ERA II · AMBIENT DRIFT

2017

272 hours of music, No. 14 of 15 years. Mostly ambient & drone.

PLAYS
3,715
19 on an active day
HOURS A DAY
0.7
over 365 days
ARTISTS
777
428 new this year
SONGS
1,730
played at least once
ACTIVE DAYS
191
of 365
SKIPPED
35%
stopped within 30 s
AFTER MIDNIGHT
3%
of plays, 00–05
VS 2016
−8%
hours on the year before

Day by
day

Every day of 2017 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 DAY9.4 h12 Oct
  • BIGGEST DAY9.4 h12 Oct: 113 plays, mostly GAS
  • LONGEST STREAK14 days9 Oct – 22 Oct 2017
  • ACTIVE DAYS191of 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.

20 h19 h26 h9 h5 h10 h17 h14 h11 h67 h50 h25 h0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAmbient & droneElectronic & danceAudio dramasTrip-hop & downtempoHip-hop & beats
  • Trip-hop & downtempo
  • Ambient & drone
  • Jazz & nu jazz
  • Soul & funk
  • Electronic & dance
  • Hip-hop & beats
  • 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 15:00. Gold marks 00:00 to 05:00: 3% of the year’s plays.

00:00 · 79 plays01:00 · 25 plays02:00 · 3 plays03:00 · 7 plays04:00 · 0 plays05:00 · 0 plays06:00 · 0 plays07:00 · 17 plays08:00 · 33 plays09:00 · 92 plays10:00 · 302 plays11:00 · 314 plays12:00 · 323 plays13:00 · 304 plays14:00 · 380 plays15:00 · 424 plays16:00 · 343 plays17:00 · 283 plays18:00 · 98 plays19:00 · 108 plays20:00 · 102 plays21:00 · 217 plays22:00 · 151 plays23:00 · 110 plays000306091215182115:00BUSIEST HOUR
BY WEEKDAY
Mon581
Tue822
Wed614
Thu452
Fri518
Sat255
Sun473
Plays per weekday across the year.

Top
artists

2017’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. 1Hans Zimmer13.1 hSoundtrack & classical · 262 plays
  2. 2Alessandro Cortini10.7 hAmbient & drone · 108 plays
  3. 3Tosca9.6 hTrip-hop & downtempo · 102 plays
  4. 4Bohren & Der Club Of GoreNEW9.2 hAmbient & drone · 107 plays
  5. 5BengalfuelNEW6.6 hAmbient & drone · 61 plays
  6. 6Sebastian Mullaert6.4 hElectronic & dance · 50 plays
  7. 7Adam BladeNEWWITH MY SON5.6 hAudio dramas · 142 plays
  8. 8Yagya5 hElectronic & dance · 59 plays
  9. 9Ólafur Arnalds4.6 hSoundtrack & classical · 53 plays
  10. 10Susumu Yokota4.5 hAmbient & drone · 67 plays
FIRST HEARD IN 2017
  • Bohren & Der Club Of Gore9.2 h
  • Bengalfuel6.6 h
  • Adam BladeWith my son5.6 h
  • Doof2.6 h
  • GAS2.5 h

With my son

Stories and songs with my son. In 2017.

  • WITH MY SON5.9 h2% of 2017’s music hours
    1. 1Adam Blade5.6 h
    2. 2Guns N' Roses0.3 h
    3. 3Philipp Schepmann0 h

Top
songs

By plays of 30 seconds or more in 2017.

  1. 43OctoberBengalfuel · No. 1
  2. 42Wide OpenÓlafur Arnalds · No. 2
  3. 272049Hans Zimmer · No. 3
  4. 27Small MemoryJon Hopkins · No. 4
  5. 23The Receptive - Jacuzzi MixYounger Brother · No. 5
  6. 23Sapper's TreeHans Zimmer · No. 6
  7. 21Flight to LAPDHans Zimmer · No. 7
  8. 19SomersettlerOtt Blumenkraft · No. 8
  9. 19Time Is the EnemyQuantic · No. 9
  10. 19RainHans Zimmer · No. 10
THE YEAR’S EARWORM42PLAYS IN SEVEN DAYSOctoberBengalfuel, from 8 Nov

First &
last

The songs that opened and closed 2017.

  • FIRST SONG OF 2017Four to the FloorStarsailor1 Jan, 17:06
  • LAST SONG OF 2017Kissing in the StreetsSassy Players31 Dec, 13:33