I've been struggling to find a decent band/playlist of music that has no discernible lyrics in it for years now.<p>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!<p>What was the last song/artist/playlist you listened to while you got into the groove of programming?
I’ve found that all the Reznor/Ross collaborations work really well for deep work in general, coding or not.<p>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 <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/artist/trent-reznor-atticus-ross/395740922" rel="nofollow">https://music.apple.com/us/artist/trent-reznor-atticus-ross/...</a>
I guess I'm going to be that person, but: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selected_Ambient_Works_85%E2%80%9392" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selected_Ambient_Works_85%E2%8...</a><p>It's the album I keep going back to when I'm in the zone.
I submitted this thread as well:
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19579216" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19579216</a><p>I've been into program to music to:
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleatoric_music" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleatoric_music</a><p>If you want indiscernible lyrics:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz47h75_FJo" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz47h75_FJo</a><p>(Not sure this fits the criteria of 'decent')<p>I like long pieces that distort my sense of time and concentration and give texture to the feeling of being in the zone.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZZ0DYIkaP8" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZZ0DYIkaP8</a>
The A.B.C Kids digital radio sends this out at night.
It's continuous, easy listening background music, mainly classical..
<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/sleep-through/" rel="nofollow">https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/sleep-through/</a>
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.<p>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.<p>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.
Fallujah has been doing the rounds for the last weeks for me. No discernible lyrics at all.<p>But if you're not into epic progressive death metal then I recommend di.fm.
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 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_g9wW8iR3E" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_g9wW8iR3E</a>
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.
I listen to lofi hip hop music playlist in Spotify.<p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vvXsWCC9xrXsKd4FyS8kM?si=2Kkh3M_oQJKWtrCPo4LHsQ" rel="nofollow">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vvXsWCC9xrXsKd4FyS8kM?si=...</a>
Anouar Brahem Quartet - Jazz Sous Les Pommiers 2014<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYYEQL72wtg" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYYEQL72wtg</a>