Selected Ambient Works
90s electronic, Autechre
I love 90s electronic for concentration. But I’ve gotten into Tycho recently.
Incunabula, their debut album as Autechre, is also fantastic:
It’s really hard to time it just right but the theme to Jeopardy 👍
Get it wrong and it’ll really surprise you!
I watched this muted but I still heard it
When I was in the office, always metal. At home I’m more likely to listen to classical, but still metal if I need to be totally focused.
LoFi
beats to concentrate/relax to
House music. Nearly everyday while I code. Mostly Chris Luno sets.
Grindcore
When I really need to concentrate I put on music in a foreign language. Mainly German because I’ve found a lot of German bands I like. Some of my favorites that sing mainly in German:
- Wizo
- Die Ärzte
- Die Toten Hosen
- We Butter Out Bread With Butter
Honestly, I cant listen to anything while trying to concentrate. Music distracts me when I’m trying to focus on a mental task. Now if I’m doing physical labor or whatever, much easier. 80s music for sure. New Wave, synthpop. Good stuff.
Chillstep or lofi for focus.
Sublime and the like for cleaning.
Either ambient instrumental music (lots of Brian Eno) or any music that I know all the words to (so that my brain doesn’t have to actively process the lyrics).
Techno, house, trance, or nintendo music.
“Elevated Jam Tracks” on youtube (mostly chords and no distracting words/vocals).
I like Blue Turtle’s playlists, especially the Ithya ones. They’re mostly folkish intrumentals and some gentle chillstep
Deep House
Drum’n’Bass
