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I still can't find anything better to program to than Nujabes. I'm going to give this a genuine shot, but Jun Seba really left his mark on me for life. I find m
by sergiotapia 11y ago
I still can't find anything better to program to than Nujabes. I'm going to give this a genuine shot, but Jun Seba really left his mark on me for life. I find myself listening to his albums and songs at least twice a day.
I think it's because of his repetitive beats, smooth strings and soft instrumentation. There's a reason there are 10 hour 'homework' edits on youtube for almost all of his songs.
Counting Stars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-tTmSY4m4M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-tTmSY4m4M
Voice of Autum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvcQWJaaQDw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvcQWJaaQDw
Arurian Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6E9WMM0vko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6E9WMM0vko
- tonetheman 11y agoMan that stuff is amazing. You/this comment is exactly why I read comments. GREAT STUFF.
- chejazi 11y agoJust finished watching Samurai Champloo, where I first learned about Nujabes. I was saddened when I discovered the artist died in 2010. Great music! RIP
- sergiotapia 11y agoRest in Beats
- xzel 11y agoI literally broke down and cried my freshman year of college when I heard the news. I was a massive fan of his at the time and I really was devastated. I binged on his music for a couple days and eventually was at peace with it all; its touching to me that his music can have that effect. RIP Jun.
- searchfaster 11y agoExcellent ! Thank you.. I am sure this will accompany me through countless hours of coding..
- sergiotapia 11y agoThere's a before and after to Nujabes - it marks your life, enjoy!
- kaishiro 11y agoMan, completely agree. I fell in love with his work years ago and will never stop listening. Not to compare these, because they're not even the same genre when you get down to it, but while poking around on Google Play Music the other day I found a series of tribute albums to Nujabes by Soul Jazz Collective: Spring: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Soul_Jazz_Collective_Suite_For_Nujabes_Vol_1_Sprin?id=Bcpq6f2jkdvhxap6vakm2jgizqm https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Soul_Jazz_Collecti... Summer: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Soul_Jazz_Collective_Suite_For_Nujabes_Vol_2_Summe?id=B2llh2xiltnuqq5y37zfy6sny5i https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Soul_Jazz_Collecti... Fall: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Soul_Jazz_Collective_Suite_For_Nujabes_Vol_3_Fall?id=B45qcdrd3h4btucjnillwgnxyt4 https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Soul_Jazz_Collecti... Winter: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Soul_Jazz_Collective_Suite_For_Nujabes_Vol_4_Winte?id=Bnau27lnwxtijdybbgcgdcvdpzi https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Soul_Jazz_Collecti... Thought it was very sweet. And they're not bad for when you're just relaxing around the house
- EightFiveTwo 11y agoCreated an account just to say this is amazing. Rest in beats!
- alva 11y agoWhile we are at it, the following is a selection of musicians whose work for me is both sedative and promotes focus (an oxymoron?). Ambient music usually garners a few sniggers, "this is what they play in spas" "whale music" etc, however in my experience can be an incredibly rewarding and effective method of relaxation and enjoyment. Gas (Wolfgang Voigt) - Pop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s--IkNqI9og https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s--IkNqI9og Brian Eno - Discreet Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE6nQ0lkLdY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE6nQ0lkLdY Willits + Sakamoto - Reticent Reminiscence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdJdDwi1RS4&list=RDdskvPFt7wf8&index=2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdJdDwi1RS4&list=RDdskvPFt7w... Aphex Twin - Stone in Focus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG16BTj5qT4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG16BTj5qT4 Bvdub - A Moment's Peace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exr3IAMaLPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exr3IAMaLPM cv313 - Beyond The Clouds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqrRIDd5pSk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqrRIDd5pSk If you enjoy this type of music I thoroughly recommend the Headphone Commute blog. Apologies if a bit off topic.
- melloclello 11y agoCannot stop listening to that Gas album. Also Ryuichi Sakamoto has a golden touch. See Loscil, Lawrence English, Nest for more of this kind of music
- unwound 11y agoGas is one of my favorite artists of all time. While I think Pop is a fantastic album, his best is Zauberberg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKsLvEkefTc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKsLvEkefTc This album breathes warmth into my soul. So hauntingly beautiful that I think about these soundscapes on a daily basis.
- sneak 11y ago> Gas is one of my favorite artists of all time. While I think Pop is a fantastic album, his best is Zauberberg. Perhaps under that alias. His minimal acid techno is also unparalleled. Mike Ink - Playtex (Dadajack): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O30AGIUofRw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O30AGIUofRw Mike Ink & Andreas Dorau - Das Telefon Sagt Acid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPFZ-JxQdtc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPFZ-JxQdtc (He (Wolfgang Voigt) goes by Mike Ink, Gas, M:I:5, Studio 1, Wassermann, et al.)
- WmyEE0UsWAwC2i 11y agoWhat's wrong with silence?
- piyush_soni 11y agoAt most workplaces, you don't have silence. And even if we had, don't know about you, but absolute silence makes my wind wander more than with a background music.
- ionised 11y agoMusic can help people be more creative/productive/focused.
- bladecatcher 11y agoI love Nujabes too. I also highly recommend Boards of Canada: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0fSIHcxJhECMV53Llj23pLyJc-3THLn- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0fSIHcxJhECMV53Llj23...
- EC1 11y agoCheckout "Christ." as well. 3rd early BoC member, he's sort of struggling but his music is amazing. He's one of the only artists to ever get an encore from John Peel. He's reissuing one of his best albums on vinyl and is only 64 preorders away from fulfilling the goal - https://www.diggersfactory.com/project/203/christ-curio-volume-1 https://www.diggersfactory.com/project/203/christ-curio-volu... 1) Christ. - Pylonesque - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXipXsYg1_U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXipXsYg1_U 2) Christ. - Glenbrook - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yIicModMLw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yIicModMLw 3) Christ. - Perlandine Friday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcaNsuqOzwY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcaNsuqOzwY His music got me through some times. Especially 2 and 3.
- maaarghk 11y agoI agree, definitely worth checking out. Excellent musician. I find the following tracks are great to code to as well: https://christmusic.bandcamp.com/track/sunart https://christmusic.bandcamp.com/track/sunart https://christmusic.bandcamp.com/track/moxley-moy-4-track-original-1997 https://christmusic.bandcamp.com/track/moxley-moy-4-track-or... (The album the second one is on, overall, is on quite regular office rotation here. Even when it's noisy, it's quite heavily beat driven which at least personally keeps me in the zone.)
- EC1 11y agoMan I'll relay the message, he'll be super happy.
- bladecatcher 11y agoThank you much for pointing me towards Christ. I'm listening to the John Peel session past couple of days, it's perfect!
- mooseburger 11y agoI guess I'm pretty weird for programming to tribal punk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn9Li6Sh9BU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn9Li6Sh9BU
- rbanffy 11y agoI used to do it to heavy metal. I joke it keeps the little nagging hyperactive creature inside my brain entertained so it doesn't mess up the rest that's trying to work. I immediately imagined an Inside Out-like scene where one feeling is trying to concentrate and an army of other feelings plays tuba, rides bikes, cooks, sings, asks about opinions...
- gtrubetskoy 11y agoFor me it's 1. Absolute silence (as in - no music) 2. Pink Floyd (mostly Wish You Were Here)
- mc808 11y agoAlmost anything by Martin Stimming immediately puts me in the zone for a few hours of coding. E.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMd8VFC-lLQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMd8VFC-lLQ
- chm 11y agoI'm giving this one a try. It's pretty annoying when the man starts speaking to be honest. At least when I want to concentrate. But the music is good.
- mc808 11y agoYeah, that's actually the track I had in mind when I wrote "almost". But most of his music gives me a really pleasant/chilling/surreal vibe that I haven't found anywhere else.
- EGreg 11y agosergiotapia imagine in 5-10 years you leave a comment like this and then come back and write ... wow crap the AI is soo much better than the talented artist I loved for life! I just wanna go back to his stuff for nostalgia sometimes but honestly it's not even close. Can you imagine that?
- sergiotapia 11y agoI've been listening to Nujabes's various albums going on 11 years now, so I don't have to imagine that scenario. His music isn't going anywhere.
- msbarnett 11y agoIf you like Nujabes, try Fat Jon too.
- ionised 11y agoI'll second Fat Jon (full title Fat Jon the Ample Soul Phsyician). It is very similar music to Nujabes.
- evanscottgray 11y agoI was so incredibly sad when I found out that he wasn't around to make more. I haven't found another artist that appeals to me like him. Rest in peace Jun Seba.
- itsnotvalid 11y agoWhen I started listening to techno/electro music I quickly found about Nujabes (I am more into the Japanese scene) but later he got into a traffic accident. What a pity to this world.
- markovbling 11y ago<3 Nujabes RIP For the hip hop heads check out 9th Wonder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBX_ADoO-7E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBX_ADoO-7E
- JonnieCache 11y agoDon Slepian makes nice ambient/new age music, and is notable for having made it algorithmically at Bell Labs in the late 70s, where he was artist-in-residence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG3_D_CGovg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG3_D_CGovg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnIygBoO9eM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnIygBoO9eM
- MegaLeon 11y agoSaved, will go through them in upcoming programming sessions :) I recently discovered pulse emitter and I find it really improves my flow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c_RBU-h2Uo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c_RBU-h2Uo
- sean_the_geek 11y agoGreat list! - Bookmarked! I recently found out Entheogenic[1] and so far loving the music. [1] : http://www.entheogenic.net/index.html http://www.entheogenic.net/index.html
- lozf 11y agoIf you like Entheogenic, I highly recommend OTT - https://ottsonic.bandcamp.com/ https://ottsonic.bandcamp.com/
- sean_the_geek 11y agoJust spent past few hours listening to OTT, thanks for recommending and +1 to them!
- nurb 11y agoSo then I highly recommend Emancipator
- sean_the_geek 11y agomany thanks! looks good!
- yomly 11y agoFor people who liked Arurian Dance, check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkk6m14htzw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkk6m14htzw (it's where the original sample from, which itself was an adaptation of the Pavane pour une infante défunte by Ravel)
- agentgt 11y agoThe music I like to listen to while programming is basically trip hop/acid jazz/lounge/world music/some techno. Some songs that are probably not well known that I like are: I really like B. Fleischmann's Album "The Humbucking Coil" (particularly "Composure" and "Static Grate"). I also like Meteorology by Overseer .. it sounds like Royksopp. Its a weird song but I like. Anyway my playlist is here: https://open.spotify.com/user/agentgt/playlist/7whQGAE4NSps8s4SJdFsA3 https://open.spotify.com/user/agentgt/playlist/7whQGAE4NSps8...
- ahewett 11y agoSo much inspiration in this thread. I mentioned this further down the page, but it's a hobby of mine to ask what music people work to. This is a goldmine for me. Thanks a lot for posting, and for trying it out. Would love to hear your feedback, or anyone else's from this thread. Email me any time. Just my first name and brain.fm. Next week I go back to working on more music themes. We hired a new guy a month ago and he's ready to take over the app, so, this is perfect timing. Let's see what me and the AI-guy can come up with. :) - Adam from Brain.fm
- ionised 11y agoWord. I was blown away when I encountered Nujabes. His accident was such a shame.
- bewe42 11y agoMy favourite remains the Drone Zone channel from SomaFM: https://somafm.com/dronezone/ https://somafm.com/dronezone/ Second are their channels that mix voice with ambient music (mission control and sf police), it's a great combination to focus