Trip Hop loudness in the 1990s

-13.5 Median integrated LUFS
-20 to -8.3 Range
38 Tracks

Loudness distribution

-20 to -19 LUFS: 1 track-19 to -18 LUFS: 3 tracks-18 to -17 LUFS: 3 tracks-17 to -16 LUFS: 1 track-16 to -15 LUFS: 4 tracks-15 to -14 LUFS: 5 tracks-14 to -13 LUFS: 4 tracks-13 to -12 LUFS: 4 tracks-12 to -11 LUFS: 2 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 5 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 2 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 4 tracks -20 LUFS -14 LUFS -8 LUFS

Dynamic range distribution

9 to 10 DR: 1 track10 to 11 DR: 1 track11 to 12 DR: 2 tracks12 to 13 DR: 8 tracks13 to 14 DR: 0 tracks14 to 15 DR: 6 tracks15 to 16 DR: 5 tracks16 to 17 DR: 6 tracks17 to 18 DR: 5 tracks18 to 19 DR: 2 tracks19 to 20 DR: 2 tracks 9 DR 14 DR 20 DR

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: Strangers
-8.3 LUFS
Quietest: Blue Lines
-20.0 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Mike Marsh
n=10 · median -15 LUFS

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 38 measured tracks, not a survey of every Trip Hop release from the 1990s.