tastejs/TasteMusic

What are you listening to?

addyosmani opened this issue · 135 comments

addyosmani commented

We thought the community could use some music-driven development (MDD).

What are you listening to? :)

I'll start - I'm currently listing to a lot of Chiptunes. Some good playlists to get you started:

Guidelines

  • If possible, link to the album, playlist or track on Soundcloud, Spotify, Google Music or elsewhere.
  • If a legit/legal link to it isn't available, just the album or track name should be solid. You can link to artists or somewhere your suggestion can be bought if you want. We don't mind.
  • Be awesome to one another. This thread is all about the music :)
hemanth commented

MDD 😆

My list is bit odd :

yrezgui commented

Really nice idea ! My turn now :)

es128 commented

Really into Madeon lately. Sadly, there isn't enough!

http://open.spotify.com/artist/4pb4rqWSoGUgxm63xmJ8xc

bredikhin commented

Some really awesome coding music (downloadable mixes):

Also, a must-hear: https://soundcloud.com/etherwood

simenbrekken commented

Epoch's Fables from kingstonpork

191 mixes and counting, incredible quality and variation.

klimisa commented

Smooth & mellow grooves for an endless Summer............enjoy !
Soul Funk
Jazz Funk
Rare Grooves
Summer
http://i.mixcloud.com/CDM7wp

joecarney commented

I usually add the latest albums from Pitchfork & Any Decent Music? to a Spotify playlist named month/year. After a few listens of each album I decided if I like it and will keep listening to it for the rest of the month, or delete it. I always end up with a good playlist by the end of the month :)

Here is what I'm listening to for January 2014...

http://open.spotify.com/user/joe_carney/playlist/32NPWYestas3kmoXQ77108

ziyaddin commented

My most favorite track is C2C - Down The Road.
https://soundcloud.com/c2cdjs/down-the-road

halfbyte commented

I can't believe nobody came up with Music For Programming yet. Brilliant mixes, 23 so far.

patrick91 commented

I'm quite addicted with Mashups and Electro,stuff like this:

https://soundcloud.com/djsfrommars/20131123-1

jessfraz commented

Notorious BIG and anything 80's like Tears for Fears, Hall & Oates, etc.

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Deleted user commented

FIVE LONG HOURS WORTH PEOPLE!! I present to you Cadenza Music - Luciano : https://soundcloud.com/enterofficial/richie-hawtin-vs-luciano-enter

  • You need a pair of really good headphones
    if (you do not have)
    then (you need a set of really good speakers)
    else(just turn up the volume and preferably in a residential area)

Enjoy,

EP

qmx commented

Mostly Transatlantic and other prog goodness

p1nox commented

Morning (Progressive):
Ok Computer
Lateralus

Break right before lunch looking for inspiration: The Fibonacci in Lateralus

Afternoon (Blues):
Robert Johnson
Eric Clapton and folks
Dave Mathews Band Live

Maximum concentration at nights (Electronic,Triphop):
The 2nd Law: Isolated System
Roseland
Bajofondo - Gotan Project
Heligoland
Gling-gló

akilism commented

my current "coding horror" playlist. I generally just leave this on shuffle all day and whenever I want to block my coworkers I can just throw my headphones on and something is playing already.

Her Soundtrack
Aphex Twin
Moderat
Wolves in the Throne Room
Godspeed You Black Emperor
Sleep
Yo-Yo Ma
Daft Punk
Sabbath
Bad Brains
...lots more....

https://play.google.com/music/playlist/AMaBXynGwDM1yjcKFTEUb7lmQcBgoZNTAUQwHRcbFT1syXaEmMGbcuEE-e63tpUecOysjuoHeP4tgNiw_Kwq7WKrXK253YLwJA==

Wimpje commented

I have my Minimal techno Spotify playlist to code with: http://open.spotify.com/user/wimpje/playlist/0mXTrFyivSrTSc0DW5WKnA and when it's not enough I start a Spotify radio based on this list :)

fluffynuts commented

http://m.soundcloud.com/therapistudio chilled stuff. Nice to work to :)

kevingoldsmith commented

this playlist works great for me when I am trying to code:
http://open.spotify.com/user/myrcell89/playlist/5O6Vf4bqwqaFE7JfVvxTgS
Was listening to this album earlier while coding and it was working well for me:
http://open.spotify.com/album/5nogDQTqC7VXwTx2RFQ0N1

leandrodiniz commented

I'm currently listening to a Deep House Session:
https://www.mixcloud.com/projetoakira/projeto-akira-deep-house-sessions

Enjoy!

pcarolan commented

Rdio Decemberists station set to 'adventurous', which is interestingly a lot of new pornographers

ronniebermejo commented

I am a metalhead \m/
Currently listening to Hypocrisy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpZugcjXweo

fluffynuts commented

Hypocrisy can be ace! Also Dimmu Borgir, Opeth and Static-X.
On 29 Jan 2014 19:09, "Ronnie Bermejo" notifications@github.com wrote:

I am a metalhead \m/
Currently listening to Hypocrisy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpZugcjXweo

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com//issues/1#issuecomment-33605729
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ColinEberhardt commented

I like all sorts of things, old grunge, Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, Brit bands like Pulp and Blur, newer bands like Radiohead and Young Knives.

One catchy and slightly odd album that I keep replaying at the moment is Nightmare Revisited, which takes Danny Elfman's excellent score from the film and covers it via an odd and interesting range of artists:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K7Ua9I27tE&list=PL59F628DEA42564CD

ronniebermejo commented

God is an Astronaut is great for refactoring sessions. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DlBHBZFm1U

therealklanni commented

Just finished listening to the new album by Young The Giant (Mind Over Matter) and now listening to Intentions (The Whitest Boy Alive) Radio on Google Music.

therealklanni commented

@ColinEberhardt Radiohead is a new band? lol :P

vasilionjea commented

Too many to list here, but lately I'm listening to the following (random order):

Hacking:
https://soundcloud.com/trifonic/parks-on-fire - (Trifonic - Parks On Fire)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_j9WociXrU - (The Glitch Mob - Palace Of The Innocents)
https://soundcloud.com/trifonic/santa-rosa - (Trifonic - Santa Rose)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWMqgeIDJs8 - (Other Lives - For 12)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUhcgTy1py8 - (T-Mass - Modulus)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J3mk_J_zzQ - (Beats Antique)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfmLFiHV-Ng - (DJ Shadow - Building Steam With a Grain of Salt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YCGtT_FRYg - (Rob Dougan - Clubbed to death)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DWfh82DHEw - (STS9 - Scheme Reprise)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M-jOZRe0-8 - (Bassnectar - Timestretch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEi9ZQrEjr8 - (Que Sera - Wax Tailor)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHGvaQMClEo - (Tron Soundtrack - Daft Punk)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvXROes0ar8 - (Moondog - Bird's Lament)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGEpOgonmWU - (Bonobo - The Plug)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWai4UZ0OqI - (Amon Tobin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ3HPptIKVI - (Little People - Offal Waffle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3jjZdyH6io - (Quantic - Infinite Regression)

On the road:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYKRPzOi1zI - (Gramatik - Just Jammin)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QexOuH8GS-Y - (Canned Heat - On The Road Again)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLcnAyVELoY - (Spindrift - Red Reflection)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUT0swK8ruc - (Chinese Man - Racing with the Sun)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDYIdBZUl2Y - (Mt Eden - Still Alive)
https://soundcloud.com/a-tribe-called-red/electric-pow-wow-drum - (A Tribe Called Red)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3AVTE5YFcM - (80s Casual - Fiesta)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWir6wUkPtw - (Jack White - Love Is Blindness)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3yPyc5ZdNs - (Mt Eden - Sierra Leone)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r67tHCfxXH8 - (Eminem - Till I Collapse (Filth Dubstep Remix))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28tZ-S1LFok - (Phantogram "When I'm Small")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqjeNSNuNPM - (Chinese Man - I've Got That Tune)
https://soundcloud.com/gramatik/grizmatik-dlimf - (Grizmatik/Gramatik)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oKyhEc8Gf0 - (Blackmill - Miracle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN_MSyrq6-U - (The Glitch Mob / Daft Punk Derezzed Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-ev5k57mAM - (Eminem - Legacy Ft. Polina)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbEwHJX95QE - (Atmosphere - Trying To Find A Balance)

Focus time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsShRmkR7BU - (Groove Armada)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuQrLsTUcN0 - (Bon Iver)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k1UvozPeTw - (Lorde)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9boQMQyUda4 - (Emily Wells)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-LMbYlTCSo - (Björk)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SxhzWZrGmg - (Craig Armstrong)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D0whhOb63E - (Moondog - Fujiyama 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SrnR7h5iWU - (Morgan Doctor)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am0TeTZNw3Y - (Murcof)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIPk3r8ZI0c - (Feist)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8d1obOe7ho - (Beach House)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa3CIMEYdXo - (Philip Glass)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg0cmhjdiLs - (Vangelis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2-1u8xvk54 - (Yann Tiersen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V60USaluxGA - (Chopin)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQk3Zh71dGA - (The Pianist - Ballade no.1 in G minor op.23)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTq2Iuyk1s8 - (Ludovico Einaudi)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgCA8zTeFOQ - (O. Golijov - Azul for Cello)

Culture time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_xH7noaqTA - (Stromae - Formidable - French)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAu5bY1u69A - (Stromae - Quand c'est? - French)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxr0F3AbQks - (Céu - Grains de Beaute - Brazilian)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToD9avR8Oso - (Bliss 'n' Eso - The Sea is Rising - Australian)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6RGA3HyN3c - (Instituto Mexicano del Sonido - Cumbia - Mexican)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8txhtB2e5M - (Keny Arkana - La Rage - French)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY9mpiloSIU - (Hilltop Hoods - Shredding the Balloon - Australian)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp3XZDK7Lw4 - (Kery James - Lettre à la République - French)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wExpZNxWA_U - (Sexion d'assaut - Désolé - French)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQh0JMaVtxg - (Active Member - Greek)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9zIP4FA-1Y - (Rona Nishliu - Suus - Albanian)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpaHB8filPc - (TUS - Greek)

& more....

ronniebermejo commented

Sounds like a good idea to leave documented in your code comments, the music you were listening while coding. This may help future developers to understand your code better. (Code Meta-Data?)

jsdevel commented

Katy Perry's new album Prism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBikDZ8WbA4

melhosseiny commented
artemgordinskiy commented

Surprised to find so little of rock music here.
My favorite coding bands (all of them are on Spotify):

  • Five Finger Death Punch;
  • Mudvayne;
  • Soilwork;
  • Trivium;
  • Metallica;
  • SOAD;
  • Mushroomhead;
  • Merrow, Widek (fine instrumental rock).
rafaelrinaldi commented

Medication by Bison B.C.: http://youtu.be/_o4lf_VBumM

ColinEberhardt commented

@ArtemGordinsky - I am a bit surprised too. I like some electronic, but mostly guitar. We need to chart the results!

andyperlitch commented

Been listening to a lot of cuban son/guaguanco/salsa, and I think it is very conducive to good code. Here are my top 5:

Que Son Uno - Joe Cuba
Dulce Con Dulce - Johnny Pacheco and Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez
Buenos Hermanos - Ibrahim Ferrer
Mueve La Cintura Mulata - Cuarteto Oriente
Chin Chon Chow - Louie Ramírez

If that whets your appetite, check out my full spotify playlist

rizkysyazuli commented

i usually just listened to anything on http://hypem.com/
here's their 2013 highlight: http://hypem.com/zeitgeist/2013/tracks_list

outside of that, i've been listening to Kaskade a lot lately.
https://soundcloud.com/kaskade/kaskade-atmosphere-live-at-the

pawanspace commented

I love punjabi (my native language) music

Any song in punjabi
Nusrat fateh ali khan

But these days I am in love with this song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBumgq5yVrA

adrazich commented

Anything with a lot of singing in it distracts me from working so I usually listen to a lot of trance.

Uplifting trance:
http://open.spotify.com/user/124023650/playlist/3ZAt4epOpwnYrgHOeRyb2H

Drum n Bass:
http://open.spotify.com/user/124023650/playlist/6d1kbDqenoTJLJSEdcH1UJ

felipead commented

This is a DJ mix I've recorded, it contains lots of good stuff, including deep house, jazz, techno and house. Very good to listen while working!
http://soundcloud.com/felipead/flux-capacitor

sindresorhus commented

Thoughts on a web player can be discussed in #2

cronco commented

Can't believe no-one's mentioned http://musicforprogramming.net/ <- really good ambiental music podcast.

celber commented
dilrajahdan commented

Glitch Hop Music - Electro HipHop with no lyrics

The Glitch Mob - Drink the Sea (Full Album)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVqPx5mUj0g

jsdevel commented

@cronco Thanks for listing this! Man, best issue thread ever on github 👍

yoosiba commented

Although I normally listen different music, for programming I find electronic music to be good. It shields me from outside, not to much vocals (thus not too distracting), good tempo and vibe (keeps my awareness up). I use mainly DigitallyImported (http://www.di.fm). Collection of channels is good, there are web players, mobile apps, and streaming playlist for desktop players.
So normally :

  1. I start with http://www.di.fm/clubdubstep
  2. if it gets too hard or too much vocals, I switch to http://www.di.fm/progressive
  3. If it gets to dull, switch back to 1.
  4. If 1-2-3 fails jump to http://www.di.fm/chillhop
  5. If 4. is too chilled out https://www.google.com/#q=site:youtube.com+%22vocal%22+~dubstep
specious commented

@yoosiba - Dawg, you can drop the tilde:

http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2277383/Google-Kills-Tilde-Search-Operator 💔

Besides, what are the synonyms for dubstep?

yoosiba commented

@specious I guess my SEO is not up to date :)
and I am not sure for synonyms, but I guess I assumed that google machine learning algorithms would find some correlation with chillstep, downtempo, maybe dub...

Omar12 commented

A lot of good suggestions, without repeating any of the ones mentioned:

Com Truise: https://soundcloud.com/com-truise
Flying Lotus: https://soundcloud.com/flyinglotus
Flying Lotus - Essential Mix: https://soundcloud.com/thatericalper/2009-11-29-essential-mix
SBTRKT: https://soundcloud.com/sbtrkt
Tangerine Dream, Woody Jackson, The Alchemist, Oh No & DJ Shadow - The Music for Grand Theft Auto V: Vol. 2 - http://youtu.be/5W6un86yPFA
You Are Listening To - A blend of ambient music with the radio talk of cops in various metropolitan cities: http://youarelistening.to/
Blue Sky Black Death - Noir: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFeB9uRtlPw&list=PL9xyUu9cGtReuEScRICMBHb1TGt6smA-G
Ratatat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoHZVGGAoe4&list=PL06AA1DB32E41F6D4
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPdPK_rIseY
BOILER ROOM - Various Mixes: https://soundcloud.com/platform
Jamie XX - Any of his long mixes are great. His Essential Mix: https://soundcloud.com/conaa/jamie-xx-essential-mix
Four Tet: https://soundcloud.com/four-tet

jribeiro commented

An incredibly inspiring musical journey from Mr. Jaar:
https://soundcloud.com/otherpeoplerecords/csp06-nicolas-jaar-essential

Happy extreme programming :)

vasilionjea commented

@jribeiro I listen to good music all of the time, but what you've shared here is extremely good!
Thank you so much! 👍

p1nox commented

Maybe I'm being too Venezuelan, but I just found this and I think it's a great instrumental song ideal for coding!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFNs9ISTwCI - Joropo

erwanjegouzo commented

There's nothing better than the energy of some good dubstep!
http://open.spotify.com/artist/2qxJFvFYMEDqd7ui6kSAcq

Rayraz commented

For me, the bpm increases with the length the coding marathon and/or the proximity of the deadline. When i'm in electronic music mode, a marathon might go along the following lines:

Starting out bursting with creative energy:
https://soundcloud.com/engineearz/sets/engine-earz-experiment-live-maida-vale-for-bbc-radio-1xtra
When you're just coasting along 'in-the-zone':
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Funk+Blaster/7181565 (koan sound for the win)
http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=akira+kiteshi
Working late, performing that late-night black magic they won't teach you in ninja-school:
https://soundcloud.com/elsuave/science-and-magic-1
For that red-bull fueled morning after pulling an all-nighter:
https://soundcloud.com/dj6tri_x/kickn-roll-live-set-guitare (fuck yeah!)

Blues mode:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Blues+Deluxe/384566
Rock mode:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/1992+Acdc+Live/603026
http://grooveshark.com/#!/led_zeppelin
http://grooveshark.com/#!/zz_top
Metal mode:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/The+Formation+Of+Damnation/1785418
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/The+Atrocity+Exhibition+Exhibit+A/841881
Various heavier electronic styles:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/phuturedoom
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Terminal+Static/3920805
Oldskool mode:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/profile/Ed+Starink/22478985
Classical mode:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Jascha+Heifetz+The+Supreme+Disc+2/5190654 (The best violin concert EVER made, period.)
Epic mode:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Rock+Symphonies/4716061

passy commented

This is on infinite loop today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZvnfBTnaj0 [Goat Simulator Official Trailer Soundtrack (Extended version)]

mrmurphy commented

Here's some great wartime jazz: http://rd.io/x/QYMu2jNc6II/