01 Oct 2021 starting note.
Reference Book
Avoid distractions
Freedom
Freedom | Block distracting websites and apps
Timer
A digital timer
I'm not following the famous Pomodoro technique per se, but rather use it as a measuring stick and visual aid for length of my current work session.
Where it helps is mostly in avoiding me leaving my desk/task if I get a "Oh I need to do that other thing" moment, check the timer, and see that I have not worked long enough.
In that case, I will just add my thought/to-do in Things, and refocus on the task at hand.
Things
I have lots of ideas and thoughts bubbling.. I use Things to quickly add a reminder/to-do on my list so I don't forget (or can assess for discarding) but can refocus on task at hand.
My global shortcut to add to Things from anywhere on macOS: Ctrl + Space
Favourite Deep Work Music
Carbon Based Lifeforms
I discovered CBL early 2020 and have listened to some of their music almost every single working day since. My favourite deep-work music.
16 albums available - I bought all from:
albums
Favourite album: Interloper. This is the album I start when I need to get my brain to switch to deep focus mode.
About Stochastic:
By exploring the random functionalities on some synthesizers we had not used for a while, we found sequences that were best suited for passive listening whilst not stealing focus.
It appeared as if the randomness kept our minds focused and relaxed at the same time.
For a few weeks we listened to the tracks over and over for hours while coding, emailing, packing and other tasks and found them very stimulating.
We defined the sounds, harmonies and the frequencies of the random pulse generators and then let the synthesizers perform the actual tracks. Sometimes by using randomly generated sequences, sometimes by looped and randomly modulated envelopes.
| focus | title | year released | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🟢 | The Path | 1998 | "Our first Ambient album, made even before we took the name CBL."--- |
| 🟢 | Hydroponic Garden | 2003 | |
| 🟢 | World Of Sleepers | 2006 | |
| 🟢🟢🟢 | Interloper | 2010 | |
| 🟢 | Twentythree | 2011 | |
| 🟢 | Irdial | 2013 | |
| 🟢 | REFUGE | 2014 | Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the motion picture Refuge |
| 🟢 | Photosynthesis Remixes | 2016 | |
| 🟢 | MOS 6581 REMIXES | 2016 | |
| 🟢 | ALT:01 | 2016 | |
| 🟢 | VLA | 2016 | |
| 🟢🟢 | Derelicts | 2017 | |
| 🟢 | ALT:02 | 2020 | |
| 🟢 | 20 Minutes | 2021 | "A twenty minutes long story that takes you on a soothing journey through the ambient soundscapes of Carbon Based Lifeforms." |
| 🟢🟢 | Stochastic | 2021 |
Boards of Canada
10 albums available.
Boards of Canada are a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin.
OGRE Sound
15 Sep 2022 listening to:
F.O.O.L.
Fuck Our Ordinary Lives, or F.O.O.L for short, is the alias of Rasmus Hermansen, a Swedish electronic act who debuted on Monstercat with his song Keep On Rocking, which was released on August 11, 2014.
16 Sep 2022 listening to:
| focus | title | year released | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| --- | The Game | --- | --- |
| --- | Reborn (EP) | --- | --- |
| --- | Feelings (EP) | --- | --- |
| --- | Highway (EP) | --- | --- |
| --- | Fresh Kids Forever | --- | --- |
| --- | Views From My Story | --- | --- |
slightly too aggressive overall to deep focus
OVERWERK
19 Sep 2022 listening to albums:
| focus | title | year released | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🟢 | The Nth | --- | Daft Punk-ish |
| 🔴 | State | --- | too much vocals, distracting |
| 🔴 | Altered State | --- | --- |
| 🟢 | Vessel | --- | --- |
Just Her
eg All We Have Is Now
20 Sep 2022 listening to albums:
| focus | title | year released | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🟢🟢 | Flatline (EP) | 2015 | --- |
| 🟢 | Let Myself Go | --- | slightly too much vocals for pure deep work |
| 🟢 | Follow You Down | --- | --- |
| 🟢 | Busy Minds | 2017 | --- |
| 🟢 | Anjunadeep Explorations | --- | --- |
| 🟢 | Beautiful Nothing (EP) | --- | --- |
| --- | Silence | 2015 | --- |
Matt Fax
| focus | title | year released | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🔴 | X | --- | --- |
| 🟢 | Progressions | --- | Abenaki, Fallen |
| 🟢 | Colorscapes | --- | --- |
| --- | Contrast | --- | --- |
| --- | Arrival | --- | --- |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
Notakeer
19 Sep 2022 listening to albums:
| focus | title | year released | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🟢 | Ocn (Single) | --- | --- |
| 🟢 | From Dust & Ashes (Single) | 2019 | --- |
| --- | Echelon (Single) | 2021 | --- |
| --- | Life's a glitch and then you die (Single) | 2021 | --- |
| --- | About 3am / 4am (Single) | 2022 | --- |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
Budd
04 Oct 2022
| focus | title | year released | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| --- | Beginner's Guide To Procrastination (Single) | 2022 | --- |
| --- | Silent Album To Vibe With (EP) | 2022 | --- |
| 🟢 | Highline (Single)) | 2019 | --- |
Fatum
05 Oct 2022
| focus | title | year released | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🔴 | Forward | 2018 | too aggressive |
| 🔴 | Momentum (EP) | --- | too aggressive |
| 🔴 | Stream starting | --- | --- |
Sysdemes
| focus | title | year released | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| --- | Fade | 2019 | --- |
| --- | Ebb & Flow #1 | 2021 | --- |
Naden
13 Oct 2022
| focus | title | year released | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🟢 | Affinity (EP) | 2010 | --- |
| 🔴 | Uvurdelig | 2011 | --- |
| 🟢 | Murmuration (EP) | 2012 | --- |
| --- | Naden Essentials Vol. 1 | 2016 | --- |
| --- | Gallinago | 2020 | --- |
LudoWic
23 Oct 2022
| focus | title | year released | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🟢 | A Blinding Light Moment | 2015 | --- |
| --- | Elka Village | 2017 | --- |
| --- | LudoWic Jams | 2019 | --- |
Röyksopp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6yksopp
22 Nov 2022
| focus | title | year released | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🟢🟢🟢 | Melody A.M. | 2001 | --- |
| --- | The Understanding | 2005 | --- |
| --- | Junior | 2009 | --- |
| --- | Senior | 2010 | --- |
| --- | The Inevitable End | 2014 | --- |
| --- | Profound Mysteries | 2022 | --- |
| --- | Profound Mysteries II | 2022 | --- |
| --- | Profound Mysteries III | 2022 | --- |
Hör
25 Aug 2024 NEW FIND
hoer.live is a website that broadcasts DJ sets and live acts six days a week, from Berlin. It features a variety of electronic music styles and allows users
"HÖR is an independent online music platform, collective and cultural community space based in Berlin-Kreuzberg founded in 2019"
Official website:
or on Youtube:
Deep Work Music to test
- Cinnamon Chasers, eg Signals
- Sound Remedy, eg Astralis
- Thomas Barrandon, eg Fragment
- Angara, eg Kyoto
- Tido Kang, eg Sounds Of Rain
- Michele McLaughlin, eg The Descent
- Milli Davis, eg Lovely (acoustic)
- Billie Marten, eg Cursive
- twenty one pilots, eg The Hype
- slenderbodies, eg Simple Shapes
Binaural music
Tracks by Miracle Tones:
Concentration (Beta Waves)
13 Hz Concentration
14 Hz Focused Attention
18 Hz Cognitive Thinking
20 Hz Problem Solving
30 Hz Beta Waves
Focus (Alpha Waves)
Miracle Tones
12.5 Hz Focus
12 Hz Super Learning
11 Hz Flow State
10 Hz Stress Reduction
8 Hz Alpha Waves
See Binaural Music
YouTube channels
Miss Monique - live progressive house sets.
Lofi
