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A YouTube channel where a creator posts live coding sessions making trance music with Tidal Cycles. Recommenders find the music listenable and the creator very talented.

A YouTube channel where a creator posts live coding sessions making trance music with Tidal Cycles. Recommenders find the music listenable and the creator very talented.

5 people gave an opinion

recommend it
5
criticize it
0
approval share
100%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 2 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • Live coding trance music with Tidal

    “regularly posts live coding sessions of her making trance music with Tidal”

    Comment from 20 Aug 2026 in “Tidal Cycles – Live coding music with Algorithmic patterns”

    “makes actually listenable music using Tidal”

    Comment from 21 Aug 2026 in “Tidal Cycles – Live coding music with Algorithmic patterns”
  • Listenable music made with Tidal

    “makes actually listenable music using Tidal”

    Comment from 21 Aug 2026 in “Tidal Cycles – Live coding music with Algorithmic patterns”
  • Very talented creator

    “She's outrageously talented.”

    Comment from 1 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: ÆTHRA – Writing Music as Code”
  • Recommended as worth checking out

    “Have you heard of Switch-Angel? If not, check out”

    Comment from 1 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: ÆTHRA – Writing Music as Code”

Other YouTube channels people recommend

The four most recommended other YouTube channels, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

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What people said

4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“makes actually listenable music using Tidal”

RecommendsComment from 21 Aug 2026 in “Tidal Cycles – Live coding music with Algorithmic patterns”

“regularly posts live coding sessions of her making trance music with Tidal”

RecommendsComment from 20 Aug 2026 in “Tidal Cycles – Live coding music with Algorithmic patterns”

“She's outrageously talented.”

RecommendsComment from 1 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: ÆTHRA – Writing Music as Code”

“Have you heard of Switch-Angel? If not, check out”

RecommendsComment from 1 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: ÆTHRA – Writing Music as Code”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.