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[Loofy]

Saw Delhi 2 Dublin this summer and it blew my mind away. Who wouldve thunk Celtic music would match well with Bhangra.
http://youtu.be/vs5C9eCErEo

 

[Starfish_Oxide]

russian circles

Came to post this.

 

[ymmv]

Hidiria Spacefolk - this Finnish band plays instrumental space rock like Ozric Tentacles but rock and groove harder. I love their two live albums, but I can't find those on Youtube so I'll link their latest album Astronautica.

 

[Kansoku]

Came to post LITE, And So I Watch You From Afar and CHON, as well as:

té 1 2
Brontide 1 2
rega 1 2
The Physics House Band 1 2
3nd 1

 

[lazygecko]

Anima Morte does instrumental Goblin-inspired Italian schlock horror rock.

David Maxim Micic does cool instrumentals every now and then.

 

[Gray Matter]

Hidiria Spacefolk - this Finnish band plays instrumental space rock like Ozric Tentacles but rock and groove harder. I love their two live albums, but I can't find those on Youtube so I'll link their latest album Astronautica.

Listening to this now. I like it.

 

[teruterubozu]

David Maxim Micic does cool instrumentals every now and then.

Yeah he's good. I also like Jakub Żytecki of Disperse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKy8fMxSk1I

Hidiria Spacefolk - this Finnish band plays instrumental space rock like Ozric Tentacles but rock and groove harder. I love their two live albums, but I can't find those on Youtube so I'll link their latest album Astronautica.

This is pretty kickass.

 

[ymmv]

Listening to this now. I like it.

 

[Gray Matter]

This thread has kept me busy the last 2 hours. Some awesome stuff here.

My ears hurt from my headphones being on for so long. Some awesome bands here. You're awesome, GAF.

 

[Kurita]

SAKEROCK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a7wTn6f0LE
SPECIAL OTHERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha-PjKUZdt8
These bands are more "jazzy", less rock-oriented, their music can be quite relaxing (especially SPECIAL OTHERS)

Otowarashi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLJ_tccYmNw
Pretty frenetic, high energy. Mostly here to make you dance.

 

[ATF487]

I'm partial to Do Make Say Think personally. Wonderful jazzy post rock

 

[teruterubozu]

On the jazzy side, I would recommend Snarky Puppy

Diggin' this.

 

[GYODX]

I love Russian Circles. You Already Did is my favorite by them.

SPECIAL OTHERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha-PjKUZdt8
These bands are more "jazzy", less rock-oriented, their music can be quite relaxing (especially SPECIAL OTHERS)

Have you listened to Laurentech?

 

[disappeared]

I'm partial to Do Make Say Think personally. Wonderful jazzy post rock

Yes.


Also, how has Talk Talk not been mentioned yet?

Y'all better listen to Laughing Stock, pronto.


If it wasn't for Mark Hollis, this thread probably wouldn't exist right now.

 

[teruterubozu]

Yes.


Also, how has Talk Talk not been mentioned yet?

Y'all better listen to Laughing Stock, pronto.

Great album, but not exactly instrumental.

 

[disappeared]

Damn near though.

They laid the groundwork.

 

[teruterubozu]

Damn near though.

They laid the groundwork.

Well, they changed their sound big time that's for sure. The spacey ambient instrumental rock stuff has been around for ages.

 

[disappeared]

True enough.

 

[ptolemy]

Anyone like God is an Astronaut?

"Loss" has so much soul you could hang your coat on it. Great song of theirs

 

[More Fun To Compute]

I like silver mt zion more than godspeed. Also like a bit of the old man or astroman.

 

[Fëanor]

Godspeed You Black Emperor - Sleep


One of my favorite tracks ever.

 

[zaxon]

I like this thread. So much interesting stuff to check out.

Badly in need of some Fucking Champs, though:

Valkyrie is Dying

These Glyphs Are Dusty

Thor Is Like Immortal

This is the one band that I never, ever get tired of listening to. They are sort of like what I imagine the soundtrack to a heavy-metal-themed-fantasy-racing-and-dinosaur-hunting video game would sound like.

 

[Pavaloo]

broken social scene is best


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FcKxTyh1Qc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2r5NxXHiBc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__QUo-UsWvM

or at least my personal favourite

 

[Thug Waffle]

this is sweet. thanks op

 

[Extra Sauce]

Bohren & der club of gore is amazing!

Dolores is really, really good.

On the math rockier side of instrumental music I'd like to recommend Adebisi Shank.

Black Earth > Sunset Mission

I think they're all great. Dolores has a beguiling melancholic quality, Black Earth is bleak as fuck and Sunset Mission is essentially the best detective movie soundtrack ever.

If I had to rank them though:

Sunset Mission > Dolores > Black Earth

I haven't listened to their other albums as much though. Gotta get on that.

 

[asthmagasm]

No mention of Holy Fuck? Either they don't belong, I'm in the wrong thread, or I'm an outlier.

Royal Gregory live

Personal favorite
Lovely Allen live

Another favorite of theirs
Latin America live

Old friend from work got me into this band and tons of other stuff I never would have listened to otherwise. If anyone is curious about their particular style and such (from Wiki but I've seen it elsewhere too):

The band uses live instrumentation and miscellaneous instruments and non-instruments (including a 35 mm film synchronizer, toy keyboards and toy phaser guns) to achieve electronic-sounding effects without the use of laptops or programmed backing tracks.[2] According to Pitchfork Media, "The band was formed with the intent of creating the equivalent of modern electronic music without actually using the techniques—looping, splicing, programming and the like—of that music."[3]

 

[hiryu64]

Ctrl+F "Planet X"
Ctrl+F "Gru"

I see I'm not needed here. Excellent. I will maintain that Neil Peart, great drummer as he may be, cannot be the best drummer in the world so long as Virgil Donati exists. The man is the living embodiment of percussion. Watch him rain cosmic hellfire all over an unsuspecting crowd and tremble.

 

[Gray Matter]

Not really an instrumental band, but they have a few instrumental songs.

http://youtu.be/ezlMHxniND8

 

[punkmaggit]

They're pretty heavy and really geared towards music nerds, but I can't think of a more "modern" instrumental band than Animals as Leaders. They are the very definition of progressive and fresh, from their songwriting to the actual techniques being pioneered on guitar by Tosin Abasi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UqlXHE56r0 - Guitar Center session version of Lippincott.

That being said, never heard Orzic Tentacles before and i'm really digging the linked track, so thanks.

My MAN. AAL are so good - really amazing musicians. Matt is no slouch on the drums either.

 

[lustrate]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Mr15pYT_RXM

I really like this song by Balmorhea.

 

[Booshka]

Fantastic thread and musical suggestions all around.

Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group Old Money

Pretty much anything with Deantoni Parks.

 

[Fina1e]

Year of No Light - Persephone 1/2

This is my favorite post-metal track.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Not an Explosions in the Sky thread?

They're the band from Friday Night Lights, right?

 

[Jedeye Sniv]

So much better instrumental music in Post Rock/Metal, with a lot of it posted in this thread (Tortoise, GY!BY, etc.)

You need some Scale the Summit, Russian Circles, Pelican, Blotted Science, Cloudkicker, and more (I'm too lazy to list off the rock).

But damn do I love "Spirals in Hyperspace."

edit: You need to check out "Maybeshewill" and the first "And So I Watch You From Afar..." album.

Related to Maybeshewill, I love the new Waking Aida record (I think Maybe...'s guitarist recorded it).

UK underground instrumental scene represent!

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

Yea, I found out about Ozric Tentacles about a year ago and couldn't stop listening to all of their albums. Some really amazing stuff packed in there....I wish they'd come to the US so I could see them live. They're like a more raw rockin version of Shpongle.

Check out Eat Static - ex- Ozric members who went the Shpongle (psybient/pystrance) route.

Thanks, I'm gonna check them out right now as I have some time...I think you may have even recommended them to me in that psybient thread when I had the same Ozric revelation as OP but I forgot to listen to them

 

[teruterubozu]

Yea, I found out about Ozric Tentacles about a year ago and couldn't stop listening to all of their albums. Some really amazing stuff packed in there....I wish they'd come to the US so I could see them live. They're like a more raw rockin version of Shpongle.

Check out Eat Static - ex- Ozric members who went the Shpongle (psybient/pystrance) route.

 

[Mango Positive]

I am making a playlist on Google Music with a lot of these bands. Thanks for all the great suggestions. I will add the band Tauk. Very good stuff.

Temptation Lane by Tauk.

 

[CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls]

russian circles

Boom, son.

Also Cloudkicker.

 

[heliconsoul]

Man, has no-one here heard of Vessels or something:

http://vesselsband.bandcamp.com/album/helioscope

 

[Nachos]

Great suggestions (especially Toe), but I'm going to suggest Friendship Time – a band that was set to release its debut (and only) album in 1975, but due to a number of complications with the group breaking up, didn't release it until 2004. Not sure if I'd call it top 10 for instrumental, but it's just really, really good prog.

The only problem, of course, is that there's next to nothing written about them on the internet.

 

[rashbeep]

If you like funk/jazz maybe check out Vulfpeck or BADBADNOTGOOD. I also really like Animals as Leaders. Even though Tosin steals the show, this cover shows off the great drumming that goes along with the guitar work.

 

[NervousXtian]

No 65daysofstatic?

I am disappointed GAF.

 

[Gray Matter]

THIS.

http://youtu.be/1Bci3P6j5Yg

Has just become my favorite Ozric tentacles album.

 

[Fëanor]

Mladic by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

 

[Booshka]

THIS.

http://youtu.be/1Bci3P6j5Yg

Has just become my favorite Ozric tentacles album.

This album is kicking ass so far, nice link.

 

[Gray Matter]

This album is kicking ass so far, nice link.

Glad you like it, I'm listening to it for the 4th time just today.

 

[Gray Matter]

I am convinced now that Ozric Tentacles is the best instrumental band ever.

I've been listening to a lot of their albums and they just blow my mind each and every time.

 

[Gray Matter]

Bump time!

OT recently released their latest album, "technicians of the sacred". Listening to it right now, and of course it's just mind blowing.

GOAT!

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

Bump time!

OT recently released their latest album, "technicians of the sacred". Listening to it right now, and of course it's just mind blowing.

GOAT!

It's got some great songs. I personally like Paper Monkeys a little more overall in regards to their newer stuff, but Technicians of the Sacred is still pretty amazing. Tentacles are touring in the U.S now, bummed that they aren't coming to my area.

 

[Gray Matter]

It's got some great songs. I personally like Paper Monkeys a little more overall in regards to their newer stuff, but Technicians of the Sacred is still pretty amazing. Tentacles are touring in the U.S now, bummed that they aren't coming to my area.

I'm still not finished with the album, but I can never pick one album as a favorite, they're are so good.