I am a big fan of listening to Drone Zone on SomeFM while programming
Hit me with your favourite streams, albums or artists
If you’re into ambient stuff: https://musicforprogramming.net/
in addition to the lofi/ambient, something I’ve really been enjoying recently is this lofi stream with random live air traffic control talk overlaid https://www.lofiatc.com
No one mentioned lofi girl? The youtube channel’s study stream is amazing for helping me focus on coding.
I don’t really like thinking about what to listen to, so I use di.fm (an internet radio for electronic music) and just enjoy the endless stream of music. Some of my favorite channels:
- Electro Swing - my absolute favorite, energetic and fast but improves focus
- LoFi Hip-Hop - like the popular YouTube mixes but better curated and higher-quality
- Liquid DnB - this is the middle ground between relaxing LoFi and energetic “Matrix” style coding music
It was really hard to find music I enjoy but I can also concentrate while listening to it. These 3 channels have been the absolute best for me in this regard. I hope you will like them too.
After years of trying different genres I found the best music for me: instrumental metal.
My go to artists are:
- Andromida, for something hardcore
- God is an Astronaut, for something melodic and chill
- Outrun the Sunlight, TANK86, Modern day Babylon for the times when I want to listen to something else
- anything that Spotify recommends
And my recent discovery: The HU. Mongolian band playing a mix of folk/rock/metal with a lot of throat singing. Since I don’t understand Mongolian and throat singing is very uncommon for me, I just treat it as another instrument, and it can easily get me in the zone.
Nice suggestions! If you want something chill, I recommend David Maxim Micic or Plini. If you want something more technical, Polyphia and Intervals are all amazing.
https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/
Tons of high quality ambient and drone to help you get in the zone
Wow there is a lot there! Thank you
I will listen to a few at work this week
For sure and enjoy!
I’d also like to recommend this Spotify playlist should you have it. Not drone, but a fantastic large scale selection of good background tunes and with nearly 7500 tracks I just put it on shuffle and let it go.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6JA6kahZIaVPmseYo0HhAM?si=35bc9b434e094c84
