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Ask HN: Looking for Music Recommendations for Working

5 points by rockyperezz ↗ HN
Hi HN, I was looking for any suggestions to Spotify playlists or Youtube channels that you guys may offer for working/coding/etc to stay focused or keeping your momentum going.

I hate working in a vacuum.

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perrygeo
Lofi Girl - mellow instrumentals with a strong beat
rockyperezz
Ah, the classic! Thanks for the recommendation. Have friends who listen to music from that channel too :)
Minor49er
Ambient dub techno is the way to go. Check out the labels Energostatic Records and Ultimae

https://energostatic.bandcamp.com/

https://ultimae.bandcamp.com/

I Awake's album The Core is one of my favorites between these: https://ultimae.bandcamp.com/album/the-core

rockyperezz
Relaxing and uplifting. Great! Added to my work jam! Thanks
justaj
Slight correction: Ultimae is ambient / downtempo, while Energostatic Records is more orienting around dub techno (though also not super strict)
solardev
Spotify has great curated playlists, whether from other users, the company itself, or (sometimes) its algorithms.

I just search for "relaxing instrumental __________" (fill in a genre of your choice, be it classical or lo-fi or cello or bluegrass or whatever) and you should get a bunch of great hits.

rockyperezz
Thanks for the tip! That's how I've gone about it so far. Was just wondering if perhaps anyone had already tried and tested playlists.
tra3
I remember really liking https://brain.fm but their pricing is exorbitant [0].

0: https://www.brain.fm/pricing

gidorah
I recently gave brain.fm a go. I found it really distracting. I normally listen to music contantly, but dont normally feel too distracted. I could def feel bran.fm's throbbing.
vinhnx
I had hit a deep moment in tranquility a while ago, while listening to Brian Eno's Music for Airports albums.

I don't remember exactly how, but I became one with the flow and nothing else matters