A list of design/writing/coding music recommendations from my Twitter followers

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Not sure how to summarize/organize this into something useful. Some can be made into Spotify/Rdio playlists, but others are likely unavailable and some are just URLs to other services. Genre is all over the place as well...lots of ambient and classical, soundtracks, uptempo dancey stuff, rock w/ words, and even Slayer. Not sure all that can be put into one playlist that's useful for anyone. What I'm saying is, good luck!

 fantoraygun ‏@fantoraygun  1h
@jkottke some great mixes here: http://musicforprogramming.net/ 

 Andrew ‏@jandrewc  1h
@jkottke "From here we go sublime" by The Field and "Alive 2007" by Daft Punk.

 Lenny ‏@lenny_  1h
@jkottke SomaFM's Groove Salad station

 Jeremy Neumann ‏@jerneu  9h
@jkottke two more additions almost any The Chemical Brothers albums, & The Smashing Pumpkins The Metro concert from 1993.

 Jeremy Neumann ‏@jerneu  9h
@jkottke many come to mind, but one I found recently on Spotify. Apex Twin "Selected Ambient Works 85–92" & "The Social Network" soundtrack.

 John Redpath ‏@redpath  11h
@jkottke Dawn of Midi’s Dysnomia.

 Dan Kletter ‏@soundclamp  11h
@jkottke Currently… Fripp/Eno — No Pussyfooting, Loose Fur — s/t, Sleep — Dopesmoker, Forrests — Wilder, anything by Love of Diagrams.

 Tony Price Ⓥ ‏@tonyxprice  14h
@jkottke Kylesa – Ultraviolet

 Matt Aronoff ‏@maronoff  15h
@jkottke Soul Coughing, and Mike Doughty’s recent crowd-funded album, for sure.

 Emily ‏@duien  15h
@jkottke Venetian Snares, particularly the Hungarian album

 Peter van Broekhoven ‏@pvanb  15h
@jkottke http://musicforprogramming.net 

 mcarnevale ‏@mcarnevale  17h
@jkottke Run Lola Run soundtrack...for up-against-deadlines work

 Mouser Williams ‏@mouser_nerdbot  18h
@jkottke The Google Play radio station centered on Derek Vincent (pretty lights)

 Mariusz Ciesla ‏@dotmariusz  18h
@jkottke @spotify radio based on Mokira or Burial.

 Sol Kawage ‏@uauage  18h
@jkottke Bach, Goldberg Variations, played by Glenn Gould of course.

 tripleman ‏@tripleman  18h
@jkottke Lately, Tycho. Or Pretty Lights, The Hot Shit.

 Dan Fields ‏@danthebeast  18h
@jkottke @bn2b I always like listening to Russian Circles. It's a bit heavier, but it’s instrumental, rhythmic and rocks.

 Clay Hinson ‏@clayhinson  18h
@jkottke instrumental metal: CloudKicker, Animals as Leaders electronic: Manual, Tycho, Boards of Canada

 Derek Guder ‏@frequentbeef  18h
@jkottke Yeah, that’s pretty fantastic. Anything Glitch Mob is very effective, too. My old reliable is all of Nine Inch Nails.

 Matt Thomas ‏@mthomas  19h
@jkottke 

https://soundcloud.com/mobilitychief  

https://soundcloud.com/tauk  

http://considerthesourcemusic.bandcamp.com/album/thats-whats-up …

http://infinien.bandcamp.com/album/infinien 

http://jasonanick.bandcamp.com 

 JE Vasshaug ‏@jevasshaug  19h
@jkottke Substrata by Biosphere and everything from Boards of Canada.

 NotMalcolm ‏@sxtyfootmalcolm  19h
@jkottke Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman.

 Michael Graham ‏@endlessdoloop  19h
@jkottke if I already know how I'm going to go about a problem and just need to "bang it out," @AphexTwin. If I have to think, silence.

 Avi Flax ‏@avi4now  19h
@jkottke explosions in the sky, ratatat, boards of Canada, mogwai, el ten eleven

 Austin Brown ‏@PowerLlama  20h
@jkottke Tycho.

 Mike Preston ‏@darkflib  20h
@jkottke sometimes dragonforce (fast metal) sometimes seether, sometimes synthesizer stuff - but I always need to be familiar with them

 Scott O'Reilly ‏@scttor  20h
@jkottke Brian Eno - Music for Airports

 Mike Rentas ‏@mikerentas  20h
@jkottke Also: Halestorm, Sleigh Bells, Cults, Tyr, if I want something more active.

 Mike Rentas ‏@mikerentas  20h
@jkottke Game soundtracks, particularly from recent indie games. Also any movie soundtrack by Daft Punk, Trent Reznor, or Metric.

 Robert Sinton ‏@robertsinton  20h
@jkottke Anything by Pitch Black (NZ electronic group)

 Jesse James Garrett ‏@jjg  20h
@santheo @jkottke Any Philip Glass, really. All those arpeggiated ostinatos.

 Llewellyn Hinkes ‏@llewellynhinkes  20h
@jkottke kluster and eno/nachtmystium

 CVickery ‏@kafkascampi  20h
@jkottke Sunshine soundtrack, Blade Runner soundtrack, Run Lola Run soundtrack.

 Matthew Baldwin ‏@matthewbaldwin  20h
@jkottke: Cake.

 Sandor Weisz ‏@santheo  21h
@jkottke What a great idea. Recently: The Hours soundtrack.

 Brian King ‏@bkbkbk  21h
@jkottke Ratatat.

 Jon Kit ‏@jonkit  21h
@jkottke @maxlinsky 65daysofstatic or equivalent so-called "post rock" music

 Michael Tofias ‏@tofias  21h
@jkottke @buzz try KC Accidental and other BSS family efforts w/o (many) words.

 ted carstensen ‏@tedcarstensen  21h
@jkottke the mercury program

 Michael Tofias ‏@tofias  21h
@jkottke Phish, MMW, Miles Davis, Godspeed, Broken Social Scene, Yo La Tengo, Burial, and that trippy Icelandic stuff @rands likes.

 Janet McKnight ‏@j4  21h
.@jkottke Glitchy: Autechre; Venetian Snares. Classical: Handel recorder concertos; any Bach (esp solo violin partitas).

 Thomas Thurman ‏@tjathurman  21h
@jkottke @j4 embarrassingly perhaps, Dire Straits's "Brothers in Arms" album beginning to end. Works as a Pomodoro-like timer too.

 Alesh Houdek ‏@alesh  21h
@jkottke Currently Darkside and Forrest Swords. I like to keep it fresh. The Orb is a classic.

 Sillium ‏@Sillium  21h
@jkottke Calm Radio (http://bit.ly/1fl68dw ) atmospheric nature sounds, e.g. “Night Frogs” (no music though). Or their Tibet or Zen channel.

 Karsten Weiss ‏@knweiss  21h
@jkottke Inception soundtrack.

 Kevin Spencer ‏@kevin_spencer  21h
@jkottke Tron Legacy is the best album Daft Punk ever did.  Contender for best soundtrack too.  Clint Mansel's Moon is my fave.

 Claudio Gallo ‏@daualset  21h
@jkottke Asa-Chang & Junray - Hana

 Finlay ‏@findango  21h
@jkottke Keith Jarrett, The Köln Concert

 Chris Winters ‏@cwinters  21h
@jkottke Ditto to Social Network; Tron Legacy is also great

 Brendan Berg ‏@__get__  21h
On my current coding playlist: Planisphère by Justice. Death Surf by Heroin in Tahiti. Tomorrow’s Harvest by Boards of Canada. /cc @jkottke

 Linda Muck ‏@linda_muck  21h
@jkottke iLiKETRAiNS. Rather pretentious spelling, perfect music to work to.

 Ted ‏@icono  21h
@jkottke El Ten Eleven (of Helvetica fame) does it for me. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBTUAHGpQqE&noredirect=1 …

 Alastair Stuart ‏@alastairstuart  22h
@jkottke anything by Flume

 Ryan Bergman ‏@ryber  22h
@jkottke I just wrote a blog post on my top coding music: http://ryber.github.io/blog/2014/01/05/music-for-coding/ …

 Kenneth Liu ‏@kenliu  22h
@jkottke Tron soundtrack by Daft Punk

 Jesse James Garrett ‏@jjg  22h
@bn2b @jkottke Seconded, and adding on Godspeed You Black Emperor.

 Joshua Blount ‏@stickwithjosh  22h
@jkottke @hoodinternet for life.

 Chris Kelly ‏@ckelly  22h
@jkottke I use @focusatwill - great service

 Colin Devroe ‏@cdevroe  22h
@jkottke How snakes fly http://colin.getbarley.com/7311/how-snakes-fly …

 Brent Bailey ‏@bpbailey  22h
@jkottke OST from "Upstream Color" has been on repeat since the movie came out

 Karl Noelle ‏@karlnoelle  22h
@jkottke minimal techno from moscow. http://www.deepmix.ru/select.php 

 ken ‏@chumulu  22h
@jkottke brian eno's bloom app - never the same twice

 Sapana Vora ‏@SapanaV  22h
@jkottke Anoushka Shankar

 marin younker ‏@odddelights  22h
.@jkottke a favorite of @sandwichmaker is Amon Tobin

 Rob Brewer ‏@rbrwr  22h
@jkottke Philip Glass, Koyaanisqatsi

 Cynthia D'Angelo ‏@dapostrophe  22h
@jkottke Sigur Ros, Broken Social Scene, Radiohead (Amnesiac), Gomez, piano-heavy jazz

 Joshua Works ‏@worksology  22h
@jkottke Have you tried EPROM? Each time I listen to it, I think you'd probably enjoy it.
 
 John. ‏@JacketRacketNHL  22h
@jkottke @maxlinsky big burzum fan. ❤️

 jim pelletier ‏@jskpelletier  22h
@jkottke Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works Vol. II

 J-F Cloutier ‏@jfcloutier  22h
@jkottke @roundtrip Hands down, the J.S. Bach station on Pandora. Baroque music is like ginko biloba except it works.

 Jon Jarosinski ‏@jjarosinski  22h
@jkottke Mogwai, This Will Destroy You, Explosions in the Sky, El Ten Eleven

 Kelly Hoffman ‏@kellychoffman  22h
@jkottke Emancipator
 
 Menno Willemse ‏@Bannog  22h
@jkottke @fanf Peatbog Fairies, J.M. Jarre, Brandenburgische Konzerte. As long as it has no lyrics.

 Patrick Igoe ‏@PatrickIgoe  22h
@jkottke King Crimson or Dream Theater. Irregular time signatures are the key to allowing me to listen, but still focus on what I am doing.

 Andrew Ducker ‏@andrewducker  22h
@jkottke @fanf Nero - Welcome Reality.

 Ben Gimpert ‏@someben  22h
@jkottke any Pandora symphonic metal station.

 Andrew Marvin ‏@andrewmarvin  22h
@jkottke Boards of Canada, Music for Airports, Koolmotor Instrumentals by Five Deez.

 Jason Cosper ‏@boogah  22h
@jkottke Either The Orb’s “Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld” or Underworld’s “Everything, Everything”.

 kristy ‏@readkristy  22h
@jkottke Rachel's, Music for Egon Schiele. any of their albums really. http://www.rachelsband.com 

 Sally Tamarkin ‏@sallyt  22h
@reconfiguredpat Here ya go. http://kottke.org/14/01/arcade-fire-her-soundtrack-will-be-released …

 Duncan Blair ‏@phixx  22h
@jkottke so many, but a regular favourite is Tycho/@ISO50's Dive album.

 Mia Eaton ‏@VictoriaMia  23h
@jkottke I like Beethoven’s Sonata 21, Opus 15 for relieving initial agitation. Plus it makes banging on keys feel fancy.

 Liz Gumbinner ‏@Mom101  23h
@jkottke Massive Attack: Protection. It's like the soundtrack for life.

 Evan Doll ‏@edog1203  23h
@jkottke The Twelves, Hot Chip, Justice BBC Radio one mix.

 Mia Eaton ‏@VictoriaMia  23h
@jkottke I want to say techno versions of Sarah McLaughlin songs, but you guys would just make fun of me.

 Nitemoves ‏@nitemoves  23h
@tubes @jkottke I get that a lot, strangely
 
 Austin Marshall ‏@oxtopus  23h
@jkottke Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid's NYC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NYC_(Kieran_Hebden_and_Steve_Reid_album) …

 Olivia Noble ‏@oliviacnoble  23h
@UnlikelyWords @jkottke Battles is great - nothing too catchy to distract you, but perfect concentration music.

 Sarah Hromack ‏@forwardretreat  23h
@jkottke Also @thisismbV (obviously). Compile and publish!

 Tim Miller ‏@TMills  23h
@jkottke Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger. Driving beats, fast tempos, big melodies.

 Martin McNulty ‏@shamblepop  23h
@jkottke Mogwai, Beethoven

 Brian ‏@BrianNeedsaNap  23h
@jkottke Dawn of Midi is the world's best "focus" music.  I'm made it took 31 years of my life to happen.

 Adam Roberts ‏@amateurgourmet  23h
@jkottke Nick Drake, Neko Case, Aimee Mann---sort-of quiet mopey stuff.

 Josh McHugh ‏@Mc_Huge  23h
@jkottke a record store genius handed me a drum n bass CD on St. Mark's place in 1994 and 20 yrs on DnB is still my go-to. #novocals

 Winston Hearn ‏@justwinston  23h
@jkottke today, Jan Johansson. Most days, whatever ear worm i have on repeat (I zone out to music while working - helps if it’s consistent)

 James Lavino ‏@james_lavino  23h
@jkottke maybe Steve Reich's 'Music for 18 Musicians'?

 Dan Woods ‏@mil  23h
@dalton @jkottke the sworcery soundtrack is indeed incredible.

 Michael Onarheim ‏@MichaelOnarheim  23h
@jkottke Without a doubt @Slayer.

 Andrew S ‏@bn2b  23h
@jkottke Explosions In The Sky is really good for this.

 CapTied96 ‏@CapTied96  23h
@jkottke Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet

 James Murray ‏@jamesm00001  23h
@jkottke Gas: *Nah Und Fern*

 Mike Davidson ‏@mikeindustries  23h
@jkottke Probably Explosions in the Sky or Gramatik.

 Koplowicz & Sons ‏@koplowicznsons  23h
@jkottke I've been spending a lot of time here: http://plug.dj/coding-soundtrack-lounge/ …

 Norman Brannon ‏@nervousacid  23h
.@jkottke I've got an ongoing writing playlist I'm still building and tweaking. But it works: http://rd.io/x/QFPJL2irsA/ 

 Dalton Rooney ‏@dalton  23h
@jkottke Oh and also Jim Guthrie's Sword & Sworcery & Indie Game the Movie soundtracks.

 ekb ‏@ebarbarossa  23h
@jkottke ben frost. British sea power.

 Dalton Rooney ‏@dalton  23h
@jkottke Boards of Canada, Eno's Ambient 1-4, Glenn Gould's Goldberg Variations all work for me.

 Buzz Andersen ‏@buzz  23h
@jkottke @meowrey is a total devotee of Girl Talk while working, which is pretty far on the more frenetic end of the spectrum.

 Scott Galer ‏@scottgaler  23h
@jkottke The Durutti Column and everything that comes up w/ it on its Pandora station.

 Fred Oliveira ‏@f  23h
@buzz that's never a bad choice. I've been playing Mogwai, The Field and Jon Hopkins lately when I want to focus. /cc @jkottke

 Buzz Andersen ‏@buzz  23h
@jkottke Junior Boys are another favorite.

 Aaron Coleman ‏@aaroncoleman0  23h
@jkottke Deepchord, anything on Basic Channel, William Basinski, Stars of the Lid, Gas, John Adams, Do Make Say Think, Jaga Jazzist

 Mark Wunsch ‏@markwunsch  23h
@jkottke Lost Years

 Nevan King ‏@nevanking  23h
@jkottke My longtime favourite: http://www.rdio.com/artist/Jonsi__Alex/album/Riceboy_Sleeps/ … And a Metafilter post: http://ask.metafilter.com/235567/Great-tunes-to-code-to …

 Buzz Andersen ‏@buzz  23h
@jkottke I've been listening to a lot of Broken Social Scene while working lately.

 Alex Mahan ‏@alexmahan  23h
@jkottke Loscil, Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, Enya, The Field, Gas, Waka Flocka Flame, Tim Hecker, Cocteau Twins, Popof

 Sean Tubridy ‏@tubes  23h
@jkottke Right now @ISO50 (Tycho) and @nitemoves.

 Dan Woods ‏@mil  23h
@jkottke i find that the RiverRun Project and accomp. mix by @underworldlive are excellent tunes to tap keys to.

 Ezequiel ‏@enparticular  23h
@jkottke almost anything by Machinefabriek: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AkGNHkrtnc … or The Necks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqc0LrLq8IM … (warning: very quiet and gentle)

 Dinsx ‏@dinsx  23h
@jkottke sometimes best machines are proving that they are still man made. :-)

 יוֹחָנָן בָּרוּךְ ‏@PixelRobot  23h
@jkottke Dysnomia - Dawn of Midi:  http://dawnofmidi.bandcamp.com/album/dysnomia 

 MusicSales Film&TV ‏@MusicSalesUK  23h
@beccarosen @andersen @jkottke more Glass - you all make great choices in music...

 Zana Fauzi ‏@whataboutzana  23h
@jkottke I recently found this band Seekae. Give them a listen please if you could.

 Sean Devine ‏@barelyknown  23h
@jkottke Paramore, Shakira, LOL

 Catherine ‏@catherinejv2  23h
@jkottke any state of trance episode by Armin van Buuren

 Mike Essl ‏@essl  23h
@jkottke The Fucking Champs http://youtu.be/3t52zgOWNUo 

 Joe Hanson ‏@jtotheizzoe  23h
@jkottke Blade Runner soundtrack, Brian Eno - Apollo, Dawn of Midi, Eluvium, Explosions in the Sky

 Ariel Aberg-Riger ‏@Figure1  23h
@jkottke anything Philip Glass.

 Sarah Hromack ‏@forwardretreat  23h
@jkottke Forever: @BBCWorld, GYBE, Cocteau Twins, @mogwaiband, @sigurros, @kronosquartet, Stockhausen, Gorecki, etc.; Recently: @dawnofmidi.

 Dinah Sanders ‏@MetaGrrrl  23h
@jkottke "The Earthly Diana" & "Kids Watch T.V."-Combustible Edison (Four Rooms soundtrack); "Casbah Shuffle"-Ashwin Batish. Hella eclectic.

 Dinah Sanders ‏@MetaGrrrl  23h
@jkottke "Peter Gunn"-Art of Noise+Duane Eddy; "Espionage"-Green Day; "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball"-Aphex Twin (Pi soundtrack);

 Michael Sterchak ‏@MichaelSterchak  23h
@jkottke: Tron is a fave, but check out The Third Twin too. Songza also has a great Code Your Face Off station.

 Rob Drimmie ‏@RobDrimmie  23h
@jkottke It's a bit of a guilty pleasure, but the Hackers soundtrack still puts me smack dab in the middle of the zone.

 Jeffrey Wieczorek ‏@wieczorek  23h
@jkottke - @starsofthelid & @_loscil_ are two favorites I listen to with the headphones on during the day.

 Scott Johnson ‏@everydayscott  23h
@jkottke so @cabel turned me onto Simcity soundtracks. playful fun music designed to be listened to go hours on end https://twitter.com/cabel/status/424345481083240449 …

 Davin O'Dwyer ‏@davinodwyer  23h
@jkottke Great question - mine are Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, Ludovico Einaudi, sometimes Mogwai’s Zidane

 Josué Blanco ‏@josueblanco  23h
@jkottke Oh! And @cabel just recommended the new SimCity soundtrack — great for starting the day.

 Dinah Sanders ‏@MetaGrrrl  23h
@jkottke "As Serious As Your Life"-Four Tet; "Stiff Jazz"-Dzihan & Kamien; "Wildest Pig in Captivity"-John Renbourn; "Vaseline Machine Gun"-

 Billy Harbinson ‏@bharbinson  23h
@jkottke Portal 2 Soundtrack is quite nice.

 ravi motha ‏@ravimotha  23h
@jkottke Like using the Social network OST by Trent Rezor and Atticus Ross, Entire Chemical brothers back catalogue

 rico ‏@bogusbroege  23h
@jkottke phillip glass solo piano

 Logan Leger ‏@lleger  23h
@jkottke Alt-J

 KG Heath ‏@KG_Heath  23h
@jkottke Inception soundtrack - and Inception Horn to get going in the morning.

 dan ‏@dandoozled  23h
@jkottke @PearlJam discography

 randito ‏@randito  23h
@jkottke I usually tune into @somafm and their "Groove Salad" station.

 Goonsterham Lincoln ‏@goonerlincoln  23h
@jkottke the social network soundtrack

 Julia Skott ‏@juliaskott  23h
@jkottke Soma.fm has a lot of good stations for writing and programming.

 Paul Colombo ‏@pcolombo  23h
@jkottke Pretty much any early Brian Eno. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient_1:_Music_for_Airports …

 gabefriedman ‏@grumpygabe  23h
@jkottke Green Day's "American Idiot" for straight production no-thought cranking.

 =/= ‏@NOTEQUALCO  23h
@jkottke COM TRUISE

 Antti Rasinen ‏@arsatiki  23h
@jkottke Rush; Symphony X

 Jannik Anker ‏@jannikanker  23h
@jkottke Anything Daft Punk, really :-)

 Jim Ray ‏@jimray  23h
@jkottke http://rd.io/x/QFIbL0CAHg/ 

 Brian Mackey ‏@BrianMackey  23h
@jkottke Terry Riley's "In C" by Bang on a Can All Stars (http://mcky.co/7z ); and Dawn of Midi's "Dysnomia" (http://mcky.co/7y ).

 Kevin Barnett ‏@kevinbarnett  23h
@jkottke DJ Shadow Entroducing…

 Josué Blanco ‏@josueblanco  23h
@jkottke Also check out the (free!) Portal 2 soundtrack: http://www.thinkwithportals.com/music.php 

 Josué Blanco ‏@josueblanco  23h
@jkottke Can’t wait for the full list! Plume by Loscil always helps me produce my best work: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000F1IOIY …

 Theo Mills ‏@twmills  23h
@jkottke All Boards of Canada albums.

 Tom ‏@a20261  23h
@jkottke The Joy Formidable #codingmusic

 Orjan Westin ‏@Cunobaros  23h
@jkottke Vangelis' Spiral.

 Dinah Sanders ‏@MetaGrrrl  23h
@jkottke Since most albums have non-ideal tracks, I've invested time in flagging the right songs in my collection: 'workit' & 'instrumental'

 Steve ‏@Stv  23h
@jkottke fuck buttons, justice, daft punk, the field. Mostly anything with a beat & few lyrics.

 Henrique Martin ‏@henriquemartin  23h
@jkottke philip glass

 Thomas Winningham ‏@th0ma5  23h
@jkottke local classical wosu :P the hood internet mixes, random access memories,decemberists-hazards of love, the grey album, also ATC kcmh

 Insert Culture ‏@insertculture  23h
Got one for you @jkottke - Explosions in the Sky  "The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place"

 Adrian Bortignon ‏@AdrianBortignon  23h
@jkottke any soundtrack by Cliff Martinez. Only God Forgives currently on high-rotation.

 Matteo Scandolin ‏@matteoscandolin  23h
@jkottke Battlestar Galactica (esp. season 4) & Lady in the water soundtracks.

 Robin Sloan ‏@robinsloan  23h
@beccarosen @andersen @jkottke Glass & Steve Reich definitely do something weird & good to your brain. Also: Holden, The Haxan Cloak.

 Mark Olson ‏@mark_olson  23h
@jkottke Life Aquatic by Seu Jorge. Standout track: the Life on Mars cover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6l8zrsf4LY …)

 stark ‏@jjmstark  23h
@jkottke Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU23LqQ6LY4 …

 Dustin ‏@dustineichler  23h
@jkottke Manuel Göttsching http://youtu.be/lUiA0UOKIlc 

 niju ‏@nijusaroan  23h
@jkottke http://open.spotify.com/user/nijusaroan/playlist/18EcQ29qPXiFQigLIQdffh …

 Davin Risk ‏@davin  23h
@jkottke Morricone’s “Cinema Paradiso” soundtrack — except it occasionally makes me cry.

 Huy Hong ‏@huy  23h
@jkottke Braveheart soundtrack and Chilly Gonzales – Solo Piano and Solo Piano II

 Chris Allen Official ‏@jchrisallen  23h
@jkottke explosions in the sky was what I've used ever since college. Dynamic, melodic, and pretty. Bonus: no lyrics to think about!

 Josh ‏@angleofattack  23h
@jkottke Bonobo, BoC, Tycho, The Field. Engaging but not distracting.

 Nitin Borwankar ‏@nitin  23h
@constantx @jkottke Deep Purple Machine Head, and then the opposite end of the spectrum John McLaughlin w Shakti

 Marc Majcher ‏@majcher  23h
@troygilbert @jkottke Crystal Method's Vegas, Tron Legacy, Solace by Tettix, and a couple of twenty year old jungle rave DJ sets by Dr. No.

 Robin Rendle ‏@robinrendle  23h
@jkottke My favourite is NiN’s Ghosts I-IV

 Piotr Lipski ‏@piotrlipski  23h
@jkottke Strange, but total noise bands like Fantomas (Mike Patton) or Dillinger Escpae Plan. But last two weeks I'm on OST from "Oblivion"

 Adam ‏@pseudomonas  23h
@jkottke @fanf Bach's Coffee Cantata.

 Benjamin Harrison ‏@BenjaminAhr  23h
@jkottke I have a couple of Tranquility Bass albums which I like because they're both instrumental and energetic.

 Bearded necromancer ‏@commadelimited  23h
@goobimama @jkottke I'd second the Social Network soundtrack.

 Brandon Hirsch ‏@bmhirsch  23h
Tycho,KILN RT @jkottke: Hey everyone, what's your favorite head-down coding/designing/writing concentration music? I want to compile a list.

 Dave Wiskus ‏@dwiskus  23h
@jkottke Eight and a Half: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/eight-and-a-half/id594348922 …

 Christopher Jobson ‏@Colossal  23h
@jkottke Lately: Dysnomia from @dawnofmidi.

 Milind Alvares ‏@goobimama  23h
@jkottke On that note, Social Network and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo soundtracks work really well for some serious stuff.

 Les Orchard ‏@lmorchard  23h
@jkottke Lately, Mastodon's "Crack the Skye" has been my "Okay, no foolin, time to crank out an hour of solid work" soundtrack

 Jason Kottke ‏@jkottke  23h
@jkottke Meant to share mine: Tron Legacy soundtrack.

 Nan ‏@amanda_nan  23h
@jkottke any of the piano tribute albums on rdio, explosions in the sky, the new tron soundtrack

 hentosz ‏@hentosz  23h
.@jkottke Anything from the Oscar Peterson Trio. Jerome Kern Songbook is best among equals.

 T. Nguyen ‏@constantx  23h
@jkottke epic film scores on songza :)

 Anish Patel ‏@codeanish  23h
@jkottke @tomcoates Anything by @the_prodigy… particularly Narayan

 Stephen R. Fox ‏@F6x  23h
@jkottke Sigur Rós ( )

 Paul Carroll ‏@stublag  23h
@jkottke Oddisee - The Beauty In All, Bonobo - The North Borders and recently, Rain Dog - Two Words.

 Rebecca Rosen ‏@beccarosen  23h
@andersen @jkottke I second the Richter suggestion. Also the new Andrew Bird, Beasts of the Southern Wild soundtrack, & some Philip Glass.

 Sleepy Ross ‏@Rosscott  23h
@jkottke zero 7, rjd2, and video game music cover bands.

 Josh Lee ‏@joshleejosh  23h
@jkottke Autechre, Tri Repetae; Tomas Dvorak, Machinarium Soundtrack.

 John Armstrong ‏@johnthemaker  23h
@jkottke anything w/o lyrics - standard fare : The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place, or anything by Explosions in the Sky.

 alexandra klasinski ‏@alexandrak  23h
@jkottke explosions in the sky.

 Jonah Warren ‏@playfulsystems  23h
@jkottke Turing Machine, Neu, El Ten Eleven, Glenn Branca, Stereolab, Spacemen3, Konono No1, Ratatat. Will 2nd Dawn of Midi.

 HugoLindgren ‏@HugoLindgren  23h
@jkottke my theory is you want music that has weirdness & depth, can make you wonder. 2 disparate choices: Colin Stetson, the Knife

 Brie Anne Demkiw ‏@breezyskies  23h
@jkottke Dawn of Midi - Dysnomia

 Tyler Gaw ‏@thegaw  23h
@jkottke Slayer all day, every day.

 pete beatty ‏@nocoastoffense  23h
@nzle @kfan @jkottke first two Zomes LPs, Wooden Shjips

 Matt Haughey ‏@mathowie  23h
@jkottke Patrick Ewing and Frank Chimero both have good rdio playlists

 Kyle M. ‏@kylobit  23h
@jkottke Machinarium / Samarost by @FloexOfficial, @michaeljtanner & @kylebobbydunn, Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music...

 David Helms ‏@davidhelms  23h
@jkottke Almost anything by Keston & Westdal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6J9DLrqEQM …

 david reeves ‏@dreeves  23h
@jkottke @tomcoates http://musicforprogramming.net  - very well curated. Also, a strangely isolated place http://astrangelyisolatedplace.com/  or asip in app store
 
 Ross Andersen ‏@andersen  23h
@jkottke Max Richter's stuff, tron soundtrack, anything by Marcus Mohall (soundcloud), Brian Eno Apollo album

 D. Puppet, CPA ‏@draculapuppet  23h
@jkottke The Concentration Station, via @idontlikewords: http://youarelistening.to 

 William Fields ‏@william_fields  23h
@jkottke Rhythm & Sound, Dawn of MIDI - Dysnomia

 Colin Devroe ‏@cdevroe  23h
@jkottke Recently, Soundtracks from Oblivion, Gravity, Inception, The Hobbit. Also, Ratatat, Bonobo.

 Phil Renaud ‏@phil_renaud  23h
@jkottke +1 to @susanjrobertson for Social Network; anything without words though. Mogwai. Do Make Say Think's &Yet&Yet. Boards of Canada.

 Mila ‏@LPrecords  23h
@jkottke @mitchellholder I 2nd that: Album Leaf, In a Safe Place is perfect work music. Also The Drift, Memory Drawings

 Aidan ‏@aidano  23h
@jkottke whatever is on the Space Dreams channel on @difm (spacey ambient)
 
 Dan Betz ‏@bephf  23h
@jkottke rocky iv soundtrack

 Mark Cersosimo ‏@markinhifi  23h
@jkottke Anything by Star Slinger, Ancient Astronauts, or Gold Panda. Or this on repeat http://cl.ly/McKg  (Really).

 McNastyPrime ‏@McNastyPrime  23h
@jkottke @tomcoates at the moment, chvrches, lorde and metric are pounding enough to keep me going but don't interrupt train of thought

 Adam Cole ‏@adamtcole  23h
@jkottke Pantha Du Prince. Stars of the Lid. Man I should just make an Rdio list and send it to you. My favorite kind of music: heady drone.

 David Janes ‏@dpjanes  23h
.@jkottke @tomcoates Soma FM Groove Salad
http://somafm.com/groovesalad/ 

 Troy Gilbert ‏@troygilbert  23h
@jkottke I look forward to you publishing this list. My contributions: C418’s One, Tron Legacy soundtrack, Social Network soundtrack.

 Eric Benjamin ‏@ejbenjamin  24h
@jkottke The Reznor/Ross soundtracks for Social Network and Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

 Ratko Vidakovic ‏@ratkovidakovic  24h
@jkottke black lung - the trilateral commission (favorite work/study track of all time)

 Kavi Guppta ‏@kaviguppta  24h
@jkottke, Stumbleine is favourite of mine: http://stumbleine.bandcamp.com/ 

 Kevin Smokler ‏@Weegee  24h
@jkottke And instrumental combination of Explosions in the Sky and Tangerine Dream.

 Zach Crizer ‏@zcrizer  24h
@jkottke Slave Ambient by The War on Drugs

 nicholas mills ‏@etherniko  24h
@jkottke Bach, endless Bach. Liszt, Miles and Hendrix for punctuation.

 Claude Le Berre ‏@cleberre  24h
@jkottke music for airport

 dwayne ‏@dwayne  24h
@jkottke Bad Wings by The Glitch Mob or One Click Headshot by Feed Me are strong contenders from my GSD playlist

 Justin Driscoll ‏@jdriscoll  24h
@jkottke Yo-Yo Ma

 Shah Selbe ‏@shahselbe  24h
@katetropa @jkottke This Will Destroy You, Boards of Canada. Also, Christopher O'Riley's piano Radiohead albums are pretty great.

 Susan Robertson ‏@susanjrobertson  Jan 30
@jkottke the soundtrack to The Social Network.

 Adam Cole ‏@adamtcole  Jan 30
@jkottke Emeralds’ Does It Look Like I’m Here?

 John Speranza ‏@johnsperanza  Jan 30
@jkottke everything by Boards of Canada, the first three volumes of John Cage piano music, "this was written by hand" by David Lang

 Daniel Zarick ‏@DanielZarick  Jan 30
@jkottke Complex, driving stuff. Mogwai, Explosions in the Sky, Refused, Baths, Enemies, Tune-Yards, Battles, Bear Vs Shark, Pelican...

 Adam D. Scott ‏@adamdscott  Jan 30
@jkottke Paul Bley Trio's Closer and Boards of Canada's Music Has the Right to Children

 Linus Edwards ‏@LinusEdwards  Jan 30
@jkottke Miles Davis "Kind of Blue"

 Tim Carmody ‏@tcarmody  Jan 30
@jkottke My Bloody Valentine to zone out, Eric B & Rakim to pump myself up, late-50s jazz to calm down and stretch out

 Shah Selbe ‏@shahselbe  Jan 30
@katetropa @jkottke Tycho, Yann Tiersen, Penguin Cafe Orch, Zoe Keating, Album Leaf, Air, Sigur Ros, Jonsi & Alex, Olafur Arnalds, Mogwai

 Joe Curry ‏@Joe_Curry  Jan 30
@jkottke Best of Movie Soundtracks playlist on @Spotify; 874 tracks (50h), pure concentration, and occasionally funny when you recognize one

 Jay Fallon ‏@jayfallon  Jan 30
@jkottke Una Mattina by Ludovico Einaudi.

 Mark Norman Francis ‏@cackhanded  Jan 30
@jkottke Anything without lyrics. Classical music, tv/movie/game soundtracks. Utter favourite TRON Legacy and Command&Conquer Generals.

 Adam Cole ‏@adamtcole  Jan 30
@jkottke 1 Mile North’s Minor Shadows is my favorite album ever ever ever, and used for this purpose all the time.

 Tim Bornholdt ‏@timbornholdt  Jan 30
@jkottke the preset's Apocalypso is my go-to. that, and brubeck's Time Out.

 Todd Coleman ‏@todd_coleman  Jan 30
@jkottke Pelican, QOTSA, any kind of post-rock instrumental albums.

 Will Smith ‏@willsmith  Jan 30
@jkottke I listen to instrumental stuff. Game soundtracks, mostly.

 Michael Miller ‏@mychelmiller  Jan 30
@jkottke shoegaze. Ladytron, client, air. Felix da housecat

 Karl Spurzem ‏@mezrups  Jan 30
@jkottke The Field: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Field_(musician) …

 Matt Grieser ‏@mattgrieser  Jan 30
@jkottke Eno or Basinski

 Tyler Travitz ‏@tylertravitz  Jan 30
@jkottke I like Piano Tribute Players. They have wide selection of covers. Here’s a good one: http://open.spotify.com/album/1b8WxbjpBi3vbYnz2AEJql …

 Nic Sanchez ‏@nicotomoawesome  Jan 30
@jkottke Four Tet, Motohiro Nakashima

 timoni west ‏@timoni  Jan 30
@jkottke Ta-da! http://rd.io/x/QWLVRDN4Aow/ 

 Thea Lux ‏@thealux  Jan 30
@jkottke Eno's song "Here Come the Warm Jets" on repeat or Vivaldi's "Four Seasons." Please share that list. I'm running out of seasons.

 Matt Bucher ‏@mattbucher  Jan 30
@jkottke Brian Eno or Air.

 Ruhee on Rails ‏@ruhee_  Jan 30
@jkottke The new Warpaint album is REAL good for me right now. http://rd.io/x/QR_0CSJjats/ 

 Ian Horner ‏@ihorner  Jan 30
@jkottke Boards of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest

 Zach Seward ‏@zseward  Jan 30
@jkottke pic.twitter.com/bdhIin62jq

 Matt Sullivan ‏@sullduggery  Jan 30
@jkottke .@MySecondEmpire made this list in 2010... http://www.esquire.com/blogs/chris-jones/best-songs-to-write-to-2010 … ...and the new Warpaint record is good: http://open.spotify.com/album/09dQDtKaIuTaQvVHjFhEV4 …

 Dan Frommer ‏@fromedome  Jan 30
@jkottke Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump

 Bretton MacLean ‏@Bretton  Jan 30
@jkottke Personally I can't work with music that has lyrics, so I made this playlist: http://rd.io/x/QVbrGDNXOd8/ 

 Neil Major ‏@Neilmajor  Jan 30
@jkottke Burger/Ink - Las Vegas http://open.spotify.com/album/2HrL9spj4zEgjLGMiVrWpk …

 Nozlee S-H ‏@nzle  Jan 30
@kfan @jkottke Howdy! by Teenage Fanclub

 Matthew Glidden ‏@matthewglidden  Jan 30
@jkottke FriskyRadio podcasts

 samkusnetz ‏@samkusnetz  Jan 30
@jkottke brandenburg concertos.

 Christopher Shore ‏@ctotheshore  Jan 30
@jkottke Hydrogen by M|O|O|N.

 gabrielamadeus ‏@gabrielamadeus  Jan 30
@jkottke Lots of stuff I never listen to outside of headphones, ie: Dub and stoner metal. Loud.

 Clément Larrivé ‏@w3corg  Jan 30
@jkottke Goldberg Variations/Tron: Legacy OST/Pacific Rim OST/Metal Gear Solid OST/Mark Ronson - Record Collection/John Zorn - Filmworks XX

 Bert JW Regeer ‏@bertjwregeer  Jan 30
@jkottke any hard style, hardcore or happy hardcore.

 bryan kennedy ‏@xbryanx  Jan 30
@jkottke Coltrane: Blue Train; Slayer: Seasons in the Abyss.

 Owen Washburn ‏@owashb  Jan 30
@jkottke Darkside

 Tim Murtaugh ‏@murtaugh  Jan 30
@jkottke Daft Punk’s Tron soundtrack (the remix version is slightly better for working)

 Bryan Schuetz ‏@BryanSchuetz  Jan 30
@jkottke Vivaldi essentials on iTunes Radio https://itunes.apple.com/us/station/idra.695322408 …

 Oliver Oike ‏@oo  Jan 30
@jkottke The @indiegamemovie soundtrack by @jampants:

http://jimguthrie.bandcamp.com/album/indie-game-the-movie-soundtrack …

 I Are Andrew ‏@andrewwatson  Jan 30
@jkottke the theme from Jurassic Park, Intro by The xx, Carmina Burana

 john ‏@krylon  Jan 30
@jkottke Boards of Canada, Sea and Cake, Autechre, Mouse on Mars, Tortoise.

 Sasquatch Coder ‏@pbriggeman  Jan 30
@jkottke Emphatic - Another Life, definitely Python code-binging rock…

 Scott Cormier ‏@scormier  Jan 30
@jkottke @nilsfrahm's new album just made it on that list…

 Mathieu Richardoz ‏@metamatik  Jan 30
@jkottke Psychedelic trance or epic OSTs (Battlestar Galactica, Pacific Rim, …).

 michael hoffman ‏@chelicerata  Jan 30
@jkottke The "Music for Programming" (dot net) series is pretty great

 Mitchell Holder ‏@mitchellholder  Jan 30
@jkottke Album Leaf - In a Safe Place.

 Greg Sasso ‏@gregsasso  Jan 30
@jkottke Ambient Brian Eno works well. Stuff like Real Estate is good (for me) too.

 Kyle Slattery ‏@kyleslattery  Jan 30
@jkottke I still haven’t found anything better than the Daft Punk TRON soundtrack

 Nathan ‏@hintofsarcasm  Jan 30
@jkottke I get the most done to The Airborne Toxic Event's self-titled first album. http://open.spotify.com/album/6mMhAS6VR3VqqB8Opsyt65 …

 Knut Melvær ‏@kmelve  Jan 30
@jkottke The Album Leaf, Allfader, Burial, Jaga Jazzist

 Charles Gravolet ‏@cgnost  Jan 30
@jkottke Boards of Canada, Sunn O))), Tortoise, and Isis.

 Jacob Wolman ‏@jwolman  Jan 30
@jkottke http://rd.io/x/QAHnL1_O8w/ 

 Donna Lowe ‏@reloweeda  Jan 30
@jkottke Boards of Canada.

 Kevvifer Lawrence ‏@kfan  Jan 30
@jkottke Substrata by Biosphere

 John Hutchinson ‏@johnhutch  Jan 30
@jkottke Steve Reich - Music for 12 Musicians or Dawn of Midi's Dynomia

 Jason Kottke ‏@jkottke  Jan 30
Hey everyone, what's your favorite head-down coding/designing/writing concentration music? I want to compile a list.

Matt Jones ‏@moleitau  Jan 30
@katetropa @shahselbe @jkottke "Moon" S/T, Daft Punk's "Tron" s/t… 65DaysOfStatic's "escape from NY" & "Silent Running" re-soundtrackings

Jason Kottke ‏@jkottke  Jan 30
@moleitau @katetropa @shahselbe Oh yeah, I love that FTL album. World of Goo soundtrack is nice as well.

Matt Jones ‏@moleitau  Jan 30
@katetropa @shahselbe @jkottke oh… also… http://benprunty.bandcamp.com/album/ftl 

kate ‏@katetropa  Jan 30
@jkottke @moleitau @shahselbe + Hauschka, HelgeLienTrio, KetilBjornstad, Caspian, JohannJohannsson, OlafurArnalds, NilsFrahm, AmericanDollar

Jason Kottke ‏@jkottke  Jan 30
@katetropa @shahselbe Phillip Glass, Boards of Canada, Upstream Color OST, Sigur Ros, Tron Legacy OST, Moon OST, Max Richter, Tycho, etc.

Jason Kottke ‏@jkottke  Jan 30
@katetropa @shahselbe Mozart piano sonatas and concertos too. Yo Yo Ma playing Bach. I also listen to a lot of dance-y stuff while coding.

Her soundtrack http://kottke.org/14/01/arcade-fire-her-soundtrack-will-be-released