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A couple of my go-tos are Solar Fields and Infected Mushroom. Both are electronic; former is calm/ambient focus, latter is energetic/driving focus. Both have huuuge discographies that you can just put on shuffle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ldYxgJQG_E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQmvPQ0MmiY

Solar Fields actually did the Mirror's Edge game soundtracks too, if you've played those. Really nice mix of ambient, almost meditative sounds. Often there's a super long, repetitive, pulsing buildup to a brief higher-energy section at the end of a track

Infected Mushroom is a wild mix of heavy Israeli dance-electronica, trance, and even rock, with a dash of metal here and there

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For more Psybient in the vein of Solar Fields, it's also worth checking out releases on Ultimae Records (which is the label for some Solar Fields releases). Some of their artists which go well for programming IMO are Scann-Tec, MIKTEK, and Aes Dana.

I particularly like Carbon Based Lifeforms in this vein as well. I assembled a psybient-oriented coding playlist from a bunch of stuff I’ve enjoyed listening to while in the zone over the years, it’s full of Ultimae Records tracks: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ceXFEO7blxDBa5uhgazyf?si=...

I always thought that Solar Fields was the name of the soundtrack! Looking forward to checking out more of their stuff.

I would also recommend works by 0edit (Ed Harrison) who did the NeoTokyo soundtrack. Listen to the FLAC version for the full experience. [1]

I like to balance electronic with instrumental. Journey OST works really well.

You may also like The Silk Road Ensemble & Yo-Yo Ma. [2]

And, of course, Miles Davis.

[1] https://www.0edit.com/

[2] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=29dfRYifyOU

Uplink OST has bene a go-to for me for a while: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QliQ0livbeQ

I particularly like "Blue Valley": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUn9SYdPF4A

YouTube sometimes recommends "Velocity 2x" and "Hacknet" OSTs after this.

I haven't heard of Solar Fields but will check them out. I usually go for Asura, which sounds similar to your description of SF.

If you're interested, there seems to be 2 acts called Asura, one is a metal band. I'm talking about the other one. :D

Infected Mushroom were one of my favourite psy trance acts back in the day. I've seen them live a couple times, both excellent performances!

Also: Dreamstate Logic, Stellardrone, AES Dana, H.U.V.A Network, Miktek, Astopilot.

Recently I frequently just play this Space Ambient playlist: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuqZTQ_5gsppMEJWlJo...

also Carbon Based Lifeforms!

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