OT: Music to concentrate to
davis
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In a shared office, needing to read and pay attention. Sadly I've got the attention span of a tweaking squirrel. I'm after some music recommendations for headphones: got the following so far:
Underworld (meaningless lyrics that I don't try to follow, ace repetitive tunes)
Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy (no lyrics, lots of great sweeping orchestra)
Chemical Brothers (just about anything they do)
I guess it's pretty much turbo-trainer music that I'm after, too.
Spotify-friendly would be grand.
Underworld (meaningless lyrics that I don't try to follow, ace repetitive tunes)
Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy (no lyrics, lots of great sweeping orchestra)
Chemical Brothers (just about anything they do)
I guess it's pretty much turbo-trainer music that I'm after, too.
Spotify-friendly would be grand.
Sometimes parts break. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes it’s your fault.
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Classical? Schubert's symphony #5 is quite lovely.0
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Yeah, classical for concentration - Elgar is good - mellow and slow moving.0
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Einaudi is perfect you're after contemporary classical music. I can have this on all the time and it just carries you along.Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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If you want music with a rhythm kraftwerk should work quite well as it's quite mechanical or any earlyish techno0
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Dalek
Sunn O)))
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that sort of thing, slow basicallyPurveyor of sonic doom
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Hmmm. Elgar sounds good, any specific recordings?
Actually I definitely should look into classical more; I listen when driving quite often...
And, and Kraftwerk! That's got to be in there somewhere - ta!Sometimes parts break. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes it’s your fault.0 -
"Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone" is an epic piece of work.0
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I usually find music no lyrics helps if I really need to concentrate so you don't sign along. Discovered some time ago I couldn't code or read for that matter while listening to Eminem.
Orbital is a favourite the Blue Album or Insides. Apart from that mostly techno or trance stuff Sahsa and Digweed seems to be getting played a lot a the moment. Sometime I go with Ambient if I want to get right in to a problem. Jean Michel Jarre's 45min track Waiting for Cousteau is good for this.
If you must have lyrics make it something you know really well, I cannot listen to new music when coding.
Also bizarrely I found when working at home that random background helps me concentrate. BBC1 daytime TV is good for this, with the volume turned down a bit so it's just on making a noise, or BBC parliament for the same reason. Does this make me odd?--
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Clever Pun wrote:Dalek
Sunn O)))
5ive
that sort of thing, slow basically
Hmmm - struggling to find many of those: I think the first is Dälek however -- Gutter Tactics et al.Sometimes parts break. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes it’s your fault.0 -
davis wrote:Hmmm. Elgar sounds good, any specific recordings?
Actually I definitely should look into classical more; I listen when driving quite often...
And, and Kraftwerk! That's got to be in there somewhere - ta!
I would go for Nimrod something like that.
As for Kraftwerk, I love "we are the robots" - genius.
I think the guy from Kraftwerk did an album of cycling music, or music made by bikes or summit?!0 -
Sketchley wrote:I usually find music no lyrics helps if I really need to concentrate so you don't sign along. Discovered some time ago I couldn't code or read for that matter while listening to Eminem.
Orbital is a favourite the Blue Album or Insides. Apart from that mostly techno or trance stuff Sahsa and Digweed seems to be getting played a lot a the moment. Sometime I go with Ambient if I want to get right in to a problem. Jean Michel Jarre's 45min track Waiting for Cousteau is good for this.
Yeah some of the earlier progressive stuff digweed and sasha used to play was awesome, that reminds me I must dig out that first renaissance album the 3cd one.0 -
Check out this guy's Soundcloud page
http://soundcloud.com/r_co/tracks
More live mixes than you can shake a stick at.
Currently listening to this one : http://soundcloud.com/r_co/reboot-fabric-promo-mix-july
This one is ace disco house http://soundcloud.com/r_co/johnny-fiasc ... he-pick-me0 -
davis wrote:Clever Pun wrote:Dalek
Sunn O)))
5ive
that sort of thing, slow basically
Hmmm - struggling to find many of those: I think the first is Dälek however -- Gutter Tactics et al.
Sunn are fairly well known in certain circles.. Greg Anderson and Stephen O'Malley's creation
It took the night to beleive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIR1KfKXH6s
yup your're right I'm sure the lack of umlaut threw you
Here you go Big sea by 5ive
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Anything by Air would be good. Lots of instrumentals, super mellow.0
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yup your're right I'm sure the lack of umlaut threw you
Yeah, sorry, the spotify search over Squeezebox interface forces one to be a bit of a pedantic douche.
Ta though.Sometimes parts break. Sometimes you crash. Sometimes it’s your fault.0 -
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Inception soundtrack... will make you paranoid but also work really fast.0
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King Jeffers wrote:Inception soundtrack... will make you paranoid but also work really fast.
So true, or anything by Hans Zimmer, the Dark Knight OST especially.0 -
Anything by ISIS in the album Wavering Radiant 8)0
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Movie OSTs are good.
Conan the Barbarian is a good one - heavily borrows from the Planets suite but (arguably) more accessible.
Dune is another of my favourites.FCN 6 in the week on the shiny new single speed.
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The last Mike Oldfield album is good for that kind of thing too0
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gtvlusso wrote:davis wrote:Hmmm. Elgar sounds good, any specific recordings?
Actually I definitely should look into classical more; I listen when driving quite often...
And, and Kraftwerk! That's got to be in there somewhere - ta!
I would go for Nimrod something like that.
As for Kraftwerk, I love "we are the robots" - genius.
I think the guy from Kraftwerk did an album of cycling music, or music made by bikes or summit?!
It's a bit more than that - they are obsessed with cycling, to the point that they made an album themed around the TdF.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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