I've really been digging house while I work lately: https://soundcloud.com/moodindigo72
Music for Programming
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#162I may be the only person, but when I need to focus, and drown out the outside world, the best stuff for me is early Philip Glass--essentially anything up to the Koyaanisqatsi soundtrack. Einstein on the Beach, Music in 12 Parts, Northstar, etc., but as with another poste, nothing with intelligible language--so parts of Einstein don't work, but most of it is perfect. There is something about the apparent velocity of t…
You're not alone. I additionally like John Adams (Shaker Loops) and Steve Reich (Electric Counterpoint, Music for 18 Musicians).
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#163Happy to join the co-oping of this post for programming music discovery. My top 5 over the last few years (no particular order): [Elect] Daft Punk - Tron Legacy OST [Synth] Perturbator - I Am The Night [Metal] A Skylit Drive - Wires... and the Concept of Breathing [ ??? ] Postal Service - Give Up [Synth] Dance with the Dead - B-Sides: Vol. 1
Considering your tastes I'd recommend this streaming station
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#164I've really been digging house while I work lately: https://soundcloud.com/moodindigo72
House is the best for coding. I have a playlist on spotify that I always listen to, but I gotta start using Soundcloud more since there's so many great sets there. The UX kinda annoys me tho.
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#165Having some ASCII nonsense instead of standard controls is a bad idea.
Heh they probably know their users better than us...
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#166Earlier quoted context omitted.
A large proportion of House music has lyrics and/or speaking, so I'm not surprised.
I would say the opposite, most "good" house music, or house that is considered tasteful, doesn't have lyrics. It may have some voice samples, but nothing too distracting. There are obviously many exceptions to this rule, but you can generally consider most house music to be instrumental.
> most "good" house music, or house that is considered tasteful, doesn't have lyrics.
I agree.
> but you can generally consider most house music to be instrumental.
If an instrumental is music without words at all (not even in voice samples), as far as I've experienced, Techno instrumentals are far more common; House instrumentals have always seemed somewhat rare.
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#167I 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…
Thanks! You have a really interesting taste in music I think. I just skimmed through every album. I saved the album from: Tim Hecker, Sunn 0))), Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin and Brian Eno With Mozart and Bill Evans I am familiar. The Godspeed You! album I found not as straigt forward and distinct as I like my music. But don't take this as proper critique. Even though I hear lots of music, I have no 'intellectual' bas…
> Sleep: Jerusalem
Look for "Sleep - Dopesmoker". It’s the re-release of the same thing.
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#168John Cages 4’33” on repeat ….
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#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I absolutely cannot listen to music with words when I code 1000% My first job was at a design agency, where they understood next to nothing about programming (and neither did I tbh). They used to listen to the news and talk shows on the radio all day. It was impossible for me to focus. Literally impossible. On the topic of music, as soon as my brain hears a word it hyper focuses on it like my dog when she smells a…
Did anybody else here ever work in the Tea Rooms in Shoreditch, London? Or any of those "incubators" around the A10 "Silicon Roundabout"? It was a massive warehouse and popular low rent facility filled with startups circa 2010. You could rent anything from a desk to a whole floor. Only one problem. Constant construction noise! Hammering, drilling, sawing, cranes and trucks moving. Shoreditch was a trendy place for te…
That's surely worthy of more serious scientific study. It definitely wouldn't surprise me to see a strong correlation between code quality/ correctness and background distractions (not just audio) at the time of it being written. Or at least between the rate of correct code output and level of distraction.
Personally I very rarely find any benefit to having music playing while coding, unless it's to block out other sounds I can't avoid. Whatever increase in immediate enjoyment there might be would be quickly canceled out by the realization I'm not focused 100% on the task at hand and making silly mistakes/taking too long over it.
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#170Checkout Ricky Ryan for some quality underground progressive electronic music at ~116bpm: https://soundcloud.com/rickyryan
The mixes are about 1hr in length and his set programming is top-notch. He releases a mix about once a month.
His 'Mixtapes' playlist is a bit more clubby, and 'Textures' a bit more relaxing.
Bio from page:
Sometimes we come across DJs combining talent with a livewire personality, and Ricky Ryan is among these.
His sound is distinguished by a broad variety of musical styles, from beautiful warm House, and deep Techno, to driving dance floor anthems, always guiding the listener through a spiritual soundscape by his silky smooth mixing and impeccable programming.
Ricky toured worldwide, including gigs at the Winter Music Conference in Miami, The BPM Festival in Mexico, ADE in Amsterdam, Creamfields in his hometown Buenos Aires, and an honourable residency at the spectacular Warung Beach Club in Brazil.
His success is exemplified by featuring on John Digweed's Transitions show, and on Proton Radio, setting a record of simultaneous listeners, with rave reviews from Sander Kleinenberg, Danny Howells, and Desyn Masiello for DJ MAG.
Ricky Ryan is just as well respected for his remixes and productions while establishing both fine labels, Sick Watona and Avangardia, supported by Sasha, Hernan Cattaneo, Guy J, and many more.
He, who also is your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of the LORD, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.