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10 songs that feel like Fog Lattice

Matched to Fog Lattice by Tim Hecker 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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Fog Lattice
Tim Hecker
intense 70/100 intensity 90 BPM
Triad — Tool intense 85 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and sits a little calmer at 64/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

Skies of America — Ornette Coleman intense 100 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (71/100). Same complex texture.

Miroirs — Maurice Ravel moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (67/100). Measured 88% alike.

Theme from Foil — Autechre moderate 120 BPM

Measures 93% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (69/100). Same complex texture.

Gazzelloni — Eric Dolphy intense 120 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and runs a little hotter at 76/100.

Foil — Autechre intense 120 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (73/100). Same complex texture.

Pen Expers — Autechre intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (73/100). Measured 93% alike.

See on See — Autechre intense 120 BPM

Measures 93% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (73/100). Same complex texture.

Proper Hoodidge — Amon Tobin moderate 90 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same introspective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (66/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

Storm — Godspeed You Black Emperor intense 80 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (73/100). Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Fog Lattice is more than you want right now.

A Lot of Girls — Nicolas Jaar moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 45/100, down from 70.

Vessel — Jon Hopkins moderate 120 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 43/100 — the pull without the edge.

Scene Suspended — Jon Hopkins moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 43/100.

The Sky Moves Sideways — Porcupine Tree moderate 75 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 48/100, versus the original's 70.

Chord Change — Camel moderate 100 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 41/100, down from 70. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Earthrise — Camel moderate 90 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 40/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

The Snow Goose — Camel moderate 80 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 39/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Dead Skin Cells — Future Sound of London moderate 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 42/100, versus the original's 70. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Fog Lattice” by Tim Hecker?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Triad” by Tool, “Skies of America” by Ornette Coleman, “Miroirs” by Maurice Ravel — 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.

What songs are like “Fog Lattice” but calmer?

“A Lot of Girls” by Nicolas Jaar, “Vessel” by Jon Hopkins, “Scene Suspended” by Jon Hopkins keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Fog Lattice”?

It measures 70/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, frequent 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 is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 90% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 70/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, frequent 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 blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 90% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on near-total stillness — steady volume, no surprises, a slow and unhurried pulse — 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

Sleep0/10
Focus4/10
Workout5/10
Dinner5/10
Party / hype5/10

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

2013 in context

The 408 songs we’ve measured from 2013 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. At 8/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity70
Dynamics78
Tempo28
Surprise75
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force0
Trigger load25

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

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