Ask HN: What's your favorite music to program to?

[rachel-ftw]

I'm in a musical rut: lost in a prism of unchallenging, semi depressing or sickeningly cute downtempo lofi hiphop tracks. Dearest reader, where can I find new adventures in aural satisfaction which facilitate flow state and alertness whilst I battle engineering monsters?

At your earliest convenience, please send help in the form of links and artist names.

...or cookies. I heartell it is bad luck to turn down assistance in the form of gooey pastry.

[chalmette]

I like electronica for concentration. For example, [0] Tzusing/Anni Nöps and [1] Sd Laika

[0] https://soundcloud.com/anninops/tzusing-met-byhzz-hol

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0mM-J6wisU

[skymuse]

I really enjoy all the music from Ultimae Records. The albums are reasonably priced in Bandcamp and you can preview the full albums if you are unsure about buying.

https://ultimae.bandcamp.com

[rachel-ftw]

ooooooooo yes

[lordmobius]

I mostly listen to new retro wave on yt while coding.

[rachel-ftw]

I'm mostly seeking to get out of an autogenerated rut. Between Youtube and spotify I'm getting music chosen for me and I'm not sure how to escape. I feel like I can see through (hear through?) the algorithms that choose my next song. it's not distracting... it's just... flat feeling after years.

Though I enthusiastically that the beats of synth/retrowave have a lovely driving quality that let me pretend I'm in a science fiction book while I bring thoughts into reality through code.

[vixen99]

John Cage's 4′33″ repeated ad nauseam.

[rachel-ftw]

laughing emoji

[billconan]

game of thrones music