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What do you listen to while hacking?

7 pointsrabidonrails15 comments

I never found a good playlist hacking playlist so I put one together and posted it (blog.Phaxio.com). What do listen to and what would you add?

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I actually don't listen to music, very much. I was checking my last.fm tracking a couple weeks ago and if you average it out, I've listened to about one song per day for the last five years. Usually, I listen to podcasts or nothing at all. Very occasionally, maybe even just white/brown/pink noise.

Edit: Actually, I just realized that I do listen to some 'music'. I play EVE-Online which has an extensive in-game track of like six hours of ambient and sometimes techno-ish/industrial tracks that are perfect for thinking. Since I usually have the EVE client running in the background on any machine I'm on (never know when you might need to make a big Heavy Water trade in Jita for your player owned structures), I usually let the music play the entire time.

Armin Van Buuren, Dune, i.e. any electronic trance. The State of Trance (http://www.astateoftrance.com/) is available as a podcast if you want a playlist that rotates every week.

And if you like A State of Trance, give the http://di.fm Trance channel a try. A State of Trance is just one of the recurring sets they play.

Anything that I've already listened to at least 10 times. If it's new, it's distracting. If it's familiar, it helps put me in the zone.

I have a playlist set up that filters out songs I have not listened to multiple times, otherwise as you said it's distracting.

Currently, virtuoso keyboard music by Alkan to warm up, viol music by Marin Marais for intense thinking, and Albinoni concertos for moody hacking at night.

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Pete Namlook "From Within III", Siriusmo, vhshead, metheny, Hanna soundtrack, Mount Kimbie, Joy Orbison

I go to mugasha.com and hit up the Myon & Shane 54 International Departures sets. Gets the blood flowing.

Trance Around the World podcast. Two hours of trance every week, mixed by Above & Beyond.

Gotan Project.

Is a sort of Electronic Tango. Will get you on the mood right away!

The Tron Legacy Soundtrack. Makes coding feel more intense :D

LAWL i was just thinking about that. Specially The Grid hehe

Revisiting my youth: OMD, Kraftwerk, Fisher Z, New Order

Sigur Ros, Pixies, Explosions In The Sky

BTTLS

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