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Link to my Spotify Playlist!

A lot of people listen to music while coding, including me. The trick is which music will help to create an environment that encourages calm and productive code. Here’s a list of the music I listen to whilst coding:

Tycho – Extremely calm and mellow. Used for right when I get into the office in the morning. Personally I think his best album is Dive but he’s also coming out with more soon!

Blackmill – I’ve heard it described as “melodic dubstep”, great for late-night coding or if Tycho is too slow for you. I highly encourage you to check out his full album Miracle for his best work.

Boards of Canada – If you’re not into the electric or dubstep kinda music then this is for you. Technically electronic but more ambient rock. My favorite album of theirs is Trans-Canada Highway.

God is an Astronaut – Instrumental rock or “space rock”. Great if you need to get through a lot of boring work.

Explosions in the Sky – A lot like Boards of Canada mixed with God is an Astronaut. Suggested by /u/-entropy.

John Butler Trio – Really only just one song, but holy hell is it fantastic.

Nujabes – I can stress how awesome nujabes is. Jazz/Hip-hop mix, most of it instrumental. Big shoutout to /r/Nujabes.

Vibrasphere – Unfortunately retired band but they left behind a great collection of chill music.

Solar Fields – I love the Solar Fields because there is almost no “rhythm” to their music, making it difficult for my brain to distract me from coding.

Emancipator – Defined as trip hop and down tempo I love this music because it’s calm and very easy on the ears.

Massive Attack – Trip hop and experimental rock, suggested by /u/autra1

edIT – Member of the Glitch Mob but also has some smooth “glitch” music.

The Social Network Soundtrack – Suggested by /u/murdocsvan

Juno Reactor – A lot like Solar Fields but a little quicker. Suggested by /u/thesolitaire

DJ Shadow – A little like Nujabes except more hip-hop

Little People – Downbeat electronic. Extremely chill.

Burial – Dubstep, trip hop. I love his music mostly because it’s perfect “rain” music.

Brookes Brothers – Drum and Bass, a whole lot quicker and really upbeat!

Pretty Lights – Trip hop electronic.

Chillstep Mixes – there are tons of them out there on Youtube, most are more than an hour long, and they’re fantastic!

musicForProgramming(); – A site dedicated to long playlists of music to aid concentraction. Suggested by /u/TheCoryKid

/r/MusicforConcentration – A subreddit dedicated to this kind of music

I only included my top two to three of each artist, however I highly encourage you to explore each artists music.

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