Downtempo · 2000s

Downtempo loudness in the 2000s

-11.8 Median integrated LUFS
-20.6 to -7.2 Range
141 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-21 to -20 LUFS: 1 track-20 to -19 LUFS: 1 track-19 to -18 LUFS: 0 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 2 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 8 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 6 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 7 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 15 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 22 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 31 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 25 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 14 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 7 tracks-8 to -7 LUFS: 2 tracks -21 LUFS -14 LUFS -7 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

10 to 11 DR: 1 track11 to 12 DR: 15 tracks12 to 13 DR: 32 tracks13 to 14 DR: 37 tracks14 to 15 DR: 20 tracks15 to 16 DR: 11 tracks16 to 17 DR: 9 tracks17 to 18 DR: 6 tracks18 to 19 DR: 6 tracks19 to 20 DR: 3 tracks20 to 21 DR: 0 tracks21 to 22 DR: 1 track 10 DR 16 DR 22 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: I Feel Loved
Depeche Mode
-7.2 LUFS
Quietest: Mind Games
Lexis
-20.6 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Mike Marsh
n=31 · median -10.4 LUFS
Brian Gardner
n=9 · median -11.5 LUFS
Simon Davey
n=3 · median -12.3 LUFS
Shane McEnhill
n=3 · median -15.1 LUFS

Other decades

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This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 141 measured tracks, not a survey of every Downtempo release from the 2000s.