In a Silent Way

asyncRyuichi Sakamoto(2017)

sound79% mood35% era20% phase85%

Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment

73%

Ghosts I-IVNine Inch Nails(2008)

sound77% mood47% era29% phase85%

Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment

73%

Out of NoiseRyuichi Sakamoto(2009)

sound77% mood47% era42% phase65%

Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment

73%

Conversations with MyselfBill Evans(1963)

sound76% mood23% era91% phase55%

Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment

72%

Same Mood

Albums sharing the emotional palette and thematic atmosphere.

Blue Bell KnollCocteau Twins(1988)

sound68% mood70% era47% phase55%

Shared mood: serenity, wonderClose sound profile

65%

UtopiaBjork(2017)

sound71% mood70% era20% phase55%

Shared mood: serenity, wonderClose sound profile

63%

New York - Addis - LondonMulatu Astatke(2009)

sound68% mood70% era17% phase55%

Shared mood: serenity, wonderClose sound profile

63%

Harmony of DifferenceKamasi Washington(2017)

sound56% mood70% era35% phase25%

Shared mood: serenity, wonder

62%

Talking TimbuktuAli Farka Touré(1994)

sound56% mood52% era64% phase55%

Shared mood: serenity, wonder

51%

Same Era Feel

Albums close in historical moment or in how they relate to their era.

Speak Like a ChildHerbie Hancock(1968)

sound69% mood47% era99% phase25%

1 year apartSimilar era stance

Far East SuiteDuke Ellington(1967)

sound66% mood47% era97% phase55%

2 years apartSimilar era stance

Ptah, the El DaoudAlice Coltrane(1970)

sound70% mood35% era99% phase55%

1 year apartSimilar era stance

Journey in SatchidanandaAlice Coltrane(1971)

sound72% mood35% era97% phase55%

2 years apartSimilar era stance

sound58% mood47% era97% phase75%

MeddlePink Floyd(1971)

2 years apartSimilar era stance

75%

Same Career Phase

Similar artist-position moments: early statement, breakthrough, reinvention, mature work, or late period.

Get Up with ItMiles Davis(1974)same artist

sound60% mood0% era78% phase100%

Same artist periodSame artist5 years apart

78%

PeepshowSiouxsie and the Banshees(1988)

sound65% mood23% era58% phase95%

Same career phaseShared mood: wonder

75%

HyaenaSiouxsie and the Banshees(1984)

sound65% mood23% era53% phase95%

Same career phaseShared mood: wonder

sound62% mood18% era57% phase95%

13Blur(1999)

Same career phaseShared mood: tenderness

Rust Never SleepsNeil Young(1979)

sound34% mood0% era86% phase100%

Same career phase

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Claude Debussy (1894)

Acoustic Profile

Production

Method: hybrid

Fidelity: polished

Teo Macero tape editingelectric piano layeringambient jazz prototypelooped sections

Vocal

Approach: instrumental

Lyrical Abstraction:

10/10

Mood & Theme

serenity wonder tenderness

Territory: electric-pastoral, stillness-electrified

Emotional Arc: gentle-unfolding

Era & Context

1969: rock electricity everywhere. Davis absorbed it but filtered it through jazz patience, creating proto-ambient music.

Career Phase

Electric Revolution 1969-1975

Radical electrification. Fusion of jazz with rock, funk, and electronic textures. Alienated jazz purists, anticipated ambient and electronic music.

Distant Connections (28)

A second layer for farther resonances: connections that may not sound closest at first, but still point somewhere useful.

8/10

textural-explorationminimalist-reduction

Vespertine Bjork (2001)

Blue Lines Massive Attack (1991)

late-night-atmospheretextural-explorationstudio-as-instrument

Ghosts I-IV Nine Inch Nails (2008)

minimalist-reductiontextural-explorationimprovisational-freedom

Maiden Voyage Herbie Hancock (1965)

sonic-experimentationtextural-exploration

Mwandishi Herbie Hancock (1971)

textural-explorationsonic-experimentation

Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace Shabaka (2024)

minimalist-reductionspiritual-seeking

Valtari Sigur Ros (2012)

Faith The Cure (1981)

minimalist-reductiontextural-explorationspiritual-seeking

Seventeen Seconds The Cure (1980)

minimalist-reductiontextural-explorationlate-night-atmosphere

Speak Like a Child Herbie Hancock (1968)

textural-explorationsonic-experimentation

ArtScience Robert Glasper (2016)

textural-explorationimprovisational-freedom

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 Aphex Twin (1992)

Selected Ambient Works Volume II Aphex Twin (1994)

minimalist-reductionsonic-experimentation

A Monastic Trio Alice Coltrane (1968)

Journey in Satchidananda Alice Coltrane (1971)

Spiritual State Nujabes (2011)

minimalist-reductionlate-night-atmosphere

In Rainbows Radiohead (2007)

River: The Joni Letters Herbie Hancock (2007)

textural-exploration

textural-explorationsonic-experimentation

Canvas Robert Glasper (2005)

textural-explorationimprovisational-freedom

Fear Inoculum TOOL (2019)

minimalist-reductionspiritual-seeking

Until the Quiet Comes Flying Lotus (2012)

When I Get Home Solange (2019)

minimalist-reductionimprovisational-freedomtextural-exploration

1996 Ryuichi Sakamoto (1996)

minimalist-reductionstudio-as-instrument

Modal Soul Nujabes (2005)

minimalist-reductionlate-night-atmosphere

Sleep Max Richter (2015)

Double Booked Robert Glasper (2009)

4/10

textural-explorationimprovisational-freedom

1983 Flying Lotus (2006)

4/10