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Music for Programming
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#32Have been using https://www.lofi.cafe/ for the same purpose for some time now.. will try this out as well
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#33Surprised not to see any tracks from Telefon Tel Aviv's Fahrenheit Fair Enough [1]. 1. https://telefon-tel-aviv.bandcamp.com/album/fahrenheit-fair-...
landmark album! all of the telefon albums are great in their own right.
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#34I go for thrash metal, with earplugs then over the ear headphones turned up enough to get through the earplugs at a comfortable volume. That blocks any exterior sound, is complex enough that I don't get bored, but doesn't have anything hook-y enough that it pulls my attention away from the task.
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#35I just quickly scrolled through my collection and here are some random, but fantastic instrumental albums I've used while "in the zone":
- Miles Davis: In a Silent Way
- Brian Eno: Ambient 4: On Land
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor: F♯ A♯ ∞ (one of my favourite albums. listen with your best headphones. HD650s are good)
- Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works Volume II
- Mozart: Requiem (my first proper introduction to classical. I was absolutely blown away)
- Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
- Sun O))): Black One (extremely experimental doom metal. the musicality of it is questionable at times but it's fantastic to study to)
- Sleep: Jerusalem (occasional vocals but trust me they're not distracting)
- Tim Hecker: Harmony in Ultraviolet
- Bill Evans: Sunday at the Village Vanguard
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#36Call me weird but I need hard techno for work or else I'll function for only 50%
For me I find the higher the bpm the easier it is to focus on what I'm doing. The ambient/relaxing stuff just never seems to work for me.
This Laidback Drum & Bass playlist[1] gets a regular run out.
1: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=RDCLAK5uy_mhouxvxL06...
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#37I listen to toe. It’s a very soothing Japanese rock band. Some minor vocals, they are hardly noticeable.
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#38Autechre, all day.
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#39I just quickly scrolled through my collection and here are some random, but fantastic instrumental albums I've used while "in the zone": - Miles Davis: In a Silent Way - Brian Eno: Ambient 4: On Land - Godspeed You! Black Emperor: F♯ A♯ ∞ (one of my favourite albums. listen with your best headphones. HD650s are good) - Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works Volume II - Mozart: Requiem (my first proper introduction to cla…
Brian Eno's got some great ambient stuff (although Ambient 4 is not one of my favorites).
Some I'd recommend:
* Ambient 1: Music for Airports
* Ambient 2: Plateaux of Mirror
* The Pearl
* Thursday Afternoon
* Discreet Music
If you like any of those, there's lots more to explore. I don't care for all Eno's ambient works, but I really enjoy some of it.
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#40As a massive house-head and someone who's been involved in the electronic music scene to varying degrees for two decades, I actually find it extremely difficult to listen to music while writing code, because all I actually do is listen to the music, rather than work. As such, when I feel the need to put my headphones on to drown out external noise, I prefer listening to musique d'ameublement ( https://en.wikipedia.or…
A large proportion of House music has lyrics and/or speaking, so I'm not surprised.