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All of the suggestions here seem too distracting for me unfortunately.... :-/

These three bands work well for me when coding (or just "space ambient" on youtube):

- AES Dana: https://ultimae.bandcamp.com/album/perimeters

- Carbon Based Life Forms https://carbonbasedlifeforms.bandcamp.com/album/hydroponic-g...

- Solar Fields: https://solarfields.bandcamp.com/album/movements-remastered

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Hearts of Space [1] has been doing ambient music for a long time, and it’s great for programming and tends to be very low distraction.

[1] https://hos.com

What exactly is this? They are not a band, are they?

It’s a radio show, with an associated streaming service/record label.

Many public radio stations carry it on Sunday nights, even the “traditional” format ones that are mostly classical music and news. It was my first introduction to ambient music, and the host’s voice gives me a mix of nostalgia and panic (as it meant I needed to be getting on with my homework).

Good sounds :) Do you know Future Sound of London? Try their Lifeforms and Environments (I, II, III, ...) albums.

FSOL is great for washing the dishes to, but I find they can be a bit too dissonantly clicky for coding, reading etc. But don't get me wrong, they're one of my favourite outfits and used to play them all the time when I did radio.

For me I'd say Tycho is a bit more my bag when it comes to a tippy-tappy-loads-of-code session.

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