hell yes I do (hopefully). I don't really know what you're into, but here's some stuff I love to listen to while I'm in that state:
for brain-metling:
- White Rainbow - Pulses (crucial, the best brain-metling song ever)
- Battles - Tonto, or Tras
- as well, pretty well any songs off of The Fifth Mission by Two Lone Swordsmen, but 'Switch It' is wicked.
for mellower:
- pretty well anything off of Geogaddi by Boards of Canada is goddamn incredible. My favourites though are 'You Could Feel the Sky', 'The Beach at Redpoint' '1969', and 'Julie and Candy'
- The American Analog Set - Using the Hope Diamond as a Doorstep (it's lighter, but it's really mellow and slick)
hip-hop (good stuff, not stupid shit):
- Metal Fingers/MF Doom/any of his other pseudonyms - this guy is incredibly prolific, and if actual rapping isn't your thing (like me), then listen to Metal Fingers, because he just has like all the Special Herbs albums which are just sampled hip-hop/funk songs that are instrumental.
for non-electronic stuff:
- For some reason Tawoumga by Champion, because of the groove of the song I guess.
- Bruce E. Kinesis by Do Make Say Think is one of my favourite songs ever, and not electronic in case you're not that into that kind of stuff.
- anything by Yeasayer off their album All Hour Cymbals, but especially 'waves'. It's psychedelic rock, but that doesn't really do it justice.
- Red Snapper is like jazzy trip hop, with a tinge of hip hop stuff, they're really good, check out the album Prince Blimey, or Making Bones
Hope that helps. I'd take the time to give a bit of a description for those artists, but it probably wouldn't be read anyway, and yes, I do spend too much time thinking about this.
