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I'm actually being really productive having the stream on in the background. I'm not looking at him code, but hearing his techno going is reminding me that someone somewhere is getting a ton of shit done, and it's shaming me into working hard.

And I don't even like techno.

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He's listening to http://www.di.fm/, specifically the Electro House stream.

Wow, if I randomly ran across that site, I would automatically think it was crap.

it's the design, it instantly reminded me of those linkfarm parked domains...

Ha, I remember trying to make sites that looked this good, with this aesthetic, back in the 90s.

But now, I totally agree. The stock photo girl with headphones along with a lot of other subtle things would make me instantly think "this a fake/auto-generated/contentless site" and hit the back button without even reading it.

It's interesting how strongly websites can give off vibes.

It definitely needs updating, but it's a really badass radio station that's been streaming electronica for like a decade now. Super awesome.

I agree the site doesn't look that great, but I've been a happy subscriber for years. I prefer the "Chillout Dreams" and "Vocal Trance" channels over all the others.

Using the higher bitrate streams coupled with a nice pair of AKG headphones means I can listen all day and tune out the rest of the noise in my house.

I listen to their streams every day. Site might look like crap but they have a ton of loyal listeners and amazing streams. Perfect coding music!

I feel like a noob, but how does someone on a mac listen to this? I see what seems to be a Winamp playlist button, and wmv playlist button, etc?

Click any of the links that lead to pls files.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLS_%28file_format%29

You can use iTunes as well. Click on the Radio item under Library on the left pane, and you will find the DI radio stations under the Electronica genre.

I listen to electrohouse everyday. I'm not that into dubstep and I tend to not like it outside of coding, but it puts you into the zone pretty quickly, kind of like if the techno rythm stopped you from thinking normally.

For those interested, many of the mixes can be downloaded for free out there. I found :

http://soundcloud.com/tsnm all the TSNM no excuses mix, the 100 download limit is quickly maxed out on those though

http://radio.lazy-rich.com/ the Lazy Rich Show

http://xo.am/electro/di/ Ben XO Xpression

I used to listen to the progressive trance and chillout streams on di.fm when I was in uni.

The music reminds me of a small group of coders I was inspired by at my first startup. Back then I was only doing tech support and light front-end work, but every day it was three programmers and I getting stuff done to music like this. Ever since then, this kind of music is a great booster for me, even though I get embarrassed if someone comes into my office while it's playing...

The only thing I try for nowadays is to find an energetic, repetitive mix with no vocals.

i know the feeling, but .. don't be embarrassed, whatever music you want to listen to, you should listen to,

Right. If it helps you be productive, the shame would be not in listening to it but in failing to. And what are headphones for?

If you want non-stop energetic, yet "smooth" techno with some soothing vocals, I recommend you check into trance. Specifically, "A State of Trance". There was a 6-city, 6 week tour that just ended last weekend. All of the music is playable here: http://soundcloud.com/edmtunestv And downloadable here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=316...

(I code to this music EVERY day)

Another smooth genre is "deep house", also found in genres like slowmo, nu disco. An example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tD74t6K7mI

You'd appreciate http://www.deepmix.eu - a massive amount of 1-hour deephouse mixes from Moscow for download and looping on internet radio.

That's good, thanks. While we're here, I'd like to drop a link to every BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix from 1993-2011 on Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/das-boy/sets/essential-mix.

http://themixingbowl.org/ and http://www.livesets.us/ are great sources for EDM mixes also

Hey, so do I! In fact I went to the London part of the tour where it was recorded live.

Trance.fm is also pretty good source, they play non stop trance with no interruptions. Great for coding against as long as it isn't too loud!

OMGosh that is great stuff. Great! I just wish I could find it on pandora.

Another good source, the trance tag on mixcloud.com. I particularly like Paul Oakenfold's "Planet Perfecto".

I also like Psytrance. I just search for Psytrance on shoutcast and go with one of the top 3. The nice thing about these kind of genres is they're loud and monotonous and drown out the world, whilst not being too much work to listen to.

I also recommend the podcast, "Trance Around the World" -- two hours of awesome trance. I program with it on, I go to sleep with it playing, we just had a party with it playing in the background.

(Also, if you are a Spotify user, try the Radio/Trance mix.)

I tried that once, but found it a bit too distracting -- too much overenthusiastic DJ voice over in it to really get into the zone while programming.

I shut it off after a few minutes (not a huge techno fan), but it did shame me into going back to work on an iPhone app I've been putting off for far too long (which is great because I built it for myself and there have been numerous times when I've had occasion to use it since I thought of it).

Looks like he is listening to di.fm electro house channel.

I just happened to turn that on and noticed it's the same songs.

Am doing exactly the same thing.

Okay guys, that is not techno... :)

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