Le Rug — Musical DNA Analysis

The Project

AI-assisted analysis of Le Rug’s catalog using CatalogDNA — 439 tracks reverse-engineered into chord vocabulary, harmonic function, melodic patterns, rhythmic habits, and timbral signature.

Quick Stats

Metric	Value
Total tracks analyzed	439
Total notes	521,722
Total duration	20.8 hours (1250 minutes)
Albums	32
Harmony analyzed	439 tracks

Navigation

Discography

• Discography Overview

• Albert Liberto — SoundCloud Instrumentals

• America

• Anyone But Hindenburg

• Big Bird at Nuremburg EP

• Bleenex (2007)

• Butter the Children EP

• Butter the Children — Recovered

• C.R.E.E.P.

• Cut Off Your Dick And Turn Into Slime

• Dead In A Hole EP

• Defenestrator

• Defenestrator - bozo

• Defenestrator — Recovered

• Don’t Wait

• Ersatz EP

• Flabby Wings

• Game Over

• Goodnight

• Le Rug — Recovered

• Living Serious - I Can Fight This Feeling

• Living Serious — Recovered

• Nuke Whales

• Party Rock

• Party With Peter Burns

• Ray Weiss — Solo Recovered

• Sex Reduction Flower

• She Said

• Sticky Buns

• Swelling (My Own Worst Anime)

• Tell Your Parents You Want Ballz This Christmas

• The Why Because

• True Crime

Album Comparisons

Side-by-side fingerprint comparisons between albums — see Comparisons/ folder.

Theory & Analysis

The Fingerprint

• Your Musical DNA — the big picture fingerprint
• Chord Vocabulary — every chord ranked by frequency
• The Chord Vocabulary Spectrum — where the chord vocabulary came from
• The Style Guide — a practical recipe for writing in this style
• Suggested Listening — artists who share Le Rug’s DNA

Influences & Comparisons

• Influence Fingerprint Comparison — The Fall vs Built to Spill vs Beefheart vs Le Rug
• Dead or Alive — The Hidden Match — the closest structural match in the entire comparison
• Prefab Sprout — Steve McQueen as the Tightest Match
• Kate Bush — Hounds of Love Surprise
• Modest Mouse — The Chord Vocabulary Home
• Bowie Low — The Side A Split
• Yugowave Parallel — parallel convergence with Yugoslav new wave
• The Full Comparison Map — all groups compared across every metric

Deep Dives

• Era Fingerprints — how the sound changed across 4 eras
• Evolution Over Time — density, tempo, and complexity trends
• Song Evolution & Comparisons — tracking how songs change across versions
• Drum Analysis — double-drum vs solo-drum eras
• Producer Fingerprint — how different producers shaped the sound
• Instrumental Analysis — the lost instrumentals from SoundCloud