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For some reason, darkwave. I never listen to it in any other context.
Then there are specific albums that I love but am so familiar with that it just plays in the background if I'm doing something else, like comfort listens. So that's Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come; Gang of Four - Entertainment + Solid Gold; Bloodborne + Old Hunters OST; No New York; James Chance and the Contortions; Shin Joong Hyun
soma.fm always has great DJs and streams. Definitely a go to for flow state.
Groove Salad for me. Unless I'm updating production severs then I put on Drone Zone to lower my heart rate.
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My go-to's, with no real rhyme or reason..
Nightride FM - Chillsynth Venice Classical Radio Lofi 24/7 Soma.fm Groove Salad and Drone Zone
I mostly listen to videogame soundtracks with no lyrics, or various electronica (also no lyrics). https://rainwave.cc/ocremix/ if I'm not feeling anything in particular
Normally no because music distracts me, but sometimes I want to feel a bit more chilled out so I put my entire music library on shuffle and just skip songs I don't want to listen to. So ends up with all sorts of genres.
A lot of prog rock, 70's rock, and prog metal. I need long winding and pace changing music to keep from stagnating my train of thought for too long. Synthwave and anything Nobuo Uematsu or Yasushi Ishii makes is good too.
When coding, I usually listen to Indian classical. It can't have any lyrics, as I get distracted by them.
When studying (it's my actual job, I'm a mathematics researcher), I usually prefer white noise, or just a good pair of noise cancelling headphones without anything actually playing on it. Sound of rain works pretty well too.
Melodic dubstep when I'm debugging, metalcore when I'm developing new code.
I can't do lyrics when I'm working with GDB, and the gutteral screams help me maintain my composure as I quietly swear at the prior maintainers for leaving me with a poor foundation for my new code.
Then you find out you were the prior maintainer...
Either metal/Tidal or bicycling on GCN.
Sometimes while studying. I have studied in a library but when I don't have a music player I can't keep at it for very long unless im studying in a group. For long sessions I need something.
I tend to go for House, DnB, or Electro Swing when coding. Something upbeat and with a steady rhythm.