Selected Ambient Works

Instrumental heavy metal.

Techno, house, trance, or nintendo music.

The first Sims game soundtrack

When I really need to concentrate I put on music in a foreign language. Mainly German because I’ve found a lot of German bands I like. Some of my favorites that sing mainly in German:

• Wizo
• Die Ärzte
• Die Toten Hosen
• We Butter Out Bread With Butter

None. Otherwise, I’m listening to music instead of concentrating on whatever I should be.

Found this playlist on Spotify recently called Creative Flow Music and it is now my go-to.

Anything without vocals so that it doesn’t force me to actually think about it, just vibe.

Lately Chikoi The Maid (maidcore rock) or Gnome (the Father Of Time album, just-riffs-rock?) to some dnb/techno stuff, depends on the mood and how hard I need to focus - faster is better then.

Minecraft soundtrack

It’s really hard to time it just right but the theme to Jeopardy 👍

Get it wrong and it’ll really surprise you!

Depends on the kind of concentration. If I’m programming or doing some kind of math, I want fury. I’m reaching for Slayer or Megadeth or the Doom sound track. Nothing like Angel of Death to plow through something.

If it’s more contemplative, power ballads. Something I can sing without focusing on it. I Want to Know What Love Is. Keeps pace, but it’s more emotional. Keeps me in that thoughtful place.

Cooking, woodworking, cleaning. Something active but not on the whole fast. Heavy metal, southern rock, or blues. Kiss, CCR, Lynyrd Skynyrd, BB King. Something even tempo that can pick up and come back down. Freebird followed by Fortunate Son is a good example.

There’s a channel on Youtube called My Analogue Journey, I usually chuck that on.

House music. Nearly everyday while I code. Mostly Chris Luno sets.

I’ve had the Billie Eilish’s new album on loop recently. But before that I’d usually have some Floyd or god machine on.

Drum’n’Bass