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Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by alexdias » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 12:47 PM UTC

qixxiq wrote: post #2

I enjoy trance a lot, mainly Pendulum at the moment. Their latest album is amazing. The Prodigy is up there too. The Killers / Linkin Park / Muse in a different mood. Mighty Mighty Bosstones / Boo! for a third mood I've got a 100 Greatest Guitar Solo's album which also serves me well.

I wouldn't consider Pendulum as trance, though. They started as Drum and Bass, but seem to have gone a bit further away from the genre, into something more mainstream (which has worked out very well for them, their newest album is indeed amazing).

As for trance, I'd recommend listening to something from a few years ago. A friend of mine (registered here actually), advised me to listen to Tiesto's In Concert 2003. On his words, it's one of those sets that once you start listening, you just can't stop.

PS: Also, Tiesto's In Search Of Sunrise 6 has a beginning that I just love: the sound of sea slowly transitioning to trance. You can listen to it on youtube, on a video with the first two tracks from ISOS6.

Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by jsulak » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 12:50 PM UTC

AlexMuir wrote: post #15

Soma.fm: groove salad and Secret Agent. I'm in a good routine when they're on. Just like supermarkets with buying music, they tell my brain it's coding time.

I like that: "they tell my brain it's coding time." It's more important to me I think to have the same music than specific music.

I use ephiphany radio (http://www.epiphanyradio.org/) and Joey Fehrenbach radio on Pandora. They are what tells my brain it's coding time.

Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by daeken » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 12:51 PM UTC

Generally, I'll pick an artist and listen to their entire discography. The main perks of this are that you don't have to fuss with it once you find what you're in the mood for, you'll generally get at least a good 2 hours of play out of it, and you'll usually avoid musical whiplash, if the album is put together well.

According to last.fm (username is the same as here, for those who want to befriend me), my big artists these days are: The Decemberists, Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Rufus Wainwright, Machinae Supremacy, and Andrew Bird.

I also strongly recommend the 80-minute Demovibes mixes, if you dig demotunes: http://www.demovibes.org/dv_info.htm

Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by MikeHamer » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 12:56 PM UTC

truebosko wrote: post #43

Try some post-rock: - Tortoise - Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Thee Silver Mt. Zion - This Will Destroy You - Do Make Say Think - Explosions in the Sky .. To name a few Very melodic, quiet, soothing, but also explosive at times.

I'll second this.

I will also add the following (much smaller) artists to the list:

- Balmorhea

- Tunturia

I've been listening to both of them a lot lately - more so than I have the heavy-weights (as listed above)

Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by daeken » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 12:56 PM UTC

drx wrote: post #41

tkahn6 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Justice, Digitalism, and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Hypnotic Brass Ensemble isn't strictly electronica but their music is really cool (no words too). http://vimeo.com/1418890 I have a Ratatat station and Justice station on Pandora which I've tuned individually over the past year.

Great. I'm pretty much an omnivore when it comes to music... I'll listen to anything I like; there's hip-hop, movie/game scores, pop, rock, etc. in my playlists.

When Miles Davis released his album Sketches of Spain (brilliant, if you haven't heard it), there was a huge controversy over whether or not it was "real jazz". He did an interview shortly thereafter, where he was asked what genre he'd put it into. His response was brilliant: "It's music, and I like it."

I couldn't describe my own standpoint on what music I like any better than he did. While there are many genres in which I dislike the vast majority of the content, I'll give anything a shot and won't let a silly label stand in the way of liking something. I'm glad to see so many people on here feel the same; it always makes me cry on the inside to see listeners box themselves in.

Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by brianto2010 » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 12:59 PM UTC

Hardstyle: http://listen.di.fm/public3/hardstyle.pls

Eurodance: http://listen.di.fm/public3/eurodance.pls

Eurobeat: http://go2id.net:8000/listen.pls

JPop: http://kawaii-radio.net/listen.m3u

Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by jarin » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 12:59 PM UTC

apsurd wrote: post #50

I like streaming; set it and forget it. http://trancearoundtheworld.com http://mugasha.com http://pandora.com http://grooveshark.com sorry thesixtyone... we used to spend a lot of time together, till the UI change ... =(

Thankfully there is still http://old.thesixtyone.com :)

Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by Andi » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 1:01 PM UTC

Porcupine Tree

Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by saurabh » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 1:04 PM UTC

How I get into "the zone" is by repeatedly listening to my new favourite Bollywood song of the week.

Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by jarin » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 1:04 PM UTC

Pretty much anything I know by heart and can sing along to works for me. I just shuffle my "Top Rated" playlist all day and try to add at least a few new songs to it every so often.

It's a pretty big mix, with everything from Zero 7 to MF Doom to David Bowie to Gravity Kills to Johnny Cash, Oasis, Dr. Octagon, Lemon Jelly, Hole, and a ton more.