Asklemmy

Selected Ambient Works

Grindcore

Instrumental heavy metal.

Techno, house, trance, or nintendo music.

LoFi

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.

Lofi covers of video game music. Mostly Zelda, because I am a dork.

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

Either ambient instrumental music (lots of Brian Eno) or any music that I know all the words to (so that my brain doesn't have to actively process the lyrics).

I've been listening to breakcore lately. Gets me in the mood for serious work, it's like a microdose of adhd meds

Krautrock

The first Sims game soundtrack

Usually none, sometimes classical music, Viennese Classic especially

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

video game music is designed to pump you up without breaking your concentration.

almost anything with lyrics in it is a no go for me if my goal is to have background music to relax/study to. also lofi.

buckethead. i cant focus with lyrics and i found his work perfect.

Drum'n'Bass

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

Get it wrong and it'll really surprise you!

Always Emancipator. Safe In The Steep Cliffs is excellent.

When I was in the office, always metal. At home I'm more likely to listen to classical, but still metal if I need to be totally focused.

Years ago I got a disc called Sounds of Slashdot. It was at a con, I think.

Anyway it's got some "gamemaster" "lost tribe" thing among some musical tracks on the CD. I have No Idea what it is, but I put it on and the sounds fucks with distractions and I can enter the Flow more easily for work. It's a great trigger.

I need to find more of that.

Techno and heavy metal.

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.

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

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

Soundtracks to puzzle video games. Spacechem and the rest of the Zachtronics games have Great music that helps encourage concentration in my opinion.

I like Blue Turtle's playlists, especially the Ithya ones. They're mostly folkish intrumentals and some gentle chillstep

Psytrance is ideal. Designed for dancing yourself into a trance, perfect for energetic flow state concentration, like studying.

Been on the lofi Chopin and similar songs lately.

https://open.spotify.com/track/52gMaGkqtK2GIjWaIgwIW8?si=D8GI6SeVQe6BQGM4OWYVHg

Chillstep or lofi for focus.

Sublime and the like for cleaning.

Deep House

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.

breakcore (dnb), maidcore (progressive instrumental metal) or jazz fusion

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

Random playlist from spotify with low-fi, vocal house or vocal lounge.

Minecraft soundtrack

trance and sextrance
like everyday actually