Okay, so this is weird.

I seriously don’t do loud environments. My speech discrimination goes to shit with a bunch of background noise, and if I get into overly-spiky crowd noise (eg. loud bars / parties, with everyone yelling over each other and echoing off the walls), I rapidly overload and need to GTFO before I break down.

So why in the purple fuck is frantic glitchy breakcore the most soothing thing in the universe?

I’ve been listening to stuff like femtanyl recently, and the more IYTGKIUFUYGLICGXJYUGJTYUFLIHFUYGKJKHJGHYTFTJGHFDYGFDJHCHTRF it gets, the more it feels like my brain is sinking into a warm bath. It’s like brown noise, but moreso.

Tha heck is going on?

Anyone relate?

  • @xmunk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    I can absolutely relate, during my day job I have my speakers running full blast and I am dancing away at my standing desk while in deep focus.

    I think part of it is almost sound-defensive where the loud predictable music insulates me from focusing in on small sounds or unpredictability sounds. The techno is on and it’s unimportant so I can focus on my work and drown out distractions.

    I also think the pace is important for me, it’s almost like my brain is racing to keep up with the beat and thus can’t afford the distraction of focusing on something else. It can be almost meditative and make the whole world slower and more focused.