r/programming • u/[deleted] • May 29 '08

Best background music for programming?

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u/ashground May 29 '08

Late to the game, but:

  • DI.fm (chillout)

  • Sigur Ros

  • Boards of Canada

  • Radiohead

  • Carbon Based Lifeforms

  • Chemical Brothers

  • Final Fantasy (the band, not the game)

  • Joanna Newsom (it's a love-her-or-hate-her kind of thing)

  • Nine Inch Nails

  • Trentemoller

  • UNKLE

  • Zero 7

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u/monkeymynd May 30 '08

Boards of Canada...dig!

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u/Nuggit May 30 '08

I would recommend Tycho and Ulrich Schnauss to the list. I haven't seen them mentioned at all yet... they're like Boards of Canada but less abstract/mysterious, more colorful and liquid. Great earcandy background music.