Like many developers I often put my headphones on when coding. It helps me get in the zone, block out other distractions and get into that flow sta...
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I almost exclusively listen to albums by Aphex Twin while coding. It's electronic music but very diverse genre-wise, spanning from ambient all the way to acid house. Also try Boards of Canada, Autechre, Venetian Snares, Squarepusher, all great artists.
There's no lyrics, I can't learn or code with any music that has words in it.
Great taste. Some of the best electronic music out there! Here are some others:
Reso - Ricochet
Trifonic - Ninth Wave
Submotion Orchestra - The Finest Hour
Carbon Based Lifeforms - Interloper
Or some Prog metal/rock/jazz fusion:
Plini - Sweet Nothing
Animals As Leaders - The Madness of Many
Exivious - Liminal
Our Oceans - Self-titled
Leprous - Malina
Agent Fresco - Destrier
Cynic - Carbon Based Anatomy
The Contortionist - Language
I certainly can second the Venetian Snares suggestion in this - i think the best album to start off with would be - Rossz Csillag Alatt SzΓΌletett.
On the progressive-rock/metal leaning by the OP i tend to err that way too. My go-to 'rotation' would be, the California band - ISIS (unfortunately their name has been a tad appropriated now...), Red Sparowes, And So I Watch You From Afar, Bossk and Explosions In The Sky.
Otherwise i tend to feel if i am on too much of a playlist consisting of electro-glitch type music that I feel like I am pretending to be in Swordfish...
Thanks for the suggestions. While I'm not usually into electronic music, these seem good!
Actually, I'm really a rap/metal guy, usually very extreme metal, including the above mentioned ISIS, one of my fav bands since I heard Oceanic first time.
But for 'productive' purposes such as coding I strongly prefer simpler, minimalistic music. Helps me focus on the work and not the lyrics.
Yasss! Try odium last century. I play it on a loop.
musicforprogramming.net
My favorites: episodes 6, 12, 13, 28, and 47.
Anything by the Cocteau Twins is good, particularly the early stuff. Because Liz Fraser's lyrics were famously incomprehensible, and the guitars were swamped in effects to create a very unusual sound, it doesn't command attention in the same way something with comprehensible lyrics might.
Just checked a few of their songs; I'm digging it!
First three albums are the best, Garlands, Head over Heels and Treasure. The later stuff where Liz Fraser's voice becomes more comprehensible isn't as good IMHO.
I'm really amazed that a couple of albums of your list are by a band from my country! Yay Toundra!
On a side note, what I usually listen to while coding:
Singularity by Jon Hopkins
Tunnel Blanket by This Will Destroy You
Wild Light by 65daysofstatic
Fair Youth by Maybeshewill
And well, I put some of their albums but really all the albums by those guys are perfect for this. Generally just Post-Rock, IDM and such is the way to go since it's interesting music but not too distracting.
Also check out "The fall of math" by 65daysofstatic
Such an incredible album.
"The hawk is howling" by Mogwai - also pretty amazing.
I was here too to give kudos for listening to Toundra, definetely one of my favourites.
Someone mentioned Aphex Twin and I couldn't agree more specially Selected Ambient Works 85-92.
I also have been enjoying any Tool album or King Jizzard and the Lizard Wizard.
Yeah Toundra are awesome!
I haven't listened to Maybeshewill's Fair Youth album in a while I forgot how good it is. Really easy on the ear. I should add it to the playlist!
From the ones you listed I'm also familiar with This Will Destroy You and 65daysofstatic, but haven't heard of Jon Hopkins. I'll give Singularity a listen.
Thanks, Fran!
Check out "god is an astronaut" and "the third and the mortal"
'God is an Astronaut' is another good band! I haven't heard of 'The Third and the Mortal" though; I'll check them out. Thanks, Erik.
I'm not a big fan of God Is An Astronaut, but I'll surely check out The Third and the Mortal, thanks!
I listen to a huge assortment of melodic death metal and deathcore but also throw in some ambient / epic instrumentals too.
I have a private Youtube playlist with around 500 songs but I'm afraid to make it public because it'll be visible on my channel which is where I post videos on software development topics.
I can't just have people browsing around Docker and Flask videos and then they're suddenly hit with a song like this without any context youtube.com/watch?v=BCcdZPpPZRU -- and that's a pretty tame one.
I think you can make playlists "unlisted" now so you can share it, but it won't be listed if someone visits your channel.
Hahaha I love it
Here are ten albums I like to work to, from least jazzy to most jazzy (note: none of these are actually jazz). Enjoy!
These are my favorites while coding:
Castlevania - SOTN
Chrono Trigger ost -snes
Soul Calibur VI ost
x-men V streetFighter ost
Megaman X
Note: From time to time I switch to FCC youtube live music stream.
In a good mood, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon or Wish You Were Here are two of my favorites. Otherwise something prog rock to jazz-rock.
In a cranky mood or wanting to build up energy, Iggy and the Stooges Raw Power or Social Distortion's Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell or self titled album. Otherwise something punk and angry.
At other times I listen to a wide variety of music although it will be guitar oriented 90% of the time. Last week I listened the new Larkin Poe album and Johnny Marr's latest one.
Arch Enemy / Jinjer (any melodic d.m.) - Getting started, motivational
Lords of Iron (Celtic metal) - This is for most of the time,
Star Trek Enterprise noise - Heavy concentration
New Retro Wave
Sometimes just having headphones with no music does the trick
( I probably don't even notice that the playlist ended and got replaced by my internal humming/singing )
I never seen something more geek than Star Trek Enterprise noise LOL!
It's like programming at maximum warp!
I usually listen to Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" when I need to focus, anything by Girl Talk when I'm writing tests or debugging, and lots of Pantera, Metallica, Lamb of God, or anything else metal while doing tedious work.
I have a large prog rock/prog metal record collection, but I listen to these albums very often
1- Fear of a Blank planet(Mostly from "Anesthetize" live DVD) // Porcupine tree
2- The incident // Porcupine tree
3- The dark side of the moon // Pink Floyd
4- Sky moves sideways // Porcupine tree
5- Raven that refused to sing // Steven Wilson
6- To the bone // Steven Wilson
7- Hand cannot erase // Steven Wilson
8- Blackfield, Blackfield II (Mosy from NYC live DVD) //Blackfield
9- A natural disaster // Anathema
10- Cheating the polygraph // Gavin harrison
11- Rajaz // Camel
12- Stationary traveller // Camel
13- In the cort of the crimson king // King crimson
14- Wish you were here // Pink Floyd
15- Distant satellites // Anathema
16- Arriving somewhere... (LIVE DVD) // Porcupine tree
I mostly listen to EPIC music. Anything by Audiomachine and Two Steps From Hell. Recently, though, I've added the Pray The Wicked album by Panic! At The Disco and The Attractions Of Youth by Barns Courtney.
For heavy concentration I listen to C418-One, Jim Guthrie and similar indie-game-soundtracks. For regular work I listen to nothing in particular, usually Ryan Adams or Rockstah. For no-brainer-work like HTML/CSS or while cycling I prefer podcasts.
Favour electronic music whilst I code, my two go to's are
Geometry by Tripswitch when I need to focus on something.
20 Ximer by Orkidea has a really nice fast hard beat to it which is great for banging out repetitive code.
"Music to flow by" songs are my favorite. They are made by a programmer. Has the exact lenght to make it easier to do the pomodoro technique and it is indeed good music!
musictoflowby.libsyn.com
I've got a few, depending on mood. Here's some of my top albums:
However, my tastes vary from jazz to classical, swing to rock, contemporary to symphonic metal, and just about everything in between.
I tend to alternate between catchy music and very chaotic music. In the catchy section it'll be anime music or electro swing and for chaos I go for metal, although the only band I really have on repeat is Archspire.
I'm usually play my own Rock/Metal Playlist, but sometimes Classical music it's my best friend.
"The Planets" is one of my all-time favorite symphonies! I especially love the London Philharmonic Orchestra version conducted by Sir Georg Solti, which I'm happy to report I have on vinyl. :)
I was shaking my head yes through this entire post. I love listening to classical music for the same reasoning of the flow of instruments. I don't get lost in the words. I find myself more productive listening classical music for both writing code and writing papers.
I totally agree with music that contains no words. I got inspired by the Minecraft Soundtrack and ended creating my own Spotify playlist here open.spotify.com/user/gilcreque/pl...
I also started listening to ChilledCow over the summer and got hooked. I now have an iPad in my office that plays it all day long for me and my coworkers.
This post and its thread of comments is awesome. My tastes range is pretty wide, it just depends by the mood. For programming, I enjoy a lot soundtracks from films and series, such as Batman or Stranger Things (they give you a lot of drama during debugging). Sometimes I go for electro music, other times with Disco '70-80 πΊ. The rest comes from Spotify Discover Weekly playlist :-P
This is an excellent playlist! Thank You.
I have been a fan of this playlist lofi hip hop beats
Movie soundtracks!!!
Gladiator, Inception, Interstellar... Anything Hans Zimmer really π There are many, many others of course π
I canβt really listen to anything with lyrics, they throw me off...
And definitely not Lion King soundtrack by Zimmer. βA view to die forβ is βA song to cry forβ for me.
You may particularly enjoy the instrumental versions of the albums by Les Friction, which was founded by one half of the legendary ES Posthumus. Also, check out Kai Engel and Sergey Cheremisinov...when I'm in the mood for cinematic music, those are the composers I'm usually listening to. (That said, Hans Zimmer is amazing!)
I usually listen to piano (Ludovico Einaudi, Fabrizio Paterlini...). Hereβs a playlist of my favorites in the last 7 years.
I see that we have similar taste π
Check this band, they are great! This album in particular:
If These Trees Could Talk - Red Forest
To prove we have similar taste I'm already familiar with the band π
Thanks for reminding me of them. I may end up adding the album to the playlist!
I maintain a playlist of tracks that are good for refactoring. Minimal lyrics, good mix of upbeat and laid-back, just interesting enough to keep your brain awake while you're in the middle of a tedious refactor.
It's called Just Refactor Itβ’ and you can find it on Spotify: open.spotify.com/user/isaaclyman/p...
All type of EDM music is good depending on the mood you have on each day. Normally I go for Tiesto or David Guetta on dinner or when I'm to much excited. Other times I go for Pan Pot it Mind Against. Cheers!
I can't stay on one album or genre too long, but I do use music for motivation and for audio-firewall purposes, and the tendencies are for long, rhythmically-oriented songs with few distractions such as vocals or musical improvisation. I love jazz, esp. Coltrane, but while I can listen for hours to even his longest tangents for fun, it throws me off my game while programming. So, what do I like?
Dub Reggae
A main point of dub reggae is that it gets hypnotic, and Sly & Robbie are a key rhythm section for the genre.
Motorik
Motorik is a beat, not a genre, but it is highly associated with Krautrock, and "Hallogallo" by NEU! is a prime example.
Techno
This playlist is one I tend to go back to, but before that, I would often go to Paul Oakenfold or John Digweed. The same characteristics that keep the crowd moving all night keep me in the right flow. I've been looking into hour long DJ sets from Ellen Allien and Allison Wonderland, but I haven't done that often.
I've tried live jam band tracks, like "Dark Star" or "The Other One" from various Dick's Picks releases by the Grateful Dead, but there's something about it that draws my attention away, which doesn't work.
Same re: instrumentals only, but I'm more into electronica / downtempo / triphop to listen while coding. I keep an entire bookmark directory on Spotify for "Work Music"! The directory contains individual albums and playlists as well as this #Workmate playlist which contains assortment of random songs I enjoy listening while working.
Yeah the lack of lyrics is definitely a plus! I don't exclusively listen to progressive rock/metal instrumentals to focus, but it seems to be my go-to in general.
I listen to a lot of music but usually Spotify playlists on shuffle or DJ mixes.
As far as favourite albums go, here are some of my most played instrumental albums that I like to code to:
Bonobo - Animal Magic
Tycho - Past is Prologue
Emancipator - Soon It Will Be Cold Enough
Philanthrope - Clockwork
If These Trees Could Talk - Red Forest
I have a playlist of Ludovico Einaudi that really helps me focus.
Yes, I too find piano tracks good for keeping focused. Ludovico Einaudi's tracks sound great! Thanks, Tim.
Sometimes I just need something a bit above white noise to concentrate. listentothe.cloud is a pretty awesome zone-out listen; ambient music overlaid with live radio from ATC. Similarly the EVE online in-game music (Soundcloud).
I listen to a lot of "Lofi hip-hop" on YouTube or Spotify. There are some live Youtube channels which the put some very good lofi music.
Example: Chillhop music Youtube Channel
I'm currently just hearing random things from youtube because my lists from spotify got me bored, so now I'm going to whatever weird place youtube takes me, starting with songs like:
At least that's what youtube recommends me at this moment
One of mine is βClassicsβ by Ratatat, along with most Explosions In The Sky stuff.
I have a playlist if anyone wants to check it out, might add some stuff from this thread.
open.spotify.com/user/12146939067/...
Symphonic Led Zeppelin is my #1.
Otherwise, just search for an instrumental version of your favorite classic rock album or artist and get to work!
Russian Circles for me, all albums back to back. Is hard rock, instrumental, but not so turbulent to be distracting!
I've listened to the odd track here and there by Russian Circles. They're good. I should give them another listen. Thanks, Joe!
I definitely recommend listening to the full albums, each one plays like one long song.
I actually need complete silence when coding. :) Music is seriously distracting.
I don't believe everyone can get work done listening to music. Silence works best for many!
I listen to the noise canceling done by my Sennheiser PCX-550 :-)
Warcraft 2 soundtrack. If you've ever played that game, just listening to the music again will make you want to BUILD BUILD BUILD!!
Here are a few lists you might like:
Electronic (Chill Wave) - Day to day :)
open.spotify.com/user/m3n0rking/pl...
Soundtracks (Slow/Medium Pace) - Concentration
open.spotify.com/user/m3n0rking/pl...
Soundtracks (Fast Pace) - Good for refactors & bug fixing
open.spotify.com/user/m3n0rking/pl...
Cheers!
Anything Heavy Metal. Black Sabbath will just do fine.
Recently it's definitely Queen. And King Arthur soundtrack.
If you need random music to code a good choice is: getworkdonemusic.com
They have a good selection from soundcloud
Deep Focus playlist on Spotify
+1 for Toundra, I will listen to other artists you recommend :)
No music, pure silence. But maybe it will evolve with time.
Sometimes silence is all you need!
Animals as Leaders
+1 to Aphex Twin -- also for me: Kind of Blue, any Autechre, any kind of nature sounds and spa music, and any Ghibli music.
Embarrassing 90s throwback: I listen to the soundtrack from Hackers.
I've just been listening to Spotify's Music for Concentrating playlist recently, so thank you very much for making this post! I'll be checking back often.
Iβm pretty surprised nobody mentioned the soundtrack to The Social Network.
I like to listen to some of Monte Booker instrumentals while coding. Search for 'montea' on SoundCloud.
Anything that is loud enough to drown out the noise of screaming from my soul.
masterbootrecord.bandcamp.com
Pretty much all of Logicβs albums!
Here is my playlist, full of soundtracks and ambient music ;)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBnhl4m...
Final Fantasy VII, VIII, IX OST and their remixes.
Guys, there is only one thing to listen to : fip.fr/player
It's a radio with lot of all style of music, world, jazz, pop, funk, etc ... fun to listen, with little to no stop.
I listen to :
I really like electric violin sound.
I recently discovered Stirling and De Ville and i appreciate a lot working listen to them. I don't know Alex Depue.
Lemon Jelly is my favourite while coding, no lyrics, nice ambient vibe to it. Sometimes some Kate Bush if the mood strikes.
For heavy concentration brain.fm or classical music
Usually, I listen:
Depeche Mode albums from Ultra and up
Radiohead
Muse
Metallica
Dj s3rl if I am programming fast or really fast techno/nightcore. If I feel like relaxing lofi jazz.
Nice! I recommend listening to the other two bands: Opeth from Sweden, and Orphaned Land from Israel
Anything by deadmau5, Hardwell, pretty much any EDM. I used to listen to hip hop, but I'd get distracted by the lyrics.
I don't know why nobody mentioned The Social Network. I've been listening to it for years now, it helps me focus.
Finally created a dedicated post to Boards of Canada see
π± DALL-E mini freakshow and π to BoC π΅
adriens γ» Jul 10 γ» 1 min read
Nothing beats Japanese city pop and vapor wave chillhop beats when programming.
Groove Salad on SomaFM
Anyone use Amazon Echo for the same purpose? I'm not sure I can get free Spotify to work with it.
Any suggestions for some music light, instrumental relaxing music, Alexa can play for ?
See tis for more inspiration
π± DALL-E mini freakshow and π to BoC π΅
adriens γ» Jul 10 γ» 1 min read
Shuffle around this: deezer.com/pt/playlist/3347334106
Sigur RΓ³s is good too!
Mac Miller swimming
wiredin.loopinfinito.com.br
The comments are better than the post. The songs are very specific, I don't think this is for everyone, or at least the most.
I listened a lot of you shared here and I'd like to share you what I have been listening recently, old but gold brazilian song
open.spotify.com/album/3j9uI8HhDZu...
I'm good with my K-pop playlist, thanks π
Great recommendations!
I listen:
ASTROWORLD - Travis Scott
KOD - J. Cole
DAMN - Kendrick Lamar
IWTDINO - $uicide Boy$
Infected mushrooms works for me
A lot of music suggestions to try! Anyone can suggest a good pair of headphones that can shield from starbucks music / background noises?
@hus_hmd Great list! Turning me onto Mozaic is unbelievable, this album is so fucking good for getting any work done, period. On a similar vein, I'm loving 'Umbras De Barbagia' by Downfall of Nur