LSD / 180 CADENCE

Long runs aren’t about speed. They’re about continuity.

For February 2026, FRAME RUN CLUB presents an LSD playlist built around a single idea: keep moving without breaking rhythm. Two hours of sound designed for long, steady miles—where breathing settles, posture relaxes, and cadence becomes automatic.

This playlist is structured around a 90 BPM halftime feel, allowing runners to naturally align with 180 steps per minute. Not through force, but through flow. The music never asks for more—it simply supports what you’re already doing.

WHY LSD, WHY 180

LSD—Long Slow Distance—is the backbone of endurance.
It’s where aerobic capacity grows, where efficiency is learned, and where running becomes quiet.

A 180 cadence is not a rule, but a reference point.
At this rhythm, footstrike stays light, ground contact short, and momentum smooth. The tracks in this playlist sit comfortably in that range, allowing your steps to sync without conscious effort.

No spikes.
No drops.
No moments that pull you out of form.

THE SOUND

The palette leans toward melodic and ambient electronic, indie electronica, and hypnotic house.
Warm basslines, restrained percussion, slow-building textures.

These are tracks that float rather than push.
Music that gives space to the run instead of dominating it.

You’ll notice long intros, gradual transitions, and subtle emotional arcs—perfect for maintaining steady heart rate and relaxed focus over distance.

HOW TO RUN IT

Start the playlist at your first step.
Set Spotify crossfade to 1–2 seconds.
Forget the watch after the first kilometer.

Let the early tracks help you settle.
The middle section locks cadence and breathing.
The final stretch carries you home without urgency.

This playlist is for runners who understand that the hardest part of a long run isn’t the legs—it’s staying patient.

01. Tourist — Elixir
Every long run should begin quietly.
Translucent synths and restrained rhythm wake the body without asking for speed. This is the moment you feel the ground, not the distance.

02. Tycho — Awake
Breathing lengthens. Shoulders drop.
The guitar line floats, easing tension as your cadence settles naturally into place.

03. Maribou State — Turnmills
The city is still asleep.
A warm bassline nudges you forward, gently confirming the pace you’ll hold for the next two hours.

04. Lane 8 — No Captain (feat. POLIÇA)
LSD is about restraint.
This track quietly asks the most important question: Can you stay here?

05. ODESZA — Line of Sight
Vision opens up.
With the first light of morning, rhythm becomes clearer and movement feels lighter than expected.

06. Bob Moses — Tearing Me Up
Tempo stays constant, emotion rises slightly.
A perfectly placed lift during the early middle miles, without pulling you out of control.

07. Ben Böhmer — Beyond Beliefs
Distance begins to dissolve.
Running shifts from effort to motion—less about doing, more about moving.

08. Yotto — Walls
Not breaking walls, but running alongside them.
This track creates one of the most stable sections of the run.

09. Bonobo — Linked
Feet, breath, and rhythm connect.
This is the ideal LSD state—thoughts quiet down, form takes over.

10. Kiasmos — Looped
Repetition, repetition, repetition.
One of the most natural matches for a 180 cadence—your steps begin to follow the music.

11. Jon Hopkins — Open Eye Signal (Edit)
Focus sharpens again.
A necessary mental reset that keeps the run from drifting.

12. RÜFÜS DU SOL — Eyes
Emotion seeps in.
The body remains calm, but the mind goes deeper as the run moves past halfway.

13. Bicep — Opal (Four Tet Remix)
Soft propulsion without force.
Cadence holds steady deep into the run, even as fatigue appears.

14. DJ Koze — Pick Up
Speed without effort.
One of those rare moments where everything feels perfectly tuned.

15. Caribou — Can’t Do Without You
A controlled rise.
Just enough emotional lift as the end starts to appear, without breaking rhythm.

16. Bonobo — Kerala
Rhythm reorganizes itself.
The final kilometers begin with clarity and composure.

17. Ross From Friends — Talk To Me You’ll Understand
Nothing slows, nothing pushes.
You wish this feeling could last longer than the run itself.

18. Max Cooper — Waves
Movement continues effortlessly.
Like water, you’re carried forward rather than driven.
 

19. Christian Löffler — Haul (feat. Mohna)
Not the end—an afterglow.
Cadence softens, but rhythm remains.

20. Parra for Cuva — Ordel
Breathing returns to neutral.
The run begins to settle into memory.

21. Kiasmos — Burnt
Lightness returns to the legs.
Distance, effort, and time gently fold away.

22. Helios — Bless This Morning Year
Morning fully arrives.
The run is over, but the day is just beginning.

23. Tycho — A Walk
It’s okay to slow down now.
This track isn’t for running—it’s for what comes after.

RUN NOTE

This playlist isn’t about records.
It’s about continuity.

LSD runs rarely stand out, but they build everything—distance, efficiency, and the desire to keep running.

FRAME RUN CLUB captured that feeling in sound.