Ask HN: What is your single favorite song to listen to while hacking?
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This is cheating and may not be popular with many, but I like to listen to the Verve's "Storm in Heaven" album as one long song.
"...may well have been the best neo-psychedelic album released in the 1990s. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Storm_in_Heaven
"...may well have been the best neo-psychedelic album released in the 1990s. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Storm_in_Heaven
Recently it's been Kap Slaps spring break mix.
http://soundcloud.com/kapslap/kap-slap-spring-break-mix
http://soundcloud.com/kapslap/kap-slap-spring-break-mix
Maurice Ravel's Boléro [1].
The piece is about 10 minutes long. Ravel stated his idea for the piece was taking a theme and trying "to repeat it a number of times on different orchestral levels but without any development."
It's a tune that just fades into the background nicely. I can put it on repeat for a couple hours, and the slow rises and falls in volume keep me in a good rhythm.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bol%C3%A9ro
The piece is about 10 minutes long. Ravel stated his idea for the piece was taking a theme and trying "to repeat it a number of times on different orchestral levels but without any development."
It's a tune that just fades into the background nicely. I can put it on repeat for a couple hours, and the slow rises and falls in volume keep me in a good rhythm.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bol%C3%A9ro
Wake Up - Rage Against The Machine (and the entire The Matrix soundtrack)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1T8xgHdMEM
Instantly brings me back to age 14 sitting in my room at 3AM programming, chatting on IRC, and taking breaks to play Threewave/NetQuake CTF.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1T8xgHdMEM
Instantly brings me back to age 14 sitting in my room at 3AM programming, chatting on IRC, and taking breaks to play Threewave/NetQuake CTF.
Blink 182 - Anthem Part Two.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltx7_jjv8OE
Takes me back to being 15, not revising for my GCSE's and programming instead. I think I listed to the whole album (Take of your pants and jacket) on loop for about a month straight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltx7_jjv8OE
Takes me back to being 15, not revising for my GCSE's and programming instead. I think I listed to the whole album (Take of your pants and jacket) on loop for about a month straight.
Bizarrely I listen to Alphawaves
http://itunes.apple.com/be/app/alphamind-alpha-brainwave/id3...
It keeps me really focused for extended periods.
http://itunes.apple.com/be/app/alphamind-alpha-brainwave/id3...
It keeps me really focused for extended periods.
Dunlis by Olivier Weiter.
http://soundcloud.com/juan-bass/olivier-weiter-dunlis-origin...
http://soundcloud.com/juan-bass/olivier-weiter-dunlis-origin...
Ennio Morricone - Metti una Sera a Cena
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWTNB5gRuXs
Queen - One Vision
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvpsEKSNkkA
I listen to free music on www.aupeo.com
Carpenters - Top of the World. :)
Limit it to your one best, as I'm sure we could all list twenty with no problem.
Mine is Aphex Twin's ".215061" from Analogue Bubblebath 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFYOiwH9EgY
http://www.discogs.com/AFX-Analogue-Bubblebath-3/release/28763
Cheers, sneak