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10 songs that feel like Subtemple

Matched to Subtemple by Burial 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 70 BPM
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Fingertips — Lana Del Rey safe 70 BPM

A 85% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (18/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Nocturnes: III. Sirènes — Claude Debussy moderate 60 BPM

86% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 32/100. Same layered texture.

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Cello Song — Nick Drake moderate 72 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — runs a little hotter at 40/100. Measured 81% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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The Köln Concert Part IIa — Keith Jarrett moderate 80 BPM

Measures 80% the same. It runs a little hotter at 40/100. Same layered texture.

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Music for Airports 1/2 — Brian Eno safe

A 81% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and sits a little calmer at 15/100.

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Intro//A Cosmic Drama — Flying Lotus moderate 85 BPM

84% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 32/100. Same layered texture.

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It's Gonna Rain — Steve Reich intense 100 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — runs a little hotter at 60/100. Measured 81% alike.

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A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left — Andrew Bird moderate 85 BPM

Measures 78% the same. It runs a little hotter at 34/100. Same layered texture.

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Heavy — Hovvdy moderate 80 BPM

A 78% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and runs a little hotter at 34/100.

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Garden — Dua Lipa moderate 92 BPM

77% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 35/100. Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Subtemple” by Burial?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Fingertips” by Lana Del Rey, “Nocturnes: III. Sirènes” by Claude Debussy, “Cello Song” by Nick Drake — the top match scores 85% 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 “Subtemple”?

It measures 23/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 3/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 70 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 3/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. 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.

Dial the feeling up or down

Same feeling, bigger: Alison — Slowdive

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.

2017 in context

The 461 songs we’ve measured from 2017 average a dynamic range of 6.0/10. 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

Intensity23
Dynamics22
Tempo17
Surprise0
Density33
Predictability100
Vocal force25
Trigger load38

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

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