AMOK

Thom Yorke 2013 synchronized
electronic glitch-hop krautrock-influenced art-rock
Atoms for Peace: Yorke's electronic anxiety given a physical body. Flea's bass and Afrobeat polyrhythms collide with glitch editing, making paranoia danceable.
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Similar Albums

Grouped by the kind of closeness: sound first, then mood, era, and artistic phase.

Same Artist / Nearby Phase

Useful neighbors inside the same discography, where the artist is moving through adjacent periods.

1
ANIMAThom Yorke(2019)same artist
sound65% mood47% era91% phase72%
Same artistShared mood: paranoia, anxiety
58%
2
The EraserThom Yorke(2006)same artist
sound72% mood23% era90% phase100%
Same artist periodShared mood: anxietyClose sound profile
57%
3
Tomorrow's Modern BoxesThom Yorke(2014)same artist
sound51% mood23% era73% phase100%
Same artist periodShared mood: anxiety1 year apart
47%

Closest Sound

Albums with nearby density, space, production feel, vocals, and style.

1
Fear of MusicTalking Heads(1979)
sound83% mood47% era26% phase50%
Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment
78%
2
VoltaBjork(2007)
sound80% mood23% era91% phase25%
Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment
75%
3
PostBjork(1995)
sound80% mood23% era49% phase70%
Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment
75%
4
The Red ShoesKate Bush(1993)
sound80% mood18% era71% phase30%
Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment
75%
5
Strange MercySt. Vincent(2011)
sound79% mood18% era97% phase40%
Close sound profileSimilar productionSimilar vocal treatment
74%

Same Mood

Albums sharing the emotional palette and thematic atmosphere.

1
ActorSt. Vincent(2009)
sound76% mood47% era94% phase70%
Shared mood: playfulness, anxietyClose sound profile
52%
2
Hail to the ThiefRadiohead(2003)
sound77% mood47% era86% phase10%
Shared mood: paranoia, anxietyClose sound profile
51%
3
Year of the SnitchDeath Grips(2018)
sound54% mood52% era68% phase40%
Shared mood: paranoia, playfulness
51%
4
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)David Bowie(1980)
sound75% mood47% era52% phase34%
Shared mood: playfulness, anxietyClose sound profile
49%
5
MezzanineMassive Attack(1998)
sound66% mood47% era53% phase40%
Shared mood: paranoia, anxietyClose sound profile
47%

Same Era Feel

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

1
Because the InternetChildish Gambino(2013)
sound69% mood35% era100% phase70%
Same yearSimilar era stance
78%
2
WolfTyler, the Creator(2013)
sound69% mood23% era100% phase80%
Same yearSimilar era stance
76%
3
G I R LPharrell Williams(2014)
sound74% mood23% era99% phase40%
1 year apartSimilar era stance
75%
4
AnglesThe Strokes(2011)
sound74% mood23% era97% phase30%
2 years apartSimilar era stance
74%
5
Músicas para Churrasco Vol. 1Seu Jorge(2011)
sound75% mood23% era97% phase10%
2 years apartSimilar era stance
73%

Same Career Phase

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

1
XenArca(2014)
sound57% mood23% era73% phase100%
Same career phase1 year apartShared mood: anxiety
78%
2
The UnseenMadlib(2000)
sound53% mood47% era56% phase100%
Same career phaseShared mood: paranoia, playfulness
77%
3
MutantArca(2015)
sound51% mood18% era72% phase100%
Same career phase2 years apartShared mood: anxiety
76%
4
Aladdin SaneDavid Bowie(1973)
sound65% mood23% era42% phase100%
Same career phaseShared mood: paranoia
75%
5
No Love Deep WebDeath Grips(2012)
sound41% mood18% era73% phase100%
Same career phase1 year apartShared mood: paranoia
75%

Acoustic Profile

Density 5 Spatiality 6 Distortion 3 Tempo 6 Rhythm 7 Harmony 5

Production

Method: hybrid
Fidelity: polished
Flea's bass guitar integrated into electronic gridsNigel Godrich co-productionAfrobeat-influenced polyrhythmic programmingkrautrock-derived motorik pulselive band performance deconstructed and reassembled digitally

Vocal

Approach: sung
Lyrical Abstraction:
7/10

Mood & Theme

paranoia playfulness anxiety
Territory: Urban Dislocation, Groove as Escape, Collective Unease
Emotional Arc: Nervous Groove

Era & Context

Atoms for Peace supergroup project with Flea (RHCP), Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker, and Mauro Refosco. Krautrock precision meets glitch-hop groove: the most physically danceable expression of Yorke's electronic obsessions, born from live performances of The Eraser material.

Career Phase

Laptop Deconstruction 2006-2014

Solo emergence from Radiohead's electronic experiments. Laptop-based glitch, skeletal beats, and climate anxiety stripped of band context.

Distant Connections (9)

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

Cosmogramma Flying Lotus (2010)
7/10
rhythmic-innovationsonic-experimentation
Remain in Light Talking Heads (1980)
7/10
rhythmic-innovationgenre-destruction
Computer World Kraftwerk (1981)
6/10
rhythmic-innovationstudio-as-instrument
Richard D. James Album Aphex Twin (1996)
6/10
sonic-experimentationrhythmic-innovation
Tri Repetae Autechre (1995)
6/10
rhythmic-innovationcontrol-obsession
Zombie Fela Kuti (1977)
5/10
rhythmic-innovationpolitical-rage
Mezzanine Massive Attack (1998)
5/10
late-night-atmosphereurban-isolation
Cold Sweat James Brown (1967)
4/10
rhythmic-innovationminimalist-reduction
Music Has the Right to Children Boards of Canada (1998)
4/10
textural-explorationnostalgia-as-medium

Influences

Absorbed from

The King of Limbs — Looped rhythm structures and fractured groove patterns Computer World — Motorik precision in electronic rhythm Cosmogramma — Polyrhythmic density and jazz-electronic collision Tri Repetae — Fractured beat architecture