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Ask HN: Favorite Music to Program To?

I've been struggling to find a decent band/playlist of music that has no discernible lyrics in it for years now. Just about to program and wanting to listen to a little something right now, at a loss, so I figured I'd ask y'all! What was the last song/artist/playlist you listened to while you got into the groove of programming?

lioeters 6y ago
Anouar Brahem Quartet - Jazz Sous Les Pommiers 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYYEQL72wtg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYYEQL72wtg
exrook 6y ago
Liquid drum and bass mixes https://youtu.be/YIWFNVb7whk https://youtu.be/YIWFNVb7whk
helph67 6y ago
The A.B.C Kids digital radio sends this out at night. It's continuous, easy listening background music, mainly classical.. https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/sleep-through/ https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/sleep-through/
_ozde 6y ago
I listen to lofi hip hop music playlist in Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vvXsWCC9xrXsKd4FyS8kM?si=2Kkh3M_oQJKWtrCPo4LHsQ https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vvXsWCC9xrXsKd4FyS8kM?si=...
odomojuli 6y ago
I submitted this thread as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19579216 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19579216 I've been into program to music to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleatoric_music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleatoric_music If you want indiscernible lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz47h75_FJo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz47h75_FJo (Not sure this fits the criteria of 'decent') I like long pieces that distort my sense of time and concentration and give texture to the feeling of being in the zone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZZ0DYIkaP8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZZ0DYIkaP8
dalmo3 6y ago
Fallujah has been doing the rounds for the last weeks for me. No discernible lyrics at all. But if you're not into epic progressive death metal then I recommend di.fm.
dpeck 6y ago
I’ve found that all the Reznor/Ross collaborations work really well for deep work in general, coding or not. The Social Network soundtrack is a favorite to start anytime I’m doing “heads down” work, but most of their catalog fills that need nicely https://music.apple.com/us/artist/trent-reznor-atticus-ross/395740922 https://music.apple.com/us/artist/trent-reznor-atticus-ross/...
dave_sid 6y ago
Boards of Canada?
f_kai 6y ago
I guess I'm going to be that person, but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selected_Ambient_Works_85%E2%80%9392 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selected_Ambient_Works_85%E2%8... It's the album I keep going back to when I'm in the zone.
mkranjec 6y ago
Have you tried IDM? Works wonders for me. Here's one artist from my home country that was also featured in Guardian few years ago: Kleemar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_g9wW8iR3E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_g9wW8iR3E
leipert 6y ago
I really like PsyTrance and Goa. Search for „Astrix“ or „Ace Ventura“ (artists) + „ozora“ or „boom“ (festivals) on YouTube. I really like the speed of it and if there are lyrics, they are very repetitive / meditation like. Also the sets are quite long. If you are in a workplace setting, try to keep the live sets in a background tab, as Goa/PsyTrance Festival recordings might have half naked people in them. Edit: Or try to find artists in a genre you like, singing in a foreign language. I really like Korpiklaani, as don’t understand and probably never will understand a word of Finnish.
matt_the_bass 6y ago
My go to is Club D’Elf. 1/2 morrocan trance 1/2 jam band with an impressive lineup of guests. Hundreds of live shows with professional level recordings on archive.org.

lioeters 6y ago

Anouar Brahem Quartet - Jazz Sous Les Pommiers 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYYEQL72wtg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYYEQL72wtg

exrook 6y ago

Liquid drum and bass mixes https://youtu.be/YIWFNVb7whk https://youtu.be/YIWFNVb7whk

helph67 6y ago

The A.B.C Kids digital radio sends this out at night. It's continuous, easy listening background music, mainly classical.. https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/sleep-through/ https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/sleep-through/

_ozde 6y ago

I listen to lofi hip hop music playlist in Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vvXsWCC9xrXsKd4FyS8kM?si=2Kkh3M_oQJKWtrCPo4LHsQ https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vvXsWCC9xrXsKd4FyS8kM?si=...

odomojuli 6y ago

I submitted this thread as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19579216 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19579216 I've been into program to music to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleatoric_music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleatoric_music If you want indiscernible lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz47h75_FJo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz47h75_FJo (Not sure this fits the criteria of 'decent') I like long pieces that distort my sense of time and concentration and give texture to the feeling of being in the zone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZZ0DYIkaP8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZZ0DYIkaP8

dalmo3 6y ago

Fallujah has been doing the rounds for the last weeks for me. No discernible lyrics at all. But if you're not into epic progressive death metal then I recommend di.fm.

dpeck 6y ago

I’ve found that all the Reznor/Ross collaborations work really well for deep work in general, coding or not. The Social Network soundtrack is a favorite to start anytime I’m doing “heads down” work, but most of their catalog fills that need nicely https://music.apple.com/us/artist/trent-reznor-atticus-ross/395740922 https://music.apple.com/us/artist/trent-reznor-atticus-ross/...

dave_sid 6y ago

Boards of Canada?

f_kai 6y ago

I guess I'm going to be that person, but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selected_Ambient_Works_85%E2%80%9392 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selected_Ambient_Works_85%E2%8... It's the album I keep going back to when I'm in the zone.

mkranjec 6y ago

Have you tried IDM? Works wonders for me. Here's one artist from my home country that was also featured in Guardian few years ago: Kleemar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_g9wW8iR3E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_g9wW8iR3E

leipert 6y ago

I really like PsyTrance and Goa. Search for „Astrix“ or „Ace Ventura“ (artists) + „ozora“ or „boom“ (festivals) on YouTube. I really like the speed of it and if there are lyrics, they are very repetitive / meditation like. Also the sets are quite long. If you are in a workplace setting, try to keep the live sets in a background tab, as Goa/PsyTrance Festival recordings might have half naked people in them. Edit: Or try to find artists in a genre you like, singing in a foreign language. I really like Korpiklaani, as don’t understand and probably never will understand a word of Finnish.

matt_the_bass 6y ago

My go to is Club D’Elf. 1/2 morrocan trance 1/2 jam band with an impressive lineup of guests. Hundreds of live shows with professional level recordings on archive.org.