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Dort_Owl in askchapo

Request: something chill I can listen to in the background so I can stop overthinking long enough to get some work done. Podcasts, documentaries, music, I don't care.

Please and thank you negative

Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 4day

I am going to shamelessly promote myNoise.net, which is a superFuckinCool website with a gazillion different noise machines and a lot of different options. It feels like a relic of the old internet, lots of personality and some very clean, modern design. The guy who runs it makes these soundscapes for a living, just going around recording sounds and turning them into this.

Its got normal stuff like white noise, rain, waves on a beach, and babble (plus restaurant sounds, which can be turned on or off). Theres some wierd ones like the inside of a WW2-era bomber, a brain massager, and like fifty automatic music generators like this one called Shroom with a View. Some of my favorites are behind the paywall ($10 donation for lifetime access, just saying) so I can't share them but theres a haunted house, a construction site, an alchemy lab, and a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. themed one.

Also there's a mobile app but I dont really use it and cant say much about it other than donating to one doesn't give you full access on the other.

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booty [he/him] - 4day

I was already familiar with this site but it's been years since I checked in. The "summer night" bug sound thing really does counteract my tinnitus in a really surprising way.

My tinnitus isn't particularly bad, but it is nice to experience what it's like not to hear it for a bit.

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TraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them] - 4day

Music for airports by Brian Eno

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IsThisLoss [comrade/them] - 5day

Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase

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Enjoyer_of_Games [comrade/them, he/him] - 4day

there is also a free download link in their user profile

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GalaxyBrain [they/them] - 4day

My lock in album has been Transylvanian Hunger by Darkthrone.i went from 60s in math to 90s in the last math class I had to tske in high school cause the teacher let me listen to music while solving work sheets. Its 2 riffs per song and both rule but and hit this really great mid point between hook and atmosphere.

A Clarion Call by Asunder. Kinds rhe same as above but slow deep and heavy and also has a cello

Other black metal or sludge that does.similae are ildjarn, bone awl, nootjgrush and corruption

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Enjoyer_of_Games [comrade/them, he/him] - 4day

I listen to Calmpills to meditate. Chillhop is good too.

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9to5 [any, comrade/them] - 4day

Hey I love chillhop. Stuff like that is perfect background jam

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supafuzz [comrade/them] - 5day

Khruangbin & Men I Trust: Live at RBC Echo Beach

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Moidialectica [he/him, comrade/them] - 4day

i like Minecraft Ost. A lot of good Tracks and if it's from a music streaming app you'll get good recommendations, or I hope so. C418 is good.

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InevitableSwing [none/use name] - 4day
  • Bach's Brandenburg Concertos

A list of one item? I'm decidedly uninspired right now. But I do mention more in the final sentence. I always use random play when I have music on the background. I could listen to those concertos for a super long time - let's say many hours a day - day-after-day and not get tired of them.

If you don't already - it's good to use compression. For example - these are my VLC settings...

With compression - I can listen to Beethoven's symphonies and overtures in the background too. It's not chill but it's no longer SYMPHONIC so not overpowering either.

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microfiche [he/him] - 4day

Chopin's Nocturnes.
Beethoven's Piano Sonatas.
Claud Debussy - Clare De Lune as played by Menachem Pressler.
Mozart Piano Sonatas as played by Menachem Pressler.

Yoyr Kickstarter Sucks.
PBS Spacetime.
Swindled Podcast.

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Mardoniush [she/her] - 4day

I like baroque music for chilling since it's not as overpowering as romantic stuff. Charpentier is nice,

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regul [any] - 4day

kmhd.org

Portland's public jazz radio.

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comrade_pibb [comrade/them] - 4day

great channel, I'm always streaming it

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CocteauChameleons [none/use name] - 4day

Scott the Woz

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Strayce @lemmy.sdf.org - 4day

I recently discovered Hearts of Space and I've been using it as background music for meditation. Huge back catalog and quite varied, likely you might find something suitable there. Also available via other sources if you don't like streaming 🏴‍☠️

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Riffraffintheroom [none/use name] - 4day

Creepy pastas on YouTube. I like CreepsMcPasta

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Dialectical Idealist - 4day
  • If you like hip-hop beats try Dibia$e and Flying Lotus.
  • If you like electronic music try Actress (more upbeat), Bjarki (more spacey), and Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works.
  • For background classical music, try English string miniatures--pleasant orchestral pieces that don't require too much attention. Similarly, could also play Chopin (piano), Christopher Parkening (Spanish guitar), or German Lieder (from Schubert, Liszt, Wolf, Mahler, or Brahms)
  • The metal category is perhaps the hardest to recommend. Personally, I choose Drudkh, The Ruins of Beverast, Akhlys, and Xasthur to play in the background while working.
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Snort_Owl [they/them] - 4day

Storm corrosion by storm corrosion. Ill keep plugging this album forever its truly the best album ever made.

More serious answer is deus ex human revolution soundtrack its very good but also not distracting Ive used it many times to focus on stuff

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PKMKII [none/use name] - 4day

Pizza Hotline, either Level Select or Dream Select, or both. Their style has been described as vaporbreaks, so vaporwave sound aesthetics but over DnB breakbeats. So chill enough to stop the intrusive thoughts but not “put you to sleep” chill.

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StillNoLeftLeft [none/use name, she/her] - 4day

Been listening to the Sickle and The Hammer podcast lately as I do stuff. It's about Soviet history so I find it chill although there is drama in the history of course.

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sexywheat [none/use name] - 4day

I don't know if this meets your requirements but Psapp is fire

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