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> Finally - someone [...] mixes music just for that purpose.

DJ Bolivia has been quite known for his "Music to code by" mixes, I definitely recommend them.

http://djbolivia.blogspot.com/2011/04/music-to-code-by-volum...

Good stuff. Started playing it, wasn't sure at first, then started working and was immediately in that other place where things get done.

But now I'm reading Hacker News.

Emillon, thanks. Some of those Music To Code By mixes have a fair amount of vocals though. I think nowadays, a lot of coders would prefer my weekly radio show at www.chma.fm.

The drawback with the radio show is that each episode has a 25 to 60 second promo tape at the intro, but after that it's all music, no advertising, and I don't do voiceovers. I'd recommend episodes starting at about #070 - I was still trying to find a groove in the first seventy, and I only stopped doing an intro voiceover in the early 70's.

They're also on SoundCloud (I just archived them all starting a few weeks ago) so you can skip around easily if you need to: http://www.soundcloud.com/djbolivia

Nice, I'll check those out !

I listened to the first episodes but for some reason I preferred your former mixes. Let's see how the latest episodes are doing :)

They are definitely a bit darker, more tech-house. I guess the style changes within each show, but from show to show it's consistent. The first half of each show is generally low-key tech-house, but then I start speeding it up a small amount and using more "busy" progressive house tracks later in the episode. But not many vocals in each. Some people will like these better (the sound quality is also better), but some coders will definitely prefer the six older "Music To Code" By mixes.

Just grabbed these and started the first track for while I work from home (go go Denver snow) and I'm really digging it. Thanks for the pointer.

Yay snow! Currently stuck at home in Littleton :P

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