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Sounds cliche, silly, etc. but music really is magic. Such an abstract thing that can produce wide ranges of emotions and even help focus and inspire.

I find a lot of electronic music helpful for coding.

Some bangers for anyone interested:

Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (Charlotte de Witte & Enrico Sangiuliano Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YVvcTIGy40

Nero - My Eyes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiojdDs8wwk

SUB FOCUS x WILKINSON @ Corfe Castle, Dorset https://youtu.be/TRh-amAhOEw?si=jCx1V7jkciB3h4kh

Adventure Club - Gold (Ft. Yuna) https://youtu.be/09wdQP1FFR0?si=r7hfA6w3qfhXzL30

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DnB is my jam, I’m a fan of sub focus and wilkinson.

Here is 37 hours of DnB [1]. Here is 30 hours of mostly house [2].

[1] https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6a14gkr30nOOr8Eu9T34tE?si=...

[2] https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BUgKCDAWvcDa28MVToIFM?si=...

Big up the DnB crew. I like it dirtier when out, but love a bit of liquid to code to.

For sessions:

Big Bud: Infinity + Infinity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYEuCcMZB_o

LTJ Bukem: Logical Progressions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZK_0dgj43s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYqDVqYSTxs

And a few select cuts:

Calibre & High Contrast: Mr Majestic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nswe73umPQk

Hybrid Minds / Daughter: Youth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RUWkv4Ray8

Hybrid Minds: Touch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AKSpPkZAuE

These replies are fantastic, thanks all.

I recently (last few years) discovered that not only do I like DnB, but there is something about it that keeps the anxiety goblin in my brain occupied the same way one might distract an unruly child with a video game or something equally engaging. Contrast to what the poo-poo'ers say, the organized chaos that it brings to my table actually _helps_ me regain a bit of my higher-order thinking, especially when troubleshooting.

Calibre is a fav, but already mentioned so I offer up another favorite of mine for those looking for something a bit more fluid with a nostalgia kick.

Level Select by Pizza Hotline: https://pizzahotline.bandcamp.com/album/level-select

> the organized chaos that it brings to my table actually _helps_ me regain a bit of my higher-order thinking

Same. My favorite playlist that I made for this is called Break Through The Galaxy [1]. It pushes me to think beyond my boundaries and those boundaries and those boundaries etc.

It’s 50% DnB and 50% other genres of which the songs/tracks hit the same way. For example, it starts with a calm guitar composition.

[1] https://open.spotify.com/track/519POQZ8qXwhqtKzAu1Exp?si=CSV...

Just a heads up, I'm not seeing your playlist when I click the link. Looks like it's linking straight to the track Beauty of Discipline by Gareth Pearson.

Thanks, here it is. I tested the link this time :)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1c3AdAfB4J7iaZ0F9scVC5?si=...

If you like a bit of weird time signature, arpeggios, and seemingly dissonant sounds that eventually harmonize into chaotic outburst you might enjoy what was my coding metronome back in the early 1980s ... YMMV - Steve Reich, Music for 18 Musicians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXJWO2FQ16c

YES. Reich is fantastic :)

and then there's Nyman, Michael that is, not Gary ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3KgZlxTz8g is up there with Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds

Pizza Hotline is now getting me through the last bit of Friday. thank you, great stuff.

Yoink!

Liquid DnB is my goto flow state hack:

18 hours spotify playlist of my faves: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2GKgNjMOLu9GYy1puVknIJ?si=...

Only thing to be aware of is that Spotify's shuffle is not a true shuffle, it's a shuffle designed to earn them the most money so you might have noticed the same tracks repeat themselves in a massive playlist, others don't play at all. Unfortunately the solution is to use on of those spotify API websites to dupe the playlist with a shuffle and play it with shuffle disabled.

Fun! I see some overlap. Will check it out :)

I agree music is very useful for switching things up a gear, from down tempo through to very high bpm such as: https://open.spotify.com/album/3f8egS9LhMlx6S3YqJdl3z?si=Fo1...

Interesting, I listened to Tidal Wave by Sub Focus on repeat for like a week while coding!

Such fond memories with this song.

Check out the Heavy Breathing Liquid DnB mix by Dieselboy. It's one of my staples for coding and chilling out in general.

Pass from me - no songs with lyrics for coding, and ever worse belting and melisma...

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