ERA I · ELECTRONIC YEARS

2014

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

PLAYS
3,338
22 on an active day
HOURS A DAY
0.7
over 365 days
ARTISTS
384
203 new this year
SONGS
1,719
played at least once
ACTIVE DAYS
151
of 365
SKIPPED
32%
stopped within 30 s
AFTER MIDNIGHT
2%
of plays, 00–05
VS 2013
−43%
hours on the year before

Day by
day

Every day of 2014 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 DAY11 h9 Mar
  • BIGGEST DAY11 h9 Mar: 151 plays, mostly Bob der Baumeister
  • LONGEST STREAK11 days1 Dec – 11 Dec 2014
  • ACTIVE DAYS151of 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.

10 h21 h34 h13 h24 h4 h7 h41 h42 h18 h12 h34 h0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecElectronic & danceAmbient & droneSoundtrack & classicalTrip-hop & downtempoAudio dramasJazz & nu jazz
  • Trip-hop & downtempo
  • Ambient & drone
  • Jazz & nu jazz
  • Soul & funk
  • Electronic & dance
  • Soundtrack & classical
  • Rock & psychedelia
  • Pop, indie & folk
  • World & dub
  • Audio dramas

Around
the clock

Plays by hour of day, Berlin time. The busiest hour was 14:00. Gold marks 00:00 to 05:00: 2% of the year’s plays.

00:00 · 71 plays01:00 · 5 plays02:00 · 1 plays03:00 · 1 plays04:00 · 0 plays05:00 · 0 plays06:00 · 0 plays07:00 · 0 plays08:00 · 11 plays09:00 · 123 plays10:00 · 186 plays11:00 · 296 plays12:00 · 260 plays13:00 · 213 plays14:00 · 418 plays15:00 · 384 plays16:00 · 368 plays17:00 · 267 plays18:00 · 119 plays19:00 · 83 plays20:00 · 136 plays21:00 · 150 plays22:00 · 130 plays23:00 · 116 plays000306091215182114:00BUSIEST HOUR
BY WEEKDAY
Mon367
Tue599
Wed597
Thu515
Fri551
Sat255
Sun454
Plays per weekday across the year.

Top
artists

2014’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. 1Ishq19.4 hAmbient & drone · 138 plays
  2. 2Minilogue15.2 hElectronic & dance · 102 plays
  3. 3Biosphere12.3 hAmbient & drone · 172 plays
  4. 4Bob der BaumeisterWITH MY SON11 hAudio dramas · 153 plays
  5. 5Tosca10.8 hTrip-hop & downtempo · 147 plays
  6. 6Poppy Ackroyd7.4 hSoundtrack & classical · 93 plays
  7. 7Aphex Twin6.8 hElectronic & dance · 88 plays
  8. 8Portico Quartet6.4 hJazz & nu jazz · 65 plays
  9. 9Peace Orchestra6.2 hTrip-hop & downtempo · 71 plays
  10. 10Sven Weisemann5.6 hElectronic & dance · 54 plays
FIRST HEARD IN 2014
  • Greg Haines5.3 h
  • The Gentleman Losers4.9 h
  • Max Richter4.5 h
  • Son Kite4.4 h
  • Blackfish4 h

With my son

Stories and songs with my son. In 2014.

  • WITH MY SON11 h4% of 2014’s music hours
    1. 1Bob der Baumeister11 h
    2. 2Guns N' Roses0.2 h

Top
songs

By plays of 30 seconds or more in 2014.

  1. 21minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix]Aphex Twin · No. 1
  2. 19The Island Of IfMinilogue · No. 2
  3. 17Greulich - Live at OdeonTosca · No. 3
  4. 17The Taste of BloodJozef Van Wissem · No. 4
  5. 17When I See Scissors I Can't Help But Think of YouThe Dead Texan · No. 5
  6. 16Nothing is LostMinilogue · No. 6
  7. 16The Man Part TwoPeace Orchestra · No. 7
  8. 15So It GoesGreg Haines · No. 8
  9. 15Qual Linea Al CentroBiosphere · No. 9
  10. 14Something HappenedGreg Haines · No. 10
THE YEAR’S EARWORM12PLAYS IN SEVEN DAYSminipops 67 [120.2][source field mix]Aphex Twin, from 19 Sep

First &
last

The songs that opened and closed 2014.

  • FIRST SONG OF 2014I'll Fall ApartMorcheeba1 Jan, 00:00
  • LAST SONG OF 2014A Gentle DissolveThievery Corporation31 Dec, 23:58