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My favorite programming music:

  Any of Brian Eno's ambient stuff
  The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
  The Field - Looping State of Mind
  Luomo - Vocalcity
  Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
  Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
  Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise
  Burial - Untrue

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I highly approve of Burial for programming music, and have some recommendations of my own:

  Clubroot - Clubroot
  Explosions in the Sky - Earth is Not A Cold Dead Place (and everything else)
  Four Tet - There Is Love In You
  Bonobo - Days to Come
  Pretty Lights - Filling Up The City Skies

That said, I find I can listen to just about anything and program; Drum & Bass being one of my favorites to listen to. If you're feeling really adventurous and don't find anything non-ambient distracting, here is another list:

  Unquote - Reverberation Box
  Phace & Misanthrop - From Deep Space
  Calibre - Calibre
  High Contrast - Confidential

Probably too much listed here, but I'm an avid music listener (mostly of EDM); I also find that it keeps me focused when working.

It's funny, I never used to listen to drum & bass except when I went out, but these days it's pretty much all I listen to - while at work, on the bus, wherever. I guess that when you get enough exposure to a certain genre, you can find all different kinds of music to suit every situation just in that genre.

Phace & Misanthrop have been doing some awesome work! The Neosignal music is really great.

Ambient has always been great for coding, a few of my favorites:

  múm - Finally We Are No One
  Dirty Three - Whatever you love, you are
  Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
  Four Tet - Rounds

Perhaps one day I'll get tired of

    Vangelis - Blade Runner OST (3CD)

but right now it's almost a Pavlovian trigger for me.

You might like to check out kuedo's album from last year.

If you like that one check out 'Soil Festivities', it's one of Vangelis least appreciated albums but I feel it is his best.

Can't forget Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto!

Seconded! I love me some Piano Glitch, for real

>The Field - Looping State of Mind

Listening to it right now. :)

a lot of wordless jazz for me.

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

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