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Sigur Rós

Mostly metal

Kendrick Lamar

I make loops in Ableton and listen to them on repeat.

Tycho, boards of canada, Monument Valley soundtrack, and anything that autoplays after that (rdio).

Probably not the most common genres (metal, post-rock, ...): - Primordial's Where Great Men Have Fallen - Year of No Light's Ausserwelt - Russian Circles' 309 - Pelican's Forever Becoming

I need my music loud to get the job done ;)

I store my library on Amazon Music so I have access to my playlists on all my devices.

Gibbs

Nils Frahm, Einaudi and other cool shit.

OST: Interestellar, Les Miserables, Doctor Who... very epic!

I listen to various progressive trance playlists on Spotify. Trance isn't distracting and I find that it increases my efficiency when designing as it's fast paced and uplifting to listen to - http://www.arminradio.com/

Mostly OSTs. I maintain a playlist on Spotify if you're interested: Scores and Soundtracks

I really love listening to Silverstein, Deftones, Funeral for a friend and The Amity Affliction when I start a project.

Then, when I need more relax and find ways to improve what I have done, I start listening to Sigur Ros, Bon Iver, Anathema, Bombay Bicycle Club, and some OST.

Cheers!

Old school hiphop mainly http://open.spotify.com/user/1110918398/playlist/6FTmrfcuH5yrufE3wbTgdH

Kygo remixes always seem to come up while I design. He's blowing up right now: https://soundcloud.com/kygo/ed-sheeran-i-see-fire-kygo

The soundtrack to The Social Network is pretty low key (so not distracting), but makes your work feel epic. You might not believe it till you try it -- Spotify URL

Com Truise

Mike Will Made It, Juicy J, 2 Chainz

I mostly listen to electronic music, generally without the vocals cause it helps you focus better.

Here are some examples : Armin Van Buuren - A State Of Trance Above & Beyond - Group Therapy Anjunabeats Volume 11

Some Spotify playlists I like :) - Electronic Concentration - Creativiy Boost - Electronic Study Music

Mostly metal/hard rock or classics like Zeppelin , The Stones, or Hendrix. Being a guitarist myself I typically listen to guitar driven music.

Good to mention here https://designers.mx/:)

Me, I listen Standup Comedy, Podcasts, new albums on Spotify. Also, this well designed website : http://postrocktu.es/

BTW, I'm actually working on a companion app for a sound system that allows you to create collaborative playlists with upvotes.

I find movie soundtracks are the best. Anything from The Dark Knight to the Assassination of Jesse James and The Social Network anything that makes an impact on me when at the cinema.

If i'm i'm not in that mood then Bonobo, Alt-J, RJD2 or some classic Jazz generally hit the spot .

I don't really like Dream Theater...but I've found that I'm shockingly productive when I put some Dream Theater on Spotify when I'm designing.

Sometimes I listen to audiobooks (audible.com), video game soundtracks, but I mostly prefer silence.

Music I listen to while designing - Tycho - Neon Indian - The Postal Service - RAC - Daft Punk - Emancipator - Little People - Lemaitre - Parachutes - Ludovico Einaudi - YACHT - Phantogram

I also listen to some podcasts - 99% Invisible - The Truth - Hello Internet - Accidental Tech Podcast - Iterate - Debug - On The Grid - Song Exploder - We Have Concerns - This is Only a Test

Am I the only designer who listens to 90's Hardcore?

Brahms

"Opalescent" album by Jon Hopkins. Amazing chillout for deep focus.

http://youtu.be/VP5_HwlWJX4

Garage pop.

Early Tycho, Kraftwerk, Radio Deepmix, Boards of Canada, Dimmu Borgir.

About 50% of the time it is either the Solid Steel or We Funk podcasts. I have three years of the former and ~180 of the latter.

The remaining time is split amongst whatever is on my phone.

Solid Steel I pull off of soundcloud. We Funk has a nice streaming app on their website.

//solidsteel.net/ //www.wefunkradio.com/radio/

Mostly my Focus playlist on shuffle. Lots of nu disco type electronic stuff that makes me bob my head mindlessly while chugging along for hours.

http://open.spotify.com/user/jolsen802/playlist/0dSh6hPtn139px0LQNH78Q

I listen to my "Electronic Study Music with No Words" playlist on Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/user/jshariat/playlist/3Qc4iY6n352nayiSMnDfBQ

Generally metal/heavy stuff, with some occasional pop. Swedish metal is amazing for productivity, I get so much done while listening to Soilwork and Arch Enemy. No idea why, but it never fails!

I do all my listening on Spotify, that way I don't have to actually put my music on my work computer. I listen to 5-6 hours of music a day on average.

This playlist:

http://open.spotify.com/user/tylerfowler/playlist/4wY9p2dmZKeTDb7aBrk5on

It's basically just the alternative rock songs that I like (there are 894 tracks) that I add as I find them. But lately I really like to work to Fashion House, which I also have a playlist for.

http://open.spotify.com/user/tylerfowler/playlist/29l7z4yoU9uL4fFTwhOEdu

Techno. Dark, hard and serious techno.

Panda Bear

Video game music on loop! I'm playing Persona Q right now with the Persona 4 hero, and I'm currently obsessed with the battle music: http://whyd.com/c/547c91bd1de5648d3c64df31

My best results come when I mix it up. On day it will be Pink Floyd all day but the next could be all DNB. Sometimes for me it depends on the project also since your mood is set by the music you listen to, you will see it sometimes come out in your designs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipviArejhR8&feature=youtu.be

I made a playlist for work on Rdio.

This week I've been mostly listening to The Ventures Christmas album.

http://open.spotify.com/album/1dxDyvTNQvo04bBdPJnjur

it is awesome

I listen to a couple of BBC radio shows via iPlayer, then fill in the gaps with electronic music via Spotify. usually that's of the minimal techno genre, such as Modeselektor. I find it really helps me focus.

Some time ago I wrote a web-app for me which I made public.

http://tunely.co/

Right now - Deep Space House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9iyHC1Tno0&list=UUl7-226L3v1-8MIJ0h6t_dg

We constantly have Spotify running at the office and everyone is free to select what they want to share with the rest of us. As a Christmas treat, we selected a few of the most played tracks and compiled a playlist (I shared it on here before): https://news.layervault.com/stories/40381-from-us-to-you--the-2014-playlist

If i'm thinking, instrumental dance/drum and bass/atmospheric stuff on Sounddrop or Soundcloud, as well as old favourites like Pendulum, Daft Punk, Aphex Twin, Orbital, Squarepusher.

If I'm doing more mindless stuff, I listen to podcasts - currently enjoying Utility Fog (experimental music), Philosophy Bites (quite accessible philosophy interviews) and By Design.

Tycho, bonobo, ta-ku, list is endless though.

Add "dayveh" on Spotify if these people are your jam :)

Deep house, dub techno like this: https://soundcloud.com/deuz_kane

http://musicforprogramming.net/

I listen to a ton of music on Spotify. Like...81,000+ hours this year.

Some of my favorites for designing are:

Creative by Jeremy Duhr: http://open.spotify.com/user/m--e/playlist/4WOOVjtpgaj9EqQnooPs21

Drawing by Kasian Arte: http://open.spotify.com/user/119441129/playlist/04t04K0pRBuM110h6dcklb

Chill Lounge by patrolbm: http://open.spotify.com/user/spotifanspoti/playlist/3tmLP2qSuwrAYVtQofe2ES

And if its 3am at a designathon: 90s Eurodance by Spotify Norway http://open.spotify.com/user/spotify_norway_/playlist/4XgBXx4IzPjG5bkmQOabmQ

I'm also working on my own playlist, called Flow. Which I think works for design, homework, whatever. Would love to hear (ha) what you think. http://open.spotify.com/user/nickwittwer/playlist/4jrc2EcwkaLRaAPpMSkC8d

Classic Jazz or Chill/Deep House. Jazz.fm, Ministry of Sound radios.

I follow a lot of artists on Soundcloud so I like to go through my Stream for any new cool stuff. Soundcloud is really good for electronic music.

Spotify has some decent playlists they put together.

Sometimes I listen to sports talk radio because it's pretty mindless and I don't have to focus on it. :) Or Howard Stern! bababooey

If I have to write I listen to the "brown noise" at simplynoise.com to drown out the talking around my desk.

Huge fan of Rooster Teeth, and they just started a partnership with Slacker Radio that has songs that are influential/mentioned to/by them, as well as short bits by cast & crew. Been listening to it during all my work for the past few days, and I really like it. http://www.slacker.com/station/rooster-teeth-i-am-the-dj