tangy Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 IMO no one faces a greater challenge than those who chose to go the instrumental route. i think vocals make it easier to like music, its something to build upon? It seems to me that while it is far harder to get into music without vocals the rewards can be great. do you agree and what are some of your favorite instrumental or near instrumental bands and players? rock, jazz or whatever.... I listen to a lot of instrumental guitar music but think my favorite instrumental group is Ozric Tentacles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginos Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 I love The Future Kings of England. If the music is interesting who needs vocals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imaginos Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 As for Ozric Tentacles... I only have "Strangitude", "Jurassic Shift" & "The Yumyum Tree". What else do you recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted October 20, 2010 Author Share Posted October 20, 2010 QUOTE (Imaginos @ Oct 20 2010, 11:57 AM) As for Ozric Tentacles... I only have "Strangitude", "Jurassic Shift" & "The Yumyum Tree". What else do you recommend? I think Erpland would be a good choice from their earlier years, that or Pungent Effulgent. Become The Other is also very good. Erpland probably is the definitive early recording. In terms of newer stuff, The Hidden Step and Waterfall Cities are great IMO. here is Erpland live from 1991- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Owl Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Most of us here are fans of progressive music, so we're used to long instrumental sections in our music, or bands releasing instrumental albums or mostly instrumental albums (Camel comes to mind here)..... I think groups like LTE, or Joe Satriani do well amongst the progressive community.. But that's just it, among us.... unfortunately full instrumental music I think will never take hold in any mainstream state of mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted October 20, 2010 Author Share Posted October 20, 2010 QUOTE (Imaginos @ Oct 20 2010, 11:55 AM) I love The Future Kings of England. If the music is interesting who needs vocals? never heard of them before, listening now. thanks for mentioning them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblesmike Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Ozrics are awesome. I've been a fan of their stuff for quite some time now. My favorites are Strangeitude, Jurassic Shift, Waterfall Cities, The Floor Is Too Far Away, and the Yum Yum Tree. Honestly, most of their albums are awesome; you'd be safe with anything they did between 1989 and now. Although, it should be noted that their last couple efforts are more electronic than usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 I love Red Sparowes and their silly ass long song titles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncJazOonwPo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted October 20, 2010 Author Share Posted October 20, 2010 QUOTE (marblesmike @ Oct 20 2010, 01:29 PM) Ozrics are awesome. I've been a fan of their stuff for quite some time now. My favorites are Strangeitude, Jurassic Shift, Waterfall Cities, The Floor Is Too Far Away, and the Yum Yum Tree. Honestly, most of their albums are awesome; you'd be safe with anything they did between 1989 and now. Although, it should be noted that their last couple efforts are more electronic than usual. I agree. Unless you go the amazon route, buy what you can find except for Floating Seeds. Save the one for last as it a remix by others of OT music. last i checked amazon was doing some good combo deals and i think the 25th anniversary edition of Erpland comes with a DVD. I have seen them 4 times and they have always been great . other instrumental groups i have seen in recent years animals as leaders ( last night ! ) scale the summit behold the arctopus martin medeski and wood bela fleck and the flecktones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rummut71 Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Check out Russian Circles and Pelican... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
progrush2112 Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Explosions in the Sky is pretty much amazing. Ozrics, LTE, Pelican and God is an Astronaut are also great rock instrumental bands. I also listen to A LOT of Jazz and World stuff. I'll make lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rummut71 Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 QUOTE (progrush2112 @ Oct 20 2010, 03:18 PM) Explosions in the Sky is pretty much amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn2CwzhD8W0 Ozrics, LTE, Pelican and God is an Astronaut are also great rock instrumental bands. I also listen to A LOT of Jazz and World stuff. I'll make lists. Holy balls, I can't believe I left of EitS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 My favorite all-instrumental bands are mostly in the Jazz field. In fact, I hate Jazz that DOES have vocals! Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Miles, Coltrane, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, John Pattituci... And some rock guitar (or bass) shredders: Satch, Vai, Eric Johnson, Stu Hamm, Randy Coven... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
progrush2112 Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 World Stuff, may have some vocals: Afro Cuban All Stars (Latin) Arturo Sandoval (Latin/Jazz) Buena Vista Social Club (Latin) Irakere (Latin/Jazz) Sergio Mendez (Latin/Jazz) Poncho Sanchez (Latin/Jazz) Tito Puente (Latin/Jazz) The Spanish Harlem Orchestra (Latin) The Caribbean Jazz Project (Steel Band/Jazz) Ravi Shankar (Indian) Capercaillie (Irish) The Chieftans (Irish) The Kilfenora Ceili Band (Irish) Leahy (Irish) Lunasa (Irish) Neill Lyons (Irish) The Oliver St. John's Gogarty Band (Irish) The Abbey Tavern Band (Irish) Planxty (Irish) Jazz: Louis Armstrong The Bad Plus Count Basie Louis Bellson Bix Beiderbecke Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Chris Botti Dave Brubeck Chase Coleman Hawkins John Coltrane Jim Cullum Jazz Band Miles Davis The Guitar Trio: Di Meola, McLaughlin, and De Lucia Dirty Dozen Brass Band The Dixieland Ramblers Duke Ellington Don Ellis John Faddis Maynard Ferguson Red Garland Quintet Stan Getz Dizzy Gillespie Benny Goodman Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Vince Guaraldi Herbie Hancock Woody Herman Big Band Hiromi Steve Houghton J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding Stan Kenton Mahavishnu Orchestra Wynton Marsalis Pat Metheny Group Glenn Miller Charles Mingus Thelonius Monk The Original Dixieland Jass Band Charlie Parker Nicholas Payton Return to Forever Buddy Rich Roy Hargrove Quintet Doc Severinsen Jimmy Smith The Yellowjackets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Ozric Tentacles is a great one, and as Tangy suggested, Erpland is an EXCELLENT place to start. The only problem with them is they get a bit repetitive after awhile. Other completely awesome instrumental bands/artists: Prog: Finch (Dutch 70's prog - their 2nd and 3rd albums especially are excellent) S.F.F. (aka Schicke, Furhs & Frohling) - later recorded as just Frohs & Frohling - the first two SFF albums and the FF album Ammerland are excellent - German Electronic/prog Shylock (French progressive - made two excellent instrumental albums in the late 70's) Mike Oldfield - UK prog/electronic Heldon (French) - made some mindblowing prog/electronic albums Solaris (Hungarian) - 80's/90's prog band Gryphon (UK 70's prog) - they weren't instrumental except for their excellent album Red Queen to Gryphon Three Dzyan (German) - their album Electric Silence Quiet Sun (UK) made one album Mainstream - singing on last track, but otherwise excellent instrumental prog album - contained members of Roxy Music Camel (UK 70's prog) - they also weren't instrumental except for their excellent The Snow Goose Electronic: Tangerine Dream (German electronic artists/pioneers - ventured a bit into prog) Jean-Michel Jarre (French electronic artist) Cluster (German, ventured slightly into prog) Harmonium (German, made two albums that weren't brilliant, but had great stuff) Klaus Schulze (another German artist - varies in quality, but a lot is excellent) Vangelis (Greek electronic artist) - varied in quality, but had a lot of excellent material Kraftwerk (German) - early albums Hans-Joachim Rodelius - especially the album Durche Die Wuste (German) Peter Bumann - especially the album Romance 76 (German, formerly in Tangerine Dream) Edgar Froese - early albums (solo artist from Tangerine Dream) Conrad Schnitzler (was on the first Tangerine Dream album, very avant-garde German electronic) Synergy (American - especially the album Electronic Realization for Rock Orchestra) David Van Tieghem (American - especially the album These Things Happen) Jazz: Sun Ra John Coltrane Miles Davis Ornette Coleman Herbie Hancock Mahavishnu Orchestra (when they did sing it was awful, thankfully mostly instrumental) Brand X Ambient: Paul Schutze Pete Namlook Future Sound of London O Yuki Conjugate Steve Roach Robert Rich Vidna Obmana Woob Terre Thaemlitz Bill Laswell New Age: Iasos Mike Rowland etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Currently I'm really digging the Tortoise album Millions Now Living Will Never Die. It's sublime post-rock. The song "Djed" is incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 I'm a huge fan of instrumental music, especially electronic & ambient. Favorites: Ozric Tentacles Behold the Arctopus Scale the Summit Mogwai Tangerine Dream Two of my all-time favorite groups are an electronic duo, Autechre, & a single electronic musician, Aphex Twin. Their music is highly unique: Aphex Twin - "Mt. Saint Michel & Saint Michael's Mount" (2001) Autechre - "Rotar" (1995) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacement Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Zombi. My friend gave me an advance copy of Spirit Animal. I keep waiting for the vocals to kick in and ruin the music and that never happened. I love that album and became a fan of Zombi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 QUOTE (Rush! @ Oct 20 2010, 08:09 PM) Two of my all-time favorite groups are an electronic duo, Autechre, & a single electronic musician, Aphex Twin. That reminds me - a truly excellent album is Selected Ambient Works Volume 2 by Aphex Twin - very mellow and otherworldly 2-disc set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 I wish Eric Johnson would do only instrumentals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Oct 21 2010, 11:23 AM) QUOTE (Rush! @ Oct 20 2010, 08:09 PM) Two of my all-time favorite groups are an electronic duo, Autechre, & a single electronic musician, Aphex Twin. That reminds me - a truly excellent album is Selected Ambient Works Volume 2 by Aphex Twin - very mellow and otherworldly 2-disc set. Nice Goob! I had no idea you knew about Aphex Twin Definitely check out his albums & grab Autechre's first three records (when you have the chance ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 QUOTE (Rush! @ Oct 21 2010, 09:27 AM) QUOTE (rushgoober @ Oct 21 2010, 11:23 AM) QUOTE (Rush! @ Oct 20 2010, 08:09 PM) Two of my all-time favorite groups are an electronic duo, Autechre, & a single electronic musician, Aphex Twin. That reminds me - a truly excellent album is Selected Ambient Works Volume 2 by Aphex Twin - very mellow and otherworldly 2-disc set. Nice Goob! I had no idea you knew about Aphex Twin Definitely check out his albums & grab Autechre's first three records (when you have the chance ). I have a few early Aphex Twin albums and the first two Autechre ones I think. Honestly though, I don't listen to them too often. That particular Aphext Twin one for me is a standout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 I'm more of a jazz guy anyway... Miles Coltrane Weather Report Pat Metheny Group Thelonious Monk Mahavishnu Orchestra (exp the first two albums) Bill Evans Keith Jarrett etc etc etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush! Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 QUOTE (Mystic Slipperman @ Oct 21 2010, 02:19 PM) I'm more of a jazz guy anyway... Miles Coltrane Weather Report Pat Metheny Group Thelonious Monk Mahavishnu Orchestra (exp the first two albums) Bill Evans Keith Jarrett etc etc etc etc Miles & Coltrane are classics, they both have numerous material that is highly enjoyable. Also a fan of Bill Evans & Keith Jarrett here. Jarrett's The Koln Concert record is highly recommended. Completely improvised solo piano music, & at a live show! Incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjtull Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Though now disbanded (or on permanent hiatus) Godspeed You! Black Emperor. I love this band so much, I wish they'd get back together and record. I heard they were going to do some live performances soon (or perhaps they already have). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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