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10 songs that feel like Rubycon

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

Rubycon
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Rubycon
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safe 20/100 intensity 90 BPM
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Horizon — Tycho safe 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Palace Posy — Boards of Canada moderate 95 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same layered texture.

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Lothlórien — Enya safe 60 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — sits a little calmer at 8/100. Measured 85% alike.

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Theft, And Wandering Around Lost — Cocteau Twins safe 85 BPM

Measures 85% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100).

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Book of Days — Enya safe 72 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100).

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Other Voices — The Cure moderate 90 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 26/100. Same layered texture.

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Hours — Tycho safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Measured 88% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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We Could Forever — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

Measures 88% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100).

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Telephasic Workshop — Boards of Canada safe 88 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (88 BPM).

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Biscuit — Portishead moderate 85 BPM

86% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 27/100. Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Rubycon” by Tangerine Dream?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Horizon” by Tycho, “Palace Posy” by Boards of Canada, “Lothlórien” by Enya — 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.

How intense is “Rubycon”?

It measures 20/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, layered texture, no 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

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 88% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 20/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, layered 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 97% 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
Dinner6/10
Party / hype1/10

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

1975 in context

The 249 songs we’ve measured from 1975 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. At 4/10, 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

Intensity20
Dynamics33
Tempo28
Surprise0
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load13

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

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