Downtempo · 1990s

Downtempo loudness in the 1990s

-12.2 Median integrated LUFS
-24.6 to -6.8 Range
114 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-25 to -24 LUFS: 1 track-24 to -23 LUFS: 0 tracks-23 to -22 LUFS: 0 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 0 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 0 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 1 track-19 to -18 LUFS: 6 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 9 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 4 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 9 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 8 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 8 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 14 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 16 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 13 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 9 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 12 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 3 tracks-7 to -6 LUFS: 1 track -25 LUFS -16 LUFS -6 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

9 to 10 DR: 1 track10 to 11 DR: 3 tracks11 to 12 DR: 11 tracks12 to 13 DR: 20 tracks13 to 14 DR: 17 tracks14 to 15 DR: 14 tracks15 to 16 DR: 15 tracks16 to 17 DR: 14 tracks17 to 18 DR: 9 tracks18 to 19 DR: 4 tracks19 to 20 DR: 5 tracks20 to 21 DR: 0 tracks21 to 22 DR: 1 track 9 DR 15 DR 22 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Barrel of a Gun
Depeche Mode
-6.8 LUFS
Quietest: Junior Painkiller
Depeche Mode
-24.6 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Mike Marsh
n=22 · median -13 LUFS
Tim Young
n=12 · median -11.6 LUFS
Simon Davey
n=2 · median -15.2 LUFS

Other decades

Downtempo in the 2000s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 114 measured tracks, not a survey of every Downtempo release from the 1990s.