ERA II · AMBIENT DRIFT

2018

454 hours of music, No. 10 of 15 years. Mostly ambient & drone.

PLAYS
6,839
31 on an active day
HOURS A DAY
1.2
over 365 days
ARTISTS
1,533
965 new this year
SONGS
3,855
played at least once
ACTIVE DAYS
218
of 365
SKIPPED
37%
stopped within 30 s
AFTER MIDNIGHT
6%
of plays, 00–05
VS 2017
+67%
hours on the year before

Day by
day

Every day of 2018 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 DAY13.6 h13 Mar
  • BIGGEST DAY13.6 h13 Mar: 123 plays, mostly Bohren & Der Club Of Gore
  • LONGEST STREAK18 days6 Apr – 23 Apr 2018
  • ACTIVE DAYS218of 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.

29 h15 h60 h77 h60 h10 h52 h69 h21 h12 h19 h30 h0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAudio dramasAmbient & droneTrip-hop & downtempoJazz & nu jazzSoundtrack & classicalElectronic & danceRock & psychedeliaSoul & funk
  • 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 19:00. Gold marks 00:00 to 05:00: 6% of the year’s plays.

00:00 · 191 plays01:00 · 123 plays02:00 · 32 plays03:00 · 37 plays04:00 · 25 plays05:00 · 15 plays06:00 · 35 plays07:00 · 59 plays08:00 · 60 plays09:00 · 290 plays10:00 · 276 plays11:00 · 584 plays12:00 · 370 plays13:00 · 415 plays14:00 · 555 plays15:00 · 386 plays16:00 · 456 plays17:00 · 427 plays18:00 · 529 plays19:00 · 601 plays20:00 · 258 plays21:00 · 328 plays22:00 · 437 plays23:00 · 350 plays000306091215182119:00BUSIEST HOUR
BY WEEKDAY
Mon1,012
Tue1,162
Wed1,055
Thu1,207
Fri842
Sat758
Sun803
Plays per weekday across the year.

Top
artists

2018’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. 1Bohren & Der Club Of Gore21.2 hAmbient & drone · 196 plays
  2. 2Adam BladeWITH MY SON18.7 hAudio dramas · 473 plays
  3. 3RJD210.3 hTrip-hop & downtempo · 147 plays
  4. 4Deine FreundeNEWWITH MY SON8.5 hAudio dramas · 183 plays
  5. 5Biosphere8.4 hAmbient & drone · 106 plays
  6. 6Gregs TagebuchNEWWITH MY SON7.1 hAudio dramas · 102 plays
  7. 7Musica CthulhianaNEW6.9 hAmbient & drone · 73 plays
  8. 8Philipp SchepmannNEWWITH MY SON6.3 hAudio dramas · 176 plays
  9. 9Guns N' RosesWITH MY SON6.1 hRock & psychedelia · 101 plays
  10. 10Tosca5.9 hTrip-hop & downtempo · 69 plays
FIRST HEARD IN 2018
  • Deine FreundeWith my son8.5 h
  • Gregs TagebuchWith my son7.1 h
  • Musica Cthulhiana6.9 h
  • Philipp SchepmannWith my son6.3 h
  • Kara-Lis Coverdale5.9 h

With my son

Stories and songs with my son. In 2018.

  • WITH MY SON50 h11% of 2018’s music hours
    1. 1Adam Blade19 h
    2. 2Deine Freunde8.5 h
    3. 3Gregs Tagebuch7.1 h

Top
songs

By plays of 30 seconds or more in 2018.

  1. 29ProwlerBohren & Der Club Of Gore · No. 1
  2. 25Time Is the EnemyQuantic · No. 2
  3. 25Keine MärchenDeine Freunde · No. 3With my son
  4. 24The Man Part OnePeace Orchestra · No. 4
  5. 23Silent MessengerDesiderii Marginis · No. 5
  6. 22GhostwriterRJD2 · No. 6
  7. 20Intro / MenuAtrium Carceri · No. 7
  8. 19Du bist aber groß gewordenDeine Freunde · No. 8With my son
  9. 19Que SeraWax Tailor · No. 9
  10. 18The UnnamableMusica Cthulhiana · No. 10
THE YEAR’S EARWORM16PLAYS IN SEVEN DAYSSilent MessengerDesiderii Marginis, from 12 Apr

First &
last

The songs that opened and closed 2018.

  • FIRST SONG OF 2018Autumn LeavesMalcolm Schultze2 Jan, 14:46
  • LAST SONG OF 2018Angels We Have Heard on HighChad Lawson Trio31 Dec, 23:11