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[ SomaFM SF 10-33]

http://somafm.com/sf1033/

Ambient music mixed with the sounds of San Francisco public safety radio traffic.

[ SomaFM Mission Control ]

http://somafm.com/missioncontrol/

A mix of ambient and experimental music mixed with the historical sounds of the space program.

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Soma FM is one of my favourite things. Their stations are among my top listening while working. The lack of ads/interruption and excellently compiled playlists make for wonderful listening that truly augments my mood and ability to concentrate.

Another recommendation : I used to listen to "Bluemars - Music for the space traveler" stream, but it has been defunct[0] for some time. However, it seems someone is trying to revive it there [1]. It is really great to use as background when coding. Eerie and inspiring.

(I just hope that my link won't DDOS it)

[0] http://bluemars.org/ [1] http://echoesofbluemars.org/index.php

Thanks, and thanks to mkal_tsr for the link to Mission Control, that sounds like fantastic music for work! Here is a list of my go-to music for work:

* (mandatory, already seen multiple times on HN) http://musicforprogramming.net/

* Kruder & Dorfmeister - The K+D Sessions. Fantastic mix.

* Apparat - The whole discography, but especially Silizium, and Krieg und Frieden. Both mix deliciously electronic and violin/cello.

Two more recommendations:

http://ambientsleepingpill.com/ and the classic http://www.sleepbot.com/ambience/broadcast/

Trentemoller Radio on pandora is pretty good for coding.

Subdued, but steady beats to maintain pace, with a touch of atmospheric electronics.

They are amazing, and afaik live off of donations. As each of you guys discover Soma, please consider a small donation to the station to keep them going.

Let's not forget the Christmas Lounge!

Mission control is excellent background for playing Kerbal Space Program

So bizarre. I remember listening to Groove Salad when I was probably 14 years old. Now here I am, 11 years later, living in SF, and I get reminded of it on a random HN post.

Have you noticed some changes in sf1033 in the last 9 months ? It feels now as if the mixes are deliberately more musical than ambient.

I personally don't really listen to sf1033 at all, but figured I'd toss it in since I figured HN probably has a skew toward that area ;-) For more ambient, I'm usually listening to recommendations by,

* http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/

* Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/user/headphonecommute / spotify:user:headphonecommute

My mistake, I meant ambient as in "ambiance sound" not the musical style (less chatter, more music with melody).

But excellent recommendation nonetheless (listening to the flashbulb on reviews.headphonecommute.com) !

Mission Control is my all time favourite SomaFM channel!

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