Armin Van Buuren, Dune, i.e. any electronic trance. The State of Trance (http://www.astateoftrance.com/) is available as a podcast if you want a playlist that rotates every week.
Currently, virtuoso keyboard music by Alkan to warm up, viol music by Marin Marais for intense thinking, and Albinoni concertos for moody hacking at night.
I actually don't listen to music, very much. I was checking my last.fm tracking a couple weeks ago and if you average it out, I've listened to about one song per day for the last five years. Usually, I listen to podcasts or nothing at all. Very occasionally, maybe even just white/brown/pink noise.
Edit: Actually, I just realized that I do listen to some 'music'. I play EVE-Online which has an extensive in-game track of like six hours of ambient and sometimes techno-ish/industrial tracks that are perfect for thinking. Since I usually have the EVE client running in the background on any machine I'm on (never know when you might need to make a big Heavy Water trade in Jita for your player owned structures), I usually let the music play the entire time.
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 40.4 ms ] threadEdit: Actually, I just realized that I do listen to some 'music'. I play EVE-Online which has an extensive in-game track of like six hours of ambient and sometimes techno-ish/industrial tracks that are perfect for thinking. Since I usually have the EVE client running in the background on any machine I'm on (never know when you might need to make a big Heavy Water trade in Jita for your player owned structures), I usually let the music play the entire time.
Is a sort of Electronic Tango. Will get you on the mood right away!