It varies by mood, but I've come to really enjoy the soundtracks from the game Subnautica. They're brilliant, and I particularly like Into the Unknown (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZe4IQnhS5Y) and Salutations (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0FmxVQo774). The whole album is up on Spotify as well if you also like it: https://open.spotify.com/album/6ErjoGBl4xj1AfgPjcAYsk?si=EAJ...

It really depends what kind of work am I doing. I love classic rock, but hardly ever listen to it while coding.

If I'm programming something new, trying to solve a problem, or designing the architecture of my application, I need to be 100% focused on the task. Playing a song I enjoy, especially the ones with vocals, will take away some of that concentration. For these tasks I usually listen to electronic music (anything from Jarre, Vangelis or more modern ones).

If I'm working on something I have a fairly good idea of how to solve, I may also listen to some modern pop songs. I find their upbeat rhythm really boosts my work. Daft Punk is great here!

If I'm performing some dull / mechanic refactoring, then I might listen to some classic rock, anything from AC/DC, Dire Straits, Clapton and even Lynyrd Skynyrd, CCR, Joy Division. Unfortunately that's not very common.

(I know some of these bands are not "classic rock". This is just a placeholder term that "sums up" my musical taste).

More often than not, I listen to music using my vynyl records. Am not really a big fan of Spotify et al.

Curious fact: I'm Brazilian, and listening to Portuguese songs really annoys me, probably because it takes away some of my concentration.

I love the saxophone arrangement of Philip Glass's String Quartet No.3: https://open.spotify.com/album/1DqC3PqfnxwzAEryseW4iY?si=kr1... In particular, when I really want to get into the zone I have the last movement on single repeat.

The other single-repeat song I like is Cimex Lectularis by Ed Dowie: https://open.spotify.com/track/2WXibRi5REhP3a7WDsvQ1t?si=Zgd...

Tycho, I've heard the same from lots of others. Dive is classic, Sunrise Projector is my favourite.

Nightmares on Wax

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q692lHFaLVM&list=RDEM5IivTcV...

Nick Cave, specifically "No More Shall We Part". I've been listening to that specific album when I need to focus for ~12 years now and that is what works, not the actual choice of music.

Hallucinogen. Uplifting, just the right amount of repetitiveness, no lyrics to distract.