Ok, I start: I like synthwave, synthpop and sovietwave. And it’s not as much a question of focus as the fact music energized me, so lyrics are also ok and even welcome and I don’t get distracted at all.
I do but once I’m concentrating I have to pause it
Melodic dubstep when I’m debugging, metalcore when I’m developing new code.
Then you find out you were the prior maintainer…
Psytrance or Dubstep. Something without much (or any) lyrics but with a strong bassline, maybe a bit glitchy.
I like -45. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wX2GhQOCO0Y
After a quick listen and skip, can confirm, that would do the job :-)
Psytrance + Glitchy? Kalya Scintilla fan over here 😁👋
Interestingly, the music I prefer to listen to is more rocky - Punk/Grunge/Ska/Folk/Dub.
I acquired my love of psytrance in the early noughties when I used to do henna art at festivals in the UK. We got friendly with a couple who ran a psytrance CD stall, and were very often pitched right next door, so I spent many a weekend doing henna art with their music blasting out of their PA as a backing track. One CD that was popular at the time was Virtual Memory by Alchemy, but I seldom knew who I was listening to - it never seemed to matter. Worked well for getting into “the zone” though, and it’s not distracting because I don’t find myself trying to listen to the (usually non-existent) lyrics.
Jungle, dnb, futurecore. 140-180ish BPM is my focus zone
Synthwave is my jam. But, and this is a big Butt, I’m a person who focuses on one job and get distracted too easily. So having any music in the background will distract me. So mute is it then for me.
“this is a big Butt”
Nice.
Anything pretty laid back and lyric free is good coding music for me. At the moment, Solar Fields and Tangerine Dream are my faves.
Make sure you check out the Mirror’s Edge soundtracks, they were produced by Solar Fields.
Thanks for that. I’m enjoying it now!
I would prefer VGM (video game music), I like its wide range of genre and it’s not repetitive or ALI PROJECT’s albums :\
Acid Jazz/Funk. No overwhelming lyrics, good background noise.
neurofunk/techstep
What do you mean by neurofunk? Is related to baile funk (Brazilian genre)?
Downtempo electronica.
Video game OSTs with some Lo-Fi sprinkled in, sometimes Jazz. More recently I’ve been having a good time with Bluegrass and Celtic Folk.
These days, I’d usually listen to either a Dungeon Synth playlist (like Mountain Realm, Atrium Carceri, Witch Bolt…) or I’ll listen to my doom/stoner/psych playlist (Mars Red Sky, Colour Haze, Earthless, Kikagaku Mori, Youngblood Supercult…).
Also, there are a few Diablo Lo-fi mixes made by blizzard that really get me in the mood of writing. Tristram theme Lo-fi is also sick.
I enjoy non-AI generated music.
hard to come by after YT took away the ability to filter search results by age.
luckily I had ripped a bunch of music from YT before AI was a thing.
mostly around 80s jpop, synth, wave.
Heavy metal to disassociate myself from the office
Most of the music I enjoy listening to, has good singing and lyrics. But this is exactly what I don’t need while attempting to concentrate!
When I need to focus on something, the music needs to be motivating, blocking out any ambient noise, but not distracting. I find trance and other techno to be best for this.
