Any of Brian Eno's ambient stuff
The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
The Field - Looping State of Mind
Luomo - Vocalcity
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise
Burial - Untrue
I highly approve of Burial for programming music, and have some recommendations of my own:
Clubroot - Clubroot
Explosions in the Sky - Earth is Not A Cold Dead Place (and everything else)
Four Tet - There Is Love In You
Bonobo - Days to Come
Pretty Lights - Filling Up The City Skies
That said, I find I can listen to just about anything and program; Drum & Bass being one of my favorites to listen to. If you're feeling really adventurous and don't find anything non-ambient distracting, here is another list:
Unquote - Reverberation Box
Phace & Misanthrop - From Deep Space
Calibre - Calibre
High Contrast - Confidential
Probably too much listed here, but I'm an avid music listener (mostly of EDM); I also find that it keeps me focused when working.
It's funny, I never used to listen to drum & bass except when I went out, but these days it's pretty much all I listen to - while at work, on the bus, wherever. I guess that when you get enough exposure to a certain genre, you can find all different kinds of music to suit every situation just in that genre.
Phace & Misanthrop have been doing some awesome work! The Neosignal music is really great.
I disagree. Datassette and Com Truise are seriously good music producers themselves. And I think both of them and Sunjammer have very good taste and listen a lot of music to be able to put together this kind of compilations. Pretty sure you can't find most of what they listen on iTunes.
Matter of taste. Keep that in mind and you'll become more respectful.
Commercial tripe? Lol. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about.
I'm just sharing some nice mixes some friends and I have put together for working to, and paying actual money to let you listen to them for free. Have a bit of thought before you mash your banana hands against the keyboard kthx.
For those who prefer radio, try WFMT out of Chicago---be warned, it is classical 24x7, but chosen and DJed by the best in the business. Easily available as iTunes->radio-> Classical->WFMT. As a change of pace, 5 hours of folk music on Saturday Night starting at 7:00 p.m. central time.
Agreed! And there are lots of jumping off places in that list (e*vax is Evan Mast, half of Ratatat, Geotic is Will Wiesenfeld, best known for Baths, etc).
I just want to dump a handful of lesser-known artists to get people started...
My playlist contains both the Daft Punk Legacy OST and the TRON: Legacy R3C0NF1GUR3D[1] album which contains various artists remixing the Tron Legacy album.
Both the Inception and Social Network soundtracks are excellent - check out the Batman Begins soundtrack if you get a chance - I like a lot of Hans Zimmers soundtracks and really dig that one too.
Gah! I didn't know Clint Mansell did the Moon OST. Must acquire. I have been listening for The Fountain soundtrack (by Mansell) while programming - and I love it. I also just discovered he did the Pi soundtrack.
Other OST picks: Tron (and Tron Reconfigured) and Nick Cave / Warren Ellis soundtracks - particularly The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
Yes. Try the Submers and First Narrows albums, in particular. Every track on Submers is named for a famous submersible, so you're coding underwater listening to the plant noise.
If you've ever played Osmos on iOS, you've likely heard "Lucy Dub". It's track 2 on First Narrows.
Daft Punk: Tron Sound Track, Tron legacy reconfigured
Particularly with music from The Glitch Mob I find my focus is more intense and I only break my current activity when the music finishes. Need to find more music that gets my mind in the zone like that...
I find myself listening to a lot of ambient/drone music while programming lately. Previously it was more upbeat with Daft Punk Legacy and Reconfigured. I feel I don't want to be concentrating on the music, but am comforted by having talk/silence removed.
Aerosol - All that is solid melts into air
Loscii
NASA voyager recordings - Symphony of the planets
Toe
But usually, I find myself incredibly productive when I listen to house music. My recent discovery has been Maceo Plex and the album "Life Index".
Maceo Plex merges the tracks into a continuous mix, roughly 128bpm, and once you skip track 1 (a dialogue), the music flows smoothly for a good 90 minutes.
Beyond that, I've always liked Kraftwerk's "Tour de France" for programming to.
I absolutely cannot listen to house music and work. As soon as I hear any kind of House I start dancing. I find it nearly impossible to listen to any kind of music and try to focus on working, but House is the worst, it invades my brain and body.
I do however, listen to tech-house or funky house tracks whenever I need to take a break from work. For whatever reason, house music makes me incredibly happy and energized.
I listened to the Com Truise mix while programming the other day. It was too distracting, as the music kept changing every 2 or so minutes. Instead I prefer silence, or the next closest thing, which is the kind of music that really plays with your sense of time. E.g.
9 Beet Stretch
Mirror/Mimir (and other Christoph Heemann works)
Charlemagne Palestines
The Necks
I won't bother providing links, as the commonality with these artists is that their pieces are long (and in the case of the first one, very long), so you probably won't find any samples of this music that is indicative of the effect of the whole thing.
hey odddogmedia!
would love to work together somehow. we're created http://www.attictv.com and it would be great if we could somehow use your compilations :D
is there any way to get in touch?
There tends to be enough ambient, non-lyrical tracks to keep me interested. Some infrequent breakcore tracks get me amped as either a break or a queue to think harder :D.
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Phace & Misanthrop have been doing some awesome work! The Neosignal music is really great.
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Its not even a very good link. 4 mediocre playlists. Big deal.
Ive been collecting electronic music for 15 years and this trance style music is quite boring and formulaic.
The web is awash with much better mixes than these all done for free by professionals.
Here are two you can subscribe to in iTunes (weekly podcasts)
http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast.aspx - These have been going for years showcasing many varieties of house and techno.
http://www.datatransmission.co.uk/Podcast/ UK based outfit again going for years. They have 2 mixes a week.
Then there is http://soundcloud.com - find you favourite electronic artists and download their mixes.
The posted page looks a little pathetic compared to these.
Matter of taste. Keep that in mind and you'll become more respectful.
I'm just sharing some nice mixes some friends and I have put together for working to, and paying actual money to let you listen to them for free. Have a bit of thought before you mash your banana hands against the keyboard kthx.
e*vax: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pUlD79DCvA
Geotic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBeWuBBG0gw
Xela: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RsdMs-Whlo
Murcof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74spJD2oEPg
Shlohmo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SokFGXlIHM
Tycho: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mehLx_Fjv_c
I just want to dump a handful of lesser-known artists to get people started...
[1]: http://www.amazon.com/Tron-Legacy-Reconfigured/dp/B004UOE7VA...
* Moon OST - Clint Mansell
* Donnie Darko OST - Mansell
* Inception OST - Hans Zimmer
* The Social Network OST - Reznor
* Simple Things - Zero 7
* Melody AM - Royskopp
* Abroreal - The Flashbulb (a lot of his stuff is good)
* TRON Legacy OST
* Amelie OST (when I feel I need a change of pace, and something lighter)
benn's pale blue dot is a great ambient album to work to.
http://bennjordan.bandcamp.com/album/pale-blue-dot
Other OST picks: Tron (and Tron Reconfigured) and Nick Cave / Warren Ellis soundtracks - particularly The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
If you've ever played Osmos on iOS, you've likely heard "Lucy Dub". It's track 2 on First Narrows.
Artist: The Glitch Mob
Daft Punk: Tron Sound Track, Tron legacy reconfigured
Particularly with music from The Glitch Mob I find my focus is more intense and I only break my current activity when the music finishes. Need to find more music that gets my mind in the zone like that...
P.S: I've found that the Portal 2 soundtrack is awesome to code to. http://www.thinkwithportals.com/music.php
But usually, I find myself incredibly productive when I listen to house music. My recent discovery has been Maceo Plex and the album "Life Index".
Maceo Plex merges the tracks into a continuous mix, roughly 128bpm, and once you skip track 1 (a dialogue), the music flows smoothly for a good 90 minutes.
Beyond that, I've always liked Kraftwerk's "Tour de France" for programming to.
I do however, listen to tech-house or funky house tracks whenever I need to take a break from work. For whatever reason, house music makes me incredibly happy and energized.
Should've clarified.
9 Beet Stretch Mirror/Mimir (and other Christoph Heemann works) Charlemagne Palestines The Necks
I won't bother providing links, as the commonality with these artists is that their pieces are long (and in the case of the first one, very long), so you probably won't find any samples of this music that is indicative of the effect of the whole thing.
There tends to be enough ambient, non-lyrical tracks to keep me interested. Some infrequent breakcore tracks get me amped as either a break or a queue to think harder :D.