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10 songs that feel like Sunshine Recorder

Matched to Sunshine Recorder by Boards of Canada on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

The song you love
Sunshine Recorder
Boards of Canada
safe 32/100 intensity 120 BPM
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Supercut — Lorde moderate 124 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and runs a little hotter at 38/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (124 BPM).

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Wishes — Beach House moderate 120 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 38/100. Same layered texture.

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Radioactivity — Kraftwerk moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same introspective pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Past Life — Tame Impala moderate 117 BPM

Measures 91% the same. It runs a little hotter at 40/100. Same layered texture.

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The Robots — Kraftwerk moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same feel and lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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The Stars of Track and Field — Belle and Sebastian safe 120 BPM

87% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 38/100. Same layered texture.

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Ceremony — Galaxie 500 moderate 110 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Measured 92% alike.

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Out of Control — Lush safe 110 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Same layered texture.

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Biscuit — Portishead moderate 85 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (27/100).

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F for You — Disclosure moderate 110 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Sunshine Recorder” by Boards of Canada?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Supercut” by Lorde, “Wishes” by Beach House, “Radioactivity” by Kraftwerk — the top match scores 90% 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 “Sunshine Recorder”?

It measures 32/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and spoken word. 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 21% of songs, calmer than the other 79%. Its intensity reading of 32/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and spoken word. 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

Sleep6/10
Focus9/10
Workout5/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype4/10

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

2002 in context

The 332 songs we’ve measured from 2002 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. 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

Intensity32
Dynamics33
Tempo44
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force40
Trigger load25

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

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