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Post by Andi »

DCoder wrote: post #128
Andi wrote: post #58

Porcupine Tree

+1. I find that their psychedelics (Lynton Samuel Dawson, Voyage 34, Staircase Infinities, No Reason To Live No Reason To Die, Moonloop) mix quite well with Pink Floyd's (A Saucerful of Secrets, Atom Heart Mother, Set the controls...). Most of the later works are too vocal and distracting.

I don't think so. Their whole opus is exceptional, because they are inspired by broad range of bands and the other way round and know how to create soundspheres. I don't like their last album "The Incident" very much.

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Post by elblanco »

spudlyo wrote: post #141
elblanco wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reich is somebody who I've been introduced to in the last couple weeks. I haven't tried him yet, but I find his work absolutely mind blowing...and exhausting to listen to. It's like a really great hike up a mountain, watching the scenery slowly change the entire way, then absolute exhaustion at the end of the climb.

Steve Reich is another Reich worth listening to. My work/concentration playlist has Music for 18 Muscians , Violin Phase , and Octet . All great minimalist pieces that are interesting enough to keep your mind engaged, but not too distracting.

I was not aware there were two Reich's in minimalist music? Who's the other?

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Post by kree10 »

daeken wrote: post #53

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 artist…

There's a very small and (for now?) inactive HN group on last.fm:

http://www.last.fm/group/Hacker+News+(Ycombinator)

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Post by apgwoz »

ryanjmo wrote: post #105
kenjackson wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where's a good collection of 8-bit music? I like the music the 8bit renditions of popular music that Engadget stars their podcast with, but don't know a good archive for them.

YouTube is currently the best place to find it, just put together or find a playlist. I was spoiled with this, because we built a website for creating YouTube Playlists and we made a bunch of really good ones for Video Game Music. That site is mostly broken now though... But I will still provide you with my favorite collection of 8-bit (well 16 bit technically) music: http://flotate.com/?p=12352-Phantasy-Star-2-Sound…

I used to listen to Mega Man walkthroughs on youtube. Love the music they created for that series.

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Post by pdxgene »

angusgr wrote: post #166
pdxgene wrote: post #162

+1 for Boards of Canada -- I prefer "Music has the Right to Children" over "Geogaddi" when coding -- the latter is a little too angular and abrasive at points. "Combustication" by Medeski, Martin & Wood is another great one for sustained productivity. For me, anything that grooves is helpful. Stuff with lyrics tends to be too distracting.

Have you tried any of the more recent BoC albums? The 'Beautiful Place out in the Country' EP is unabrasive, and I find 'Campfire Headphase' less angular than Geogaddi as well.

Yeah, "beautiful place" is on heavy rotation for me as well.
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