MP3: Håkan Lidbo - Sandviken by night
The more time I spend at my dayjob staring at long lines of code, the more I appreciate the soothing repetition of ambient techno. The consistent pulse is engaging enough to keep my mind working and focused and the lack of vocals keeps me from distraction. I'm no DJ, but when I queue up a long playlist and let the tracks fade into eachother, that's perfect for a long day's work. Besides the Boeoes Kaelstigen stuff I've talked about before, I also really appreciate Håkan Lidbo, especially his more straight-up housey stuff like this track. I like his weirder, more abstract stuff too (see "Musik för främmande civilisationer/Music for alien civilizations", for one), but that doesn't do me well for long, sustained periods of deep concentration. This is the stuff that's best suited to zoning out, whether it's in front of the computer or on the dancefloor. What makes it stand above other lesser techno, I can't really pinpoint as I lack the experience and the vocab to adequately convey it, but I know I like it and that's enough.
Håkan Lidbo - Sandviken by night