ERA I · ELECTRONIC YEARS

2013

458 hours of music, No. 9 of 15 years. Mostly electronic & dance.

PLAYS
5,755
28 on an active day
HOURS A DAY
1.3
over 365 days
ARTISTS
675
503 new this year
SONGS
2,652
played at least once
ACTIVE DAYS
202
of 365
SKIPPED
23%
stopped within 30 s
AFTER MIDNIGHT
5%
of plays, 00–05
VS 2012
+39%
hours on the year before

Day by
day

Every day of 2013 is one groove of this record, starting at the top on 1 January and turning clockwise. A longer line means more hours; its colour is that day’s leading genre. Point at a day to read it.

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC
BIGGEST DAY7.7 h7 Oct
  • BIGGEST DAY7.7 h7 Oct: 77 plays, mostly Global Communication
  • LONGEST STREAK10 days18 Dec – 27 Dec 2013
  • ACTIVE DAYS202of 365 with at least one play

Month by
month

Each month’s hours by genre, as shares. The bars on top are the month’s hours.

45 h56 h83 h30 h18 h24 h12 h44 h34 h38 h43 h31 h0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecElectronic & danceTrip-hop & downtempoAmbient & droneSoundtrack & classicalRock & psychedelia
  • Trip-hop & downtempo
  • Ambient & drone
  • Jazz & nu jazz
  • Soul & funk
  • Electronic & dance
  • Hip-hop & beats
  • Soundtrack & classical
  • Rock & psychedelia
  • Pop, indie & folk
  • World & dub

Around
the clock

Plays by hour of day, Berlin time. The busiest hour was 15:00. Gold marks 00:00 to 05:00: 5% of the year’s plays.

00:00 · 194 plays01:00 · 86 plays02:00 · 21 plays03:00 · 8 plays04:00 · 0 plays05:00 · 0 plays06:00 · 0 plays07:00 · 0 plays08:00 · 20 plays09:00 · 145 plays10:00 · 335 plays11:00 · 509 plays12:00 · 541 plays13:00 · 348 plays14:00 · 511 plays15:00 · 709 plays16:00 · 663 plays17:00 · 447 plays18:00 · 214 plays19:00 · 42 plays20:00 · 149 plays21:00 · 264 plays22:00 · 296 plays23:00 · 253 plays000306091215182115:00BUSIEST HOUR
BY WEEKDAY
Mon1,073
Tue910
Wed956
Thu1,111
Fri1,077
Sat343
Sun285
Plays per weekday across the year.

Top
artists

2013’s ten most-played artists, by hours. Bars are printed in the artist’s genre colour; NEW marks an artist first played this year.

  1. 1Tosca31.4 hTrip-hop & downtempo · 470 plays
  2. 2Hidden OrchestraNEW23.4 hTrip-hop & downtempo · 251 plays
  3. 3Biosphere19.1 hAmbient & drone · 230 plays
  4. 4RJD215 hTrip-hop & downtempo · 223 plays
  5. 5Bersarin QuartettNEW14 hAmbient & drone · 168 plays
  6. 6The OrbNEW12.3 hElectronic & dance · 145 plays
  7. 7Carlos CipaNEW11.4 hSoundtrack & classical · 165 plays
  8. 8IshqNEW11.2 hAmbient & drone · 93 plays
  9. 9James TeejNEW9.5 hElectronic & dance · 87 plays
  10. 10Sync24NEW9 hAmbient & drone · 91 plays
FIRST HEARD IN 2013
  • Hidden Orchestra23.4 h
  • Bersarin Quartett14 h
  • The Orb12.3 h
  • Carlos Cipa11.4 h
  • Ishq11.2 h

With my son

Stories and songs with my son. In 2013.

  • WITH MY SON3.1 hUnder 1% of 2013’s music hours
    1. 1Guns N' Roses3 h
    2. 2Bob der Baumeister0.1 h
    3. 3Bob The Builder0 h

Top
songs

By plays of 30 seconds or more in 2013.

  1. 47Greulich - Live at OdeonTosca · No. 1
  2. 41Apple Pie - Live at OdeonTosca · No. 2
  3. 41Parallel - Live at OdeonTosca · No. 3
  4. 39Brian Virginia - Live at OdeonTosca · No. 4
  5. 37Harry Holden - Live at OdeonTosca · No. 5
  6. 34Final Call - Live at OdeonTosca · No. 6
  7. 32Brendel - Live at OdeonTosca · No. 7
  8. 31OvertureHidden Orchestra · No. 8
  9. 27SpokenHidden Orchestra · No. 9
  10. 26Elapse - original mixSven Weisemann · No. 10
THE YEAR’S EARWORM20PLAYS IN SEVEN DAYSGreulich - Live at OdeonTosca, from 25 Sep

First &
last

The songs that opened and closed 2013.

  • FIRST SONG OF 2013Orkenvandring - Original VersionPrins Thomas2 Jan, 22:21
  • LAST SONG OF 2013Under The IceMorcheeba31 Dec, 23:57