IDM · 1990s

IDM loudness in the 1990s

-15.4 Median integrated LUFS
-24.7 to -9.7 Range
43 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-25 to -24 LUFS: 1 track-24 to -23 LUFS: 0 tracks-23 to -22 LUFS: 2 tracks-22 to -21 LUFS: 2 tracks-21 to -20 LUFS: 2 tracks-20 to -19 LUFS: 0 tracks-19 to -18 LUFS: 0 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 4 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 6 tracks-16 to -15 LUFS: 6 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 6 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 9 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 2 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 1 track-11 to -10 LUFS: 1 track-10 to -9 LUFS: 1 track -25 LUFS -17 LUFS -9 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

10 to 11 DR: 1 track11 to 12 DR: 1 track12 to 13 DR: 2 tracks13 to 14 DR: 8 tracks14 to 15 DR: 3 tracks15 to 16 DR: 7 tracks16 to 17 DR: 8 tracks17 to 18 DR: 4 tracks18 to 19 DR: 3 tracks19 to 20 DR: 4 tracks20 to 21 DR: 2 tracks 10 DR 15 DR 21 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: No Truck
Pilote
-9.7 LUFS
Quietest: Triangles & Rhombuses
Boards of Canada
-24.7 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Nilesh Patel
n=2 · median -16.6 LUFS
Guy Davie
n=2 · median -16.4 LUFS

Other decades

IDM in the 2000s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 43 measured tracks, not a survey of every IDM release from the 1990s.