Ask HN: What are the top 5 albums you listen to while hacking?

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by jemeshsu • 15 years ago

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danneu• 15 years ago

Well, here's all of BBC's Radio 1's Essential Mixes since 1993: http://soundcloud.com/das-boy/sets/essential-mix/

Pretty huge. As far as hacking goes, you can't really beat a 1-2 hour long seamless mix.

bigohms• 15 years ago

thanks for this. bookmarked

redrory• 15 years ago

"Give Up - The Postal Service"

jackkinsella• 15 years ago

The Field - From Here We Go To Sublime

Minimal electronic album that places you into a rhythmic trance, yet doesn't distract your attention away from the task at hand.

keiferski• 15 years ago

H.u.v.a. Network - distances. Think space ambient music with an imaginative beat.

achompas• 15 years ago

I'll throw in some soundtracks: Deus Ex (thanks @_danilo), Machinarium, and The Social Network (and Reznor/Ross's new tunes for Girl With The Dragon Tattoo...and Ghosts).

and for some other instrumentals: Andrew Bird's Useless Creatures, any non-vocal track by Broken Social Scene, Nosaj Thing (anything he makes, really), and James Blake.

bartonfink• 15 years ago

Infected Mushroom - Converting Vegetarians

Anything by DJ Decryption, he does intellectual rap that's interesting to listen to.

Pink Floyd, specifically the Gilmour stuff.

OWaz• 15 years ago

It All Falls Apart - The Sight Below.

Skulltaste - Mux Mool.

World Class Listening Problem - Don Caballero.

Hitman soundtracks by Jasper Kyd.

I came across The Sight Below and Mux Mool from the excellent ISO50 blog. Browsing for music through the site can be a real time-sink but you'll definitely find something new. http://blog.iso50.com/category/music/

ja27• 15 years ago

Lord of the Rings and Last of the Mohicans soundtracks and almost anything from Apocalyptica.

starter• 15 years ago

Trent Reznor's "The Social Network" from the movie.

Ask HN: What are the top 5 albums you listen to while hacking?

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