A lot of ambient stuff, but not drone. Think ambient jazz, sometimes with heavy dashes of electronica.. Some of my favorites are Somewhere Off Jazz Street, Bohren & der Club of Gore, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Bersarin Quartett, Dale Cooper Quartet, Floex, Yesterdays New Quintet. I didn't realize I listened to so much of that stuff until I just typed it out, dang.
Depending on how my mind is working that day, older jazz like Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, or even Lou Armstrong might also be good.
And sometimes, for some reason, metal helps. For those rare times, it is usually Torche, Mastodon, or Coroner.
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