Downtempo loudness in the 2000s

-10.8 Median integrated LUFS
-13.9 to -8.6 Range
27 Tracks

Distribution

-14 to -13 LUFS: 2 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 4 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 5 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 8 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 5 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 3 tracks -14 LUFS -11 LUFS -8 LUFS

Loudest and quietest

Quietest: Diners Only
-13.9 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Mike Marsh
n=18 · median -10.8 LUFS
Brian Gardner
n=9 · median -11.5 LUFS

Other decades

← Downtempo in the 1990s

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 27 measured tracks, not a survey of every Downtempo release from the 2000s.