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10 songs that feel like Supercollider

Matched to Supercollider by Radiohead 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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Supercollider
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moderate 39/100 intensity 95 BPM
Tides — Bonobo moderate 95 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

Eurochild — Massive Attack moderate 95 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Same layered texture.

Underwater Sunlight — Tangerine Dream safe 95 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Measured 91% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

Omen — Disclosure (feat. Sam Smith) moderate 110 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same layered texture.

Two Fish and an Elephant — Khruangbin safe 95 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

Untogether — Lush moderate 95 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Same layered texture.

Ný batterí — Sigur Rós moderate 85 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Measured 95% alike.

Waltz No. 1 — Elliott Smith moderate 90 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

What's in Your Head — Disclosure moderate 110 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100).

Future Days — Can moderate 110 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Hours by Tycho
Hours — Tycho safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 15/100, down from 39. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Sapphire by Bonobo
Sapphire — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 21/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Two Fish and an Elephant by Khruangbin
Two Fish and an Elephant — Khruangbin safe 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 37/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

River by Enya
River — Enya safe 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 28/100, versus the original's 39. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Theft, And Wandering Around Lost by Cocteau Twins
Theft, And Wandering Around Lost — Cocteau Twins safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 16/100, down from 39. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Neon Lights — Kraftwerk safe 90 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 17/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Underwater Sunlight — Tangerine Dream safe 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 37/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Sunbathing — Lush safe 95 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 36/100, versus the original's 39. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Supercollider” by Radiohead?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Tides” by Bonobo, “Eurochild” by Massive Attack, “Underwater Sunlight” by Tangerine Dream — the top match scores 94% 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 “Supercollider” but calmer?

“Hours” by Tycho, “Sapphire” by Bonobo, “Two Fish and an Elephant” by Khruangbin keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Supercollider”?

It measures 39/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 95 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 32% of songs, calmer than the other 68%. Its intensity reading of 39/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and soft vocals. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 79% 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
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2011 in context

The 372 songs we’ve measured from 2011 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity39
Dynamics56
Tempo31
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load25

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

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