10 songs that feel like Violin Phase
Matched to Violin Phase by Steve Reich on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.
A 81% feel-match — carries the same hypnotic pull and runs a little hotter at 38/100.
79% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 19/100.
Keeps the same introspective pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Measured 92% alike.
Measures 79% the same. It runs a little hotter at 43/100. Same layered texture.
A 89% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (27/100).
75% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 48/100. Same layered texture.
Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100). Measured 88% alike.
Measures 78% the same. It sits a little calmer at 17/100.
A 88% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and runs a little hotter at 35/100.
88% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 35/100. Same layered texture.
Frequently asked
What songs sound like “Violin Phase” by Steve Reich?
The closest feel-matches we measure are “Getting There” by Flying Lotus, “E-Musik” by Neu!, “Shades of Green” by Grant Green — the top match scores 81% 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 “Violin Phase”?
It measures 28/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 144 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 82% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 28/100 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.
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What it’s good for
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
1967 in context
The 289 songs we’ve measured from 1967 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
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
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