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Re: Hacker Music?

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Post by buss » Tue, Oct 02, 2007, 2:48 AM UTC

cmars232 wrote: post #23

Recent rotation: * Do Make Say Think (recent album I think) * Alice Coltrane "Journey in Satchidananda" * Various - "Putamayo World Lounge" * Hybrid - Live DJ set from Moscow, 2004 In general while hacking, anything ambient, repetitive (electronica) or without vocals (jazz/classical), or vocals in a language I mostly don't understand (tropicalia, death metal, stereolab) is a great soundtrack. While designing though,…

Stars of the Lid is great, thanks for the recommendation. I tend to listen to ambient stuff when coding. Shpongle, Bonobo, Boards of Canada, Andrew Coleman, Bill Laswell, Birdy Nam Nam (definitely not ambient), Broken Social Scene are all good.

Re: Hacker Music?

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Post by brianmckenzie » Tue, Oct 02, 2007, 3:19 AM UTC

trueshadow21 wrote: post #6

um, im classic rock, led zeppelin, blue oyster cult and stuff i guess im a little different than most programmers/hackers judging by the other posts

I've been known to listen to Zep and other classic rock, it's about half of what I listen to, but usually not while programming.

Re: Hacker Music?

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Post by falsestprophet » Tue, Oct 02, 2007, 3:34 AM UTC

Most often I listen to indie music. My favorites are Rilo Kiley, The Decemberists, Metric, The Arcade Fire, Feist and Stars. It doesn't look like I have any peers here.

But, I do enjoy some Pop (like Ben Folds and Dispatch), Baroque, Ska and Big Band as well.

edit: I also love Gunther and Swizz Beatz. I don't know why.

That said, of course, I prefer soothing tapes of Paul Graham's voice.

Re: Hacker Music?

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Post by nextmovetwo » Tue, Oct 02, 2007, 4:08 AM UTC

Lots of Hip-hop and classic rock; Some metal (lots of 3 Inches of Blood recently); some indie (i guess) stuff (Fall of Troy, etc); some Funk and some Jazz; the occasional orchestral track never hurts.

Re: Hacker Music?

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Post by gensym » Tue, Oct 02, 2007, 4:09 AM UTC

buss wrote: post #31

cmars232 wrote: post #23

Recent rotation: * Do Make Say Think (recent album I think) * Alice Coltrane "Journey in Satchidananda" * Various - "Putamayo World Lounge" * Hybrid - Live DJ set from Moscow, 2004 In general while hacking, anything ambient, repetitive (electronica) or without vocals (jazz/classical), or vocals in a language I mostly don't understand (tropicalia, death metal, stereolab) is a great soundtrack. While designing though,…

Stars of the Lid is great, thanks for the recommendation. I tend to listen to ambient stuff when coding. Shpongle, Bonobo, Boards of Canada, Andrew Coleman, Bill Laswell, Birdy Nam Nam (definitely not ambient), Broken Social Scene are all good.

I've got to second Boards of Canada. Also, Four Tet, Alan Sparhawk's solo guitar (his band, Low, is some of my favorite music for when I'm not hacking), Sigur Ros, Collections of Colonies of Bees, Mouse on Mars, Do Make Say Think, Squarepusher, Dirty Three, Six Organs of Admittance, and Labradford

Re: Hacker Music?

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Post by Alex3917 » Tue, Oct 02, 2007, 4:48 AM UTC

Maurice el Medioni's album Descarga Oriental.

Re: Hacker Music?

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Post by luxiou » Tue, Oct 02, 2007, 5:40 AM UTC

http://anywhere.fm/luxiou/top_trance

A mix of old school and some new school melodic trance :o

Re: Hacker Music?

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Post by trekker7 » Tue, Oct 02, 2007, 6:37 AM UTC

80s and classic rock

Re: Hacker Music?

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Post by gregp » Tue, Oct 02, 2007, 6:39 AM UTC

luke vibert all day long.

Re: Hacker Music?

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Post by sgoraya » Tue, Oct 02, 2007, 6:44 AM UTC

nextmoveone wrote: post #21

kobs wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another nod for Zero 7.

Zero 7. Definitely something I would listen to while programming.

To add to the list, some of personal favs that get me through coding sessions:

Orb

Narko Masutra

Kompakt (5,6) - german techno compilation - Germans know their elektronika ;)

Richie Hawtin // Plastikman

Kraftwerk

Squarepusher