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Re: Music for Programming

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Post by pimeys »

YorkianTones wrote: post #199
croon wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I listen a lot to ambient as well, but I liken it to drinking tea, which I normally do, and save coffee (the bpm stuff) for crunchtime. My ambient go-to:s are (in no particular order): Roedelius Harold Budd Tim Story Brian Eno Roger Eno Hannu Offthesky Deaf Center Message To Bears Pjusk Everything Is diatonis Build Buildings The Echelon Effect

Have you tried ambient techno? Boards of Canada Tycho Ulrich Schnauss Fisk Industries

All doing remarkable ambient techno at some point in their career.

Aphex Twin

Autechre

Function & Vatican Shadow

Sandwell District

Lucy

Rrose

Gas

Speedy J

The 7th Plain

F.U.S.E.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by pimeys »

bit-shifter wrote: post #133

I've been a long time fan of the music produced by autechre. When I really need to isolate myself from the outside world to concentrate on a difficult problem, the go-to choice is Incunabula. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incunabula_(album) I'm not sure whether it's my absolute familiarity with the album, or that fact that it bears listening to on repeat.

Have you listened to Warp Records more than just the Autechre releases (which are of course superb)?

Every single album in the Artificial Intelligence series (including the first Autechre) are genre-defining classics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_(serie...

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by pimeys »

dep_b wrote: post #55

I like to listen to stuff like minimalistic Detroit techno mixes from people like Jeff Mills or Robert Hood. Loopy simple techno that slightly changes over the course of minutes while blending in and out of the previous and next song in a subtle way. Yet it's quite hard and energetic compared to most Berlin styles of minimalistic techno. Lately I've been picking up on retro Wave kind of music, I see Com Truise is on…

Detroit-y, but not from Detroit: Aril Brikha, who recorded for two legendary labels Transmat and Peacefrog. Both of his albums are great.

Kenny Larkin, whatever he released, must have.

Again not from Detroit, but sharing the same vibe: Luke Slater and all his monikers, like Planetary Assault Systems, L.B. Dub Corp and The 7th Plain. All classics.

Some less played, but still great Detroit stars: Claude Young and Octave One. Dig in! https://hardwax.com/detroit/

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by pimeys »

clydethefrog wrote: post #317
dep_b wrote: post #55

I like to listen to stuff like minimalistic Detroit techno mixes from people like Jeff Mills or Robert Hood. Loopy simple techno that slightly changes over the course of minutes while blending in and out of the previous and next song in a subtle way. Yet it's quite hard and energetic compared to most Berlin styles of minimalistic techno. Lately I've been picking up on retro Wave kind of music, I see Com Truise is on…

I really get inspired by the ideas of Detroit techno that they put into the music. Especially Jeff Mills, he really is an artist in the broadest meaning. It is curious that Detroit techno never really became popular music for the programming scene, since it's themes are related. >Detroit techno is also scary music, scary precisely because its unforgiving repetition reminds us of our immersion in remorseless mechanise…

Detroit techno was extremely popular in Europe, still is. We wouldn't have Berlin in its current cultural state without the Detroit stars. How it never became a thing in US is another question, where I can just guess the real reasons. Maybe dance music needed a whitewashing before it became a trend.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by awongh »

Klathmon wrote: post #288
yesiamyourdad wrote: post #265

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I think that explains my taste in "focus" music. Most of the "focus" playlists are ambient or classical. The ambient stuff is just there; it doesn't really engage my brain. It's like traffic noise. Classical is... I don't know, too structural? I find it distracting. My brain switches on when I'm listening to stuff that's challenging - dissonant, rhythmically odd, fast paced, changing tempos. But I've thought the same…

It's very similar for me. My music is EDM like many other coders, but it's more live performances, as they just don't end. Generally i'll grab a playlist of like 3 or 4 live shows from the same producer and i'll play them back to back. But the multitasking thing is a bit different for me, it's more one-sense-at-a-time for me. My wife has laughed at me before because she'll come home and i'll be watching a youtube tal…

this. I find stuff like brain.fm too minimal, and not engaging enough, personally.

Interesting how everyone has a personal threshold of not engaging enough / too engaging.

I wish there was some reliable resource I could go to to find 3-5 hour blocks of edm type music.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by sdrothrock »

jkalmadi wrote: post #344
mangeletti wrote: post #139

I've listened to Brain.fm since this past February, and it is truly amazing. They have Focus, Relax, and Sleep, but I've only ever listened to Focus. It's like this steady stream of some kind of electronically generated music that changes each 30 minutes. I set it to 2 hours, and then I usually take a small break when it ends. I'll turn it on and literally get into the zone immediately; writing line after line of cod…

Co-founder of brain.fm here. Thanks for the love! Here's an exclusive deal on the lifetime membership for the next 24 hours. It's a $29 deal (or 80% off) for the lifetime membership. Our best offer :) Link: http://brain.fm/HN

That's a great offer! I'm chiming in to say that it made it a no-brainer for me as well and I signed up. I'm also interested in an Android app. :)

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by r4w8173 »

jkalmadi wrote: post #344
mangeletti wrote: post #139

I've listened to Brain.fm since this past February, and it is truly amazing. They have Focus, Relax, and Sleep, but I've only ever listened to Focus. It's like this steady stream of some kind of electronically generated music that changes each 30 minutes. I set it to 2 hours, and then I usually take a small break when it ends. I'll turn it on and literally get into the zone immediately; writing line after line of cod…

Co-founder of brain.fm here. Thanks for the love! Here's an exclusive deal on the lifetime membership for the next 24 hours. It's a $29 deal (or 80% off) for the lifetime membership. Our best offer :) Link: http://brain.fm/HN

Just checked out your site and it is great. The sound is superb and it really helps focusing. Also, your offer is super generous.

However, you only accept credit card payments. I would never give my credit card info to a random site just to read a month from now that they've been hacked.

Is there a reason you are not accepting PayPal or BitCoins? It seems that you are not using one of those big payment processors either.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by mpitt »

r4w8173 wrote: post #387
jkalmadi wrote: post #344

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Co-founder of brain.fm here. Thanks for the love! Here's an exclusive deal on the lifetime membership for the next 24 hours. It's a $29 deal (or 80% off) for the lifetime membership. Our best offer :) Link: http://brain.fm/HN

Just checked out your site and it is great. The sound is superb and it really helps focusing. Also, your offer is super generous. However, you only accept credit card payments. I would never give my credit card info to a random site just to read a month from now that they've been hacked. Is there a reason you are not accepting PayPal or BitCoins? It seems that you are not using one of those big payment processors eit…

According to the FAQs they use Stripe.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by r4w8173 »

mpitt wrote: post #389
r4w8173 wrote: post #387

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just checked out your site and it is great. The sound is superb and it really helps focusing. Also, your offer is super generous. However, you only accept credit card payments. I would never give my credit card info to a random site just to read a month from now that they've been hacked. Is there a reason you are not accepting PayPal or BitCoins? It seems that you are not using one of those big payment processors eit…

According to the FAQs they use Stripe.

The form was pointing to their own website.
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