Music to think, read and code to
Here are a number of free online sources of music and background noise that are particularly good for high-concentration tasks.
- SimplyNoise - Pure white, pink and brown noise (noise)
- Rainymood - Stormscape (noise)
- musicForProgramming(); - Ambient mixtapes (music)
- SomaFM's Groove Salad playlist - Ambient radio (music; playable via browser popup)
And here are a number of (not free) albums I find particularly good for this purpose.
- The Album Leaf's In a Safe Place (Amazon link)
- Brian Eno's Music for Airports (Amazon link) and Apollo (Amazon Link)
- Jon Hopkins' Contact Note (Amazon link) and Opalescent (Amazon link)
This isn't a comprehensive list by any means (that sort of thing can be found on Lifehacker, as you might expect), but over the past few years, I have tweeted and blogged about this a bit, so I'm simply tying up some of the odds and ends in one place.
Originally published 20 February 2012 at akiraoconnor.org/2012/02/20/music/
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One of my recent finds for non-intrusive music to program to is Youth Lagoon's The Year of Hibernation. http://www.last.fm/music/Youth+Lagoon
Cheers for the suggestion Tim. Have bought it and am giving it a go now.
Let me know what you think (unless you dislike it and I then feel guilty for suggesting it). :)
Both Kalkenbrenners do it everytime for me. On top of that, Helios and Explosions in the Sky. If you want it, let me know, and I'll bring it over some time.