music to do pure maths to

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i'm currently engaged in working out some really technical stuff, and i need music that helps me concentrate. i've been listening to stuff like:

keith fullerton whitman - playthroughs
la monte young
prandit pran nath
pop ambient 2001

but it's a while since i've been on a drone/ambient kick, so suggestions would be welcome.

― toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 07:11 (twenty-two years ago)

heaven 17 once said "we write music using maths and logic". so listen to them.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 07:14 (twenty-two years ago)

charlemagne palestine's strumming music, too.

― toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 08:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Predictable, but Bach, maybe as done by Wendy Carlos

― mentalist (mentalist), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 10:09 (twenty-two years ago)

DJ Krush feat. Mos Def - The Light (can you see it?)

For some reason this really helps me do maths. I don't know why.

― Andrew (enneff), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 10:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Also good atmospheric drum n bass mixes are really good for concentration, I find. (except on the really sweet drop-ins that make my eyes roll back in my head in ecstasy)

― Andrew (enneff), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 10:13 (twenty-two years ago)

i had a maths teacher who was also a drummer. he said black sabbath were the best for doing maths to.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 10:33 (twenty-two years ago)

When I was in college, I took a Logic course b/c it fulfilled a curriculum requirement and counted towards the Philosophy major I never completed. Insanely difficult but satisfying at the same time. Knapsack's "This Conversation Is Ending Right Now" made a good soundtrack to solving Logic homework problems.... not sure why.

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 11:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Minimalist Techno - keeps you motivated without distractions
and
Mozart - makes you feel smarter

― BrianB, Tuesday, 23 September 2003 11:52 (twenty-two years ago)

SAW Vol 1 springs to mind, says the Maths student with precious little ambient knowledge beyond that album.

― Nick H, Tuesday, 23 September 2003 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)

The Pi soundtrack seems to do the trick when we're concentrating on coding, so I guess it'd work on maths too. That and Aphex Twins ambient stuff.

― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 12:23 (twenty-two years ago)

My friend Chris is a Ph.D. candidate in mathematics.

His Friendster profile lists as his favorite bands: "jawbreaker, blonde redhead, mogwai, godspeed you black emperor!, steve reich, jaks, american analog set, dirty three, do make say think, add N to (x), texas is the reason, slapstick, sigur ros, screeching weasel, my bloody valentine, mates of state"

I imagine some of these are more appropriate than others for high-concentration work, but all the post-rocky stuff makes sense.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 13:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Philip Glass?

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 14:07 (twenty-two years ago)

amm, xenakis 'persepolis' and mimeo and human league's 'travelogue', scritti politti's 'Cupid and psyche 85': music that uses avant-garde maths and logic!!!

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 14:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Philip Glass!!!!!
G!Y?B!E!?!
Aphex Twin - SAW 85-92
Slowdive
Brian Jonestown Mascara - His Satanic Majesties 2nd Request
Beef Terminal
Broken Social Scene - Feel Good Lost
Spacemen 3 - Perfect Perscription
Art of Noise - Whose Afraid Of?
New Order - Substance (disc 2 being the better one in this case)

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 15:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Tony Conrad--"Slapping Pythagoras"

― Stephen Boyle (SBoyle), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

ooh yeah, i forgot about cupid and psyche 85. cheers julio!

― toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 17:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Brian Eno's Discreet Music, Apollo, and the Ambient series.

― Mike Salmo (salmo), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Interesting choice of Cupid & Psyche 85. I couldnt use it - I'd be too busy singing and bopping along to it!

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 05:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Durutti Column - All That Love and Maths Can Do

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 09:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Scritti Politti is a great choice, Julio. Also something I find helpful and enjoyable at the same time -- The Fixx. And Simple Minds. And Spandau Ballet. And the Psychedelic Furs. Just basically anything I really, really love to listen to, so doing math is even more enjoyable than it already is. </math geek>

Really, though, it should be something you'd really love, period, IMHO.

― Legendary Nothingness (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 12:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Glad to see Dr C namechecking my favourite song evah back there.

I always found early Jean Michel Jarre really good to do maths homework for. The first four or so albums do the trick for me.

― Rob M (Rob M), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 12:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"six pianos" by Steve Reich accelerates brain function by 50%.

― Conor (Conor), Wednesday, 24 September 2003 20:38 (twenty-two years ago)

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