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

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