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.
There is tuning involved.
If what i’m working on is repetative and aggrivating, i’ll have anything on, up to and including an audio book.
If what i’m working on requires modest brain power, stuff that’s calm and ambient.
If what i’m working on is demanding, dead silence.
Heavy metal to disassociate myself from the office
The Doom 2016 soundtrack.
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.
Acid Jazz/Funk. No overwhelming lyrics, good background noise.
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.
Most of the music I enjoy listening to, has good singing and/or lyrics that I want to hear. But this is exactly what I don’t need while attempting to concentrate on another task!
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.
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.
The soundtrack for Virgo Versus The Zodiac. It’s the only video game soundtrack I ever bought.
I started listening this morning and the soundtrack indeed slaps. Thanks for the rec!
Never saw this game before…ooooo that soundtrack is silky. Keeping an eye on this one!
Downtempo electronica.
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!
neurofunk/techstep
What do you mean by neurofunk? Is related to baile funk (Brazilian genre)?
sorry for the late response - neurofunk is a subgenre of drum & bass, I’m not sure where the “funk” part comes from but the “neuro” part is definitely how it makes your brain react when you hear it. its very synth-heavy, dark, fast, bassy music. if you arent into d&b at all it will probably just sound like a hot mess, but to some it’s very good at getting you up and going/concentrating/energised =]
Sometimes, but generally not. If I listen to anything, it’ll often be something that has no lyrics or is just ambiance, like Enterprise engineering or warp core background. But I ALWAYS wear earphones, just so people know I’m not taking walk-ups at the moment.
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.
Jam bands like Phish or Goose. Lots of instrumentals, unfamiliar lyrics, nothing to sing along to.
