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Your Favorite Instrumental Bands?

Dick JonesDick Jones Posts: 777
edited February 2007 in Other Music
Explosions In The Sky
Russian Circles
Piglet
Don Caballero

Yeah, that is about all I have gotten into so far. Someone on here recommended me Explosions and picked up the album "the earth is not a cold dead place" or something like that and it is amazing. Beatiful music.
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  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    Godspeed You Black Emperor
    Mogwai
    Sigur Ros
    Sianspheric
    Explosions In The Sky
    Tortoise
    Labradford
    Set Fire To Flames
    Tipsy
    Lemon Jelly

    ....I know some of these bands use vocals in some of their stuff - but in most cases the vocals just serve as another instrument
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  • Jammin909Jammin909 Posts: 888
    Ulrich Schnauss
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  • illfatedillfated Posts: 65
    ISIS, while yes they do sing, but lyrics are short and sweet...song are all like 8 mins long...what a band.
  • off_the_recordoff_the_record Posts: 843
    mogwai
    Cheat the odds that made you
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  • enharmonicenharmonic Posts: 1,917
    Dark Water Transit
    35007
    Explosions In The Sky
    Godspeed You Black Emperor
    Grails
    Boards of Canada
    Dysrhythmia
    The Swords Project
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  • smarcheesmarchee Posts: 14,539
    Tortoise
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Banyan (Stephen Perkins + Mike Watt & friends) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26YwpjJWhnA

    Medeski, Martin, & Wood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=042FGr9XfmI

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  • yosi1yosi1 Posts: 3,272
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle Posts: 10,724
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Banyan (Stephen Perkins + Mike Watt & friends) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26YwpjJWhnA[/url}

    this version actually has lyrics. 98% of their songs are instrumental.

    Try this for instrumental. Maggot Brain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmddP2cJkJ8
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  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet- their claim to fame was that they did the theme song from Kids in the Hall, but they also released three terrific albums, "Savvy Show Stoppers", "Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham" and "Sport Fishin"

    Huevos Rancheros- surf-rock instrumental band from Calgary. Saw them live a bunch of times back in the early 90s. Great band! They released a few albums on Mint Records, and then disappeared.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • caifan82caifan82 Posts: 321
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Huevos Rancheros

    HAHAHA, wtf... that's an awesome name, haha.

    Anyway, one of the best instrumental bands I've heard: Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Pelican ain't bad either...
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  • Dick JonesDick Jones Posts: 777
    I have been checking some of these bands out, and most of them sound pretty good. Thanks.
    Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys?
  • lalalalaaaaaaaalalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    Pelican
  • Dick JonesDick Jones Posts: 777
    Has anyone on here listened to Russian Circles? If not go check out their song "Carpe".

    Myspace probably.
    Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys?
  • DesignVHLDesignVHL Posts: 297
    I like Russian Circles....a friend burned some of their music for me! I was actually going to go to their CD Release party but I couldn't make it!

    Here's my little list of fav. instrumental artists:



    PARTICLE - http://www.particlepeople.com
    Lotus - http://www.lotusvibes.com
    The Benevento-Russo Duo - http://www.beneventorussoduo.com/
    The New Deal - http://thenewdeal.ca/
    MMW - http://www.mmw.net/
    Pelican - http://www.hydrahead.com/pelican/
    STS9 (when I am in a mellow mood) - http://www.sts9.com/info.php?i=1905
    Steve Kimock - http://www.kimock.com/
    Galactic (has some vocals) - http://www.galacticfunk.com/
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  • AlicesqueAlicesque Posts: 15
    Bark Psychosis
    Mogwai
    Explosions in the Sky
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
    Sigur Ros
    Brian Eno
    Aphex Twin
    The Black Mages
    "Death ain't the same without you, dear"
  • jb13lettersjb13letters Posts: 220
    Man... or Astroman?

    They were mostly instrumental, anyway.

    One of my personal favorite show memories was seeing them in New Orleans, before they came out they played a video they made of Star Wars, using the children's book/record set for the audio, and using action figures as the actors.

    Another (mostly) instrumental band I like is Ring, Cicada. Check them out at http://www.ringcicadarocks.com.

    Most of the other inst. bands I can think of have already been mentioned. That new Tortoise box set is pretty nice.
    Statistically speaking, you're more likely to be pitied by Mr. T than you are to have feet.
  • MookieBlaylock5v1MookieBlaylock5v1 Posts: 353
    Liquid Tension Experiment
  • DesignVHLDesignVHL Posts: 297
    wow that sounds like a great name for a band, I'm going to have to check em out just for creative uses of those words! P)
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Mahavishnu orchestra. Literally a group of the best instrumentalists on their respective instruments at the time. The first incarnation that is.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • DesignVHLDesignVHL Posts: 297
    word to that, I have a MO album - i really dig it. They are kinda "old skool" tho :)
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  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
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    EITS
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    DesignVHL wrote:
    word to that, I have a MO album - i really dig it. They are kinda "old skool" tho :)
    yeah I guess but I don't think they've ever been surpassed instrumentally speaking.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Edved82Edved82 Posts: 1,279
    I dont really listen to instrumetal bands, but one of my favourite instrumental albums is Zooma by John Paul Jones from Led Zep. What a fantastic musician that man is
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  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    The London Symphony Orchestra
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  • Bob WeirBob Weir Posts: 850
    I can't believe no one mentioned Soulive.
    I need a fix 'cause I'm going down
  • DesignVHLDesignVHL Posts: 297
    Most peeps on here probably haven't heard of Soulive. I dig some of the stuff they play of theirs on Sirius, but for the most part, they don't do too much for ME PERSONALLY - I get a little bored w/ their stuff (Kinda like STS9 sometimes too) :) no doubt they are talented though!
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  • clutching_benjaminclutching_benjamin Posts: 95
    I'm surprised the Dirty Three haven't been mentioned yet.
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    clutching_benjamin wrote:
    I'm surprised the Dirty Three haven't been mentioned yet.


    Don't know that i'm suprised but The Dirty Three are pretty damn good! Nice call
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • Bob WeirBob Weir Posts: 850
    DesignVHL wrote:
    Most peeps on here probably haven't heard of Soulive. I dig some of the stuff they play of theirs on Sirius, but for the most part, they don't do too much for ME PERSONALLY - I get a little bored w/ their stuff (Kinda like STS9 sometimes too) :) no doubt they are talented though!
    Actually I've seen a few posts on here about soulive,I know what you mean about them getting a little boring but I love that jazz funk groove,kind of suprised you said that tho because the list you gave is mostly techno oriented jam bands and (no offense) they bore the shit out of me,my band played a festival last year where Brothers past and Lotus were the headliners and after about 4 hours of that I was ready to shoot myself.
    I need a fix 'cause I'm going down
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