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> 1. My favourite genres are K-Pop and Industrial – it helps that they are also very energetic genres — and my rule is that I can only listen to them while prog
by croon 10y ago
> 1. My favourite genres are K-Pop and Industrial – it helps that they are also very energetic genres — and my rule is that I can only listen to them while programming. Helps to really put me in the “you’re working now” space (thanks to Julian Shapiro for this tip)
I never consciously did this, other than I obviously went to the music and pressed play, but since about 10 years ago, when I really need to focus on work, I listen to a playlist of what I would call prog trance/house trance, a genre I would absolutely never listen to for the enjoyment of music. It's really weird but it soothes me when working, and it doesn't distract (by me getting too into it), nor distracts me by being annoying.
It reminds me of when I was a teen and I was an extremely tuned night person (still am, but conformed), and was really hard to wake up. Slept through alarm clock at highest setting. I scheduled a playlist on my computer, and allowed it to wake up from hibernation for scheduled events to play through connected speakers. It however ruined any music I used this way, so I had to pick music I didn't like to begin with.
- delegate 10y agoAlso try psychill / psybient if you want a calm, ambient soundscape. Good for deep concentration.
- croon 10y agoI listen a lot to ambient as well, but I liken it to drinking tea, which I normally do, and save coffee (the bpm stuff) for crunchtime. My ambient go-to:s are (in no particular order): Roedelius Harold Budd Tim Story Brian Eno Roger Eno Hannu Offthesky Deaf Center Message To Bears Pjusk Everything Is diatonis Build Buildings The Echelon Effect
- krylon 10y agoNot sure if that counts, but I really like Bohren & Der Club of Gore. It's not Ambient per se, but super-downtempo jazz-ish music. I highly recommend Sunset Mission!
- croon 10y agoThanks! Reminds me of the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack, especially Space Lion.
- YorkianTones 10y agoHave you tried ambient techno? Boards of Canada Tycho Ulrich Schnauss Fisk Industries
- croon 10y agoI'm not sure I've registered the genre name, but the artists you mentioned, sure! They're great!
- pimeys 10y agoAll doing remarkable ambient techno at some point in their career. Aphex Twin Autechre Function & Vatican Shadow Sandwell District Lucy Rrose Gas Speedy J The 7th Plain F.U.S.E.
- krylon 10y ago> Ulrich Schnauss Ulrich Schnauss is very, very good at what he does. Highly recommended.
- asciihacker 10y agoI'd never heard of Roedelius. Kind of an interesting minimalist piano style. Very likeable. I'm listening to "self-portrait" (or at least that's my translation of the German).
- kubami 10y agocan you share some of your favourite tracks?
- Galaxeblaffer 10y agoCarbon Based Lifeforms - Super Seed Carbon Based Lifeforms - Tensor --------------------------- Really most CBL is good.. :) but the best albums are --------------------------- World Of Sleepers Interloper Hydroponic Garden --------------------------- Theres also artist like --------------------------- Asura Solar Fields Koan Aes Dana Sync24 (side project from one of the CBL guys) Ooze Ott --------------------------- Other good artists but a bit different ambient genre would be --------------------------- Abakus (This dude is super productive and his shit is awesome !) Kiasmos Krusseldorf Bluetech --------------------------- If you like your downtempo more pop then try --------------------------- Bonobo Emanicpator Catching Flies Galimatias Shlohmo Tycho --------------------------- That was a short list on the top of my head :)
- darfs 10y agoSometimes, if i read Comments like that.. i want an favorite Link here too. Thanks for Sharing!
- croon 10y agoGreat compilation! I listen to maybe half of these already, but curiously not while working generally. I especially like Emancipator, Tycho, Carbon Based Lifeforms, Kiasmos.
- ethanbond 10y agoReally surprised I had to scroll this far to see Tycho! I enjoy most on your last list, I'll have to check out the ones further up.
- firegrind 10y agoI'm surprised not to see Murcof's downtempo piano-heavy work on this excellent list