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10 songs that feel like Phaedra

Matched to Phaedra 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.

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Phaedra
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intense 61/100 intensity 90 BPM
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Triad — Tool intense 85 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun — Pink Floyd intense 90 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (63/100). Same complex texture.

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Köln, January 24, 1975, Part I — Keith Jarrett moderate 60 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — sits a little calmer at 52/100. Measured 85% alike.

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Afro Blue — John Coltrane intense 90 BPM

Measures 91% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Same complex texture.

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Leo — John Coltrane intense

A 94% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (66/100).

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Jupiter (Variation) — John Coltrane intense

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Same complex texture.

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Cluster — Cluster intense 100 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Measured 82% alike.

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Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 — Johann Sebastian Bach intense 55 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Same complex texture.

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Open Eye Signal — Jon Hopkins intense 126 BPM

A 92% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100).

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Wise One — John Coltrane intense 60 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Music in Twelve Parts by Philip Glass
Music in Twelve Parts — Philip Glass moderate 80 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 45/100, down from 61. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Emotion by Daft Punk
Emotion — Daft Punk moderate 98 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 45/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Isle of Avalon by Iron Maiden
Isle of Avalon — Iron Maiden moderate 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Reads 61/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois — Sufjan Stevens moderate 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 8. 32/100, versus the original's 61. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Köln, January 24, 1975, Part I by Keith Jarrett
Köln, January 24, 1975, Part I — Keith Jarrett moderate 60 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 52/100, down from 61.

Cloudburst Flight by Tangerine Dream
Cloudburst Flight — Tangerine Dream moderate 110 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 42/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Neroli — Brian Eno safe

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 2 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 8/100.

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Gymnopédie No. 1 — Erik Satie safe 60 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 2 where the original climbs to 8. 5/100, versus the original's 61.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Phaedra” by Tangerine Dream?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Triad” by Tool, “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun” by Pink Floyd, “Köln, January 24, 1975, Part I” by Keith Jarrett — 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 “Phaedra” but calmer?

“Music in Twelve Parts” by Philip Glass, “Emotion” by Daft Punk, “Isle of Avalon” by Iron Maiden keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Phaedra”?

It measures 61/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, moderate 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 81% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 61/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, moderate 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 81% 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.

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What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus5/10
Workout4/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype5/10

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

1974 in context

The 176 songs we’ve measured from 1974 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity61
Dynamics78
Tempo28
Surprise50
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

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

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