IDM · 2000s

IDM loudness in the 2000s

-14.2 Median integrated LUFS
-16.3 to -11.3 Range
18 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-17 to -16 LUFS: 1 track-16 to -15 LUFS: 5 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 6 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 1 track-13 to -12 LUFS: 2 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 3 tracks -17 LUFS -14 LUFS -11 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

13 to 14 DR: 1 track14 to 15 DR: 4 tracks15 to 16 DR: 3 tracks16 to 17 DR: 7 tracks17 to 18 DR: 2 tracks18 to 19 DR: 1 track 13 DR 16 DR 19 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Paul Oakenfold
Pilote
-11.3 LUFS
Quietest: Inventour
Polar
-16.3 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Dave Turner
n=10 · median -13.2 LUFS

Other decades

← IDM in the 1990s

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 18 measured tracks, not a survey of every IDM release from the 2000s.