Deep Focus playlist on Spotify
The music of SILENCE. And I never listen to music at any other time either.
I’m beginning to think this makes me extremely unusual.
Baby Shark x Ich Bin Schnappi, 10 hour endless loop.
Atmospheric black metal, like Vvilderness
I listen while working most of the day most days, my top 5 are probably:
Mount Shrine, Sleep Research Facility, Thomas Koner, Loscil and Brian Eno
Always up for new listens though so I’ll check back what others put up for sure.
Synthwave, Post-Rock, Post-Metal, Shoegaze.
It’s what I mostly listen nowadays anyway.
- lofi
- ambiance
- game soundtracks (chill ones)
Surprised to see it’s not mentioned here. 24 years old internet radio, still kicking, over 30 channels with hand-picked playlists, almost all of them suitable for concentration. They are sponsoring Def-Con for years. Owner has a great Fediverse presence.
Channels have very interesting concepts like Spy Jazz, Ambient over NASA’s mission broadcasts, Celtic Folk, Vaporwave, 80s Synthpop and my favorite SF 10-33 Ambient over San Francisco Police Radio live feed.
Omg, another Soma fan! I’ve been listening for years! Groove Salad/Classic, Synphaera, and Suburbs of Goa are my favs. This is my jam!
None. I’ve tried everything from Mozart to Metallica, and any kind of music playing while I’m trying to concentrate is more of a distraction than a help.
Kammerflimmer Kollektief
Glass Beams
Bohren und der Club of Gore
Khruangbin
something without lyrics
Beats to study/relax to
I love anything by Solar Fields for tasks requiring concentrating, it’s especially good for reading scifi.
Whenever he releases a new album though I have to listen to it a few times, before I can have it on in the background… It’s very beautiful and intricate.
Love Solar Fields in general.
For years I was adamant that I didn’t like ambient, I think because I’d only been exposed to very boring drone stuff. Then I discovered Solar Fields / Carbon Based Lifeforms and it changed my musical world.
I’m quite horrible at self-promo so sadly it’s just gathering digital dust, but after 20+ years of writing dance music for myself and others, I decided to get heavily into writing ambient / chill. Made a load of trippy animation videos and setup a youtube… if you love Solar Fields, without meaning to sound bigheaded I think you’d enjoy them.