Ask HN: What music alters your state of consciousness? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What music alters your state of consciousness?

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Post by niallsmart » Mon, Nov 09, 2009, 12:36 AM UTC

zen53 wrote: post #21

niallsmart wrote: post #20

Here's a Spotify collaborative playlist with some suggestions from the above... spotify:user:niallsmart:playlist:2Y7iDJaEoozuBDj4Npbm7L

Thanks Niall this is awesome. Syncing right now for the week ahead :)

Happy hacking :) Hopefully you're more productive as a result.

Re: Ask HN: What music alters your state of consciousness?

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Post by nuba » Mon, Nov 09, 2009, 12:43 AM UTC

AndrewO wrote: post #31

Anything instrumental and epic sounding. Right now my favorites are: * Explosions in the Sky * Red Sparowes * British Sea Power's Man of Aran Soundtrack I'd also recommend a band called Souvenir's Young America which sounds like the soundtrack to a zombie/western movie.

Do Make Say Think works wonders for me. and also Egberto Gismonti.

Re: Ask HN: What music alters your state of consciousness?

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Post by ulfstein » Mon, Nov 09, 2009, 1:11 AM UTC

Most of the soundscapes from WildSanctuary (http://bit.ly/2IHocS) have a pretty amazing effect on my productivity.

Re: Ask HN: What music alters your state of consciousness?

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Nov 09, 2009, 1:25 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What music alters your state of consciousness?

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Post by unalone » Mon, Nov 09, 2009, 1:33 AM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #59

unalone wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's okay: I'm not a programmer.

You're not? What are you? [edit: that came out wrong]

Uncertain. Definitely not a programmer.

Re: Ask HN: What music alters your state of consciousness?

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Post by adriand » Mon, Nov 09, 2009, 1:45 AM UTC

tripngroove wrote: post #58

I recently noticed that if I put on something extremely hard or caustic - some kind of screamy metal like Protest the Hero or Tool - and turn the volume up to the point where I can't hear anything else, I stop noticing the music altogether. It kind of feels like it puts my auditory nerve on overload and everything gets filtered out. The intense, ear-crushing metal also confers the added bonus of warding away pesky hu…

As an added benefit, you'll soon lose your hearing altogether and the annoying sound of human voices will become a distant memory!

Re: Ask HN: What music alters your state of consciousness?

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Post by bobbyi » Mon, Nov 09, 2009, 1:46 AM UTC

phish

grateful dead

john coltrane

Re: Ask HN: What music alters your state of consciousness?

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Post by darkxanthos » Mon, Nov 09, 2009, 1:51 AM UTC

Prince (the old stuff) I have tons of music but that's realy the best stuff for getting me to focus and make me feel energized.

Re: Ask HN: What music alters your state of consciousness?

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Post by raju » Mon, Nov 09, 2009, 1:55 AM UTC

ulfstein wrote: post #63

Most of the soundscapes from WildSanctuary ( http://bit.ly/2IHocS ) have a pretty amazing effect on my productivity.

I just discovered NatureSpace [http://www.naturespace.com/]. They call is "Holographic Sound", and its pretty amazing. Check out their website (there is a preview on their landing page, and I strongly recommend having a pair of stereo headphones/earbuds on ;-) )

They have a free iPhone app, well if you have an iPhone, and want to try it out.

[Update - Seems they have options for the Android too]

Re: Ask HN: What music alters your state of consciousness?

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Post by brandonkm » Mon, Nov 09, 2009, 2:03 AM UTC

ianbishop wrote: post #32

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Based on this list you may also like dextro http://www.dextro.co.uk/ also Mike Sheridan is great, I've had one particular album of his on repeat for quite some time http://www.discogs.com/Mike-Sheridan-I-Syv-Sind/release/1473...