Soundtracks to puzzle video games. Spacechem and the rest of the Zachtronics games have Great music that helps encourage concentration in my opinion.
Found this playlist on Spotify recently called Creative Flow Music and it is now my go-to.
Always Emancipator. Safe In The Steep Cliffs is excellent.
Emancipator fucks heavy. I don’t think I’ve ever heard an artist capture the feeling of misty forests and snow so perfectly. Just nature really. Safe in the Steep Cliffs and Dusk to Dawn are so evocative.
Hell yeah! I learned of them when my partner and I were walking around at a festival, and we passed a stage with the most relaxing music… we just immediately sat down, then laid down in the grass and vibed for a good half hour. Sooooo good.
Love me some Milt Jackson! The soft tones of that vibraphone are great for background music while studying
Minecraft soundtrack
The first Sims game soundtrack
The Movies game soundtrack
I have an ambient playlist with artists like Carbon Based Lifeforms, Sync24, 36, Cell, and some tracks from video game soundtracks.
None. Otherwise, I’m listening to music instead of concentrating on whatever I should be.
Usually none, sometimes classical music, Viennese Classic especially
Same, none of that low-brow Bratislava Classic, pee-yooo
Krautrock
Random playlist from spotify with low-fi, vocal house or vocal lounge.
buckethead. i cant focus with lyrics and i found his work perfect.
Grindcore
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.
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.