Author Topic: The Instrumental Music Thread (Read 60476 times)

1517 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 17, 2009, 06:02:31 AM »

i was curious about 2 members from Arcade Fire that plays Contrabass, Violin and also backing-vocals, ...they're members from :
Bell Orchestre
is a six-piece instrumental band from Montreal, Canada
Bell Orchestre - The Upwards March
http://www.bellorchestre.com/

and since i've heard shoegaze genre bands (especially Slowdive),...then this would be great instrumental rock version
Mono

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are a Japanese instrumental rock band influenced by the genres of experimental rock and shoegazing, as well as by both the classical and contemporary classical periods of classical music, and also by noise and minimalism.

MONO - Follow The Map
MONO - The Sky Remains The Same As Ever
http://www.mono-jpn.com/

boykun · « **Reply #2 on:** November 17, 2009, 08:15:05 AM »

I've been listening to some jazzy stuff for a bit.

Hiromi's Sonicbloom
website \ myspace

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Hiromi Uehara is a jazz composer and pianist born in Hamamatsu, Japan. She is known for her virtuosic technique, energetic live performances and blend of musical genres such as jazz, progressive rock, classical and fusion in her compositions.

Sonicbloom is basically her tour band, but they've recorded two albums together and released them under Hiromi's Sonicbloom. They play with some really jacked time signatures. I don't even know.

HIROMI'S SONICBLOOM - Time Difference

HIROMI UEHARA "XYZ"

StreakInTheSky · « **Reply #3 on:** November 17, 2009, 01:25:34 PM »

Can't have one of these without mentioning Mogwai.

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Mogwai are a Scottish rock band from Glasgow. Formed by Stuart Braithwaite and Dominic Aitchison in 1995, Mogwai have since become one of the most influential and best known names in post-rock.[1] They typically compose instrumental, sometimes lengthy guitar-based pieces in the post-rock tradition. They are usually focused around the elaboration of a single theme and are known for dynamic contrast, melodic bass guitar riffs, their use of guitar distortion and effects.

Mogwai - "Friend of the Night"

Stirfry · « **Reply #4 on:** November 17, 2009, 03:51:52 PM »

Stirfry · « **Reply #5 on:** November 18, 2009, 02:56:32 PM »

maliciel · « **Reply #6 on:** November 19, 2009, 06:08:57 PM »

Free the Robots
myspace

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Chris Alfaro is Free the Robots. The genre-defying artist pulls together heavy doses of traditional jazz, Hip-Hop, psychedelic sounds, Indian spice, progressive melodies, obscure samples and devastating drums into a rich pot of sound. His techniques create harmony between genres with the blending obscure samples with analog and digital compositions. Based out of Santa Ana, CA, Free The Robots started as a side project by Alfaro in 2003 while also playing with different bands, producing MC’s, and DJing full time. Having worked with so many different styles of music, Free the Robots brought everything together under one roof, allowing further exploration through sampling. To go along with the samples, Alfaro adds other sounds with controllers, and live instruments (keys, guitar, turntables) to keep the blend of sampling and original composition balanced. Free the Robots has reached a worldwide audience since its humble beginnings and found its place among the top artists in this genre. Since the development of Alfaro’s live show, Free the Robots has shared the stage with the likes of Prefuse 73, Afrika Bambaataa, Flying Lotus, and Devotchka.

Jazzhole

Probably my favourite instrumental hip-hop (sorta) act. And Jazzhole is awesome.

Stirfry · « **Reply #7 on:** November 19, 2009, 06:12:23 PM »

xerony · « **Reply #8 on:** November 19, 2009, 06:19:38 PM »

Ólafur Arnalds

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Ólafur Arnalds (born 1987) is a multi-instrumentalist and producer from Mosfellsbær, Iceland.
Ólafur Arnalds mixes strings and piano with loops and edgy beats crossing-over from classical to pop.

One young genius from Iceland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93lafur_Arnalds

Ólafur Arnalds - 3055 Official Music Video

The Abbasi Brothers

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The Abbasi Brothers consist of Yousuf and Amman Abbasi. Their debut album, Something Like Nostalgia, was released to considerable acclaim.

That album became one of my favorite albums this year.
http://www.myspace.com/abbasibros

Joris Voorn

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Joris Voorn (Schiedam) is a Dutch techno producer. He graduated as an architect, but soon decided to record music in the first place to turn.

What a techno dj

http://www.myspace.com/jorisvoorn
Joris Voorn - Revelation

Good job already pimping: Boards of Canada, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Mono and Mogwai
And of course the rest

iacus · « **Reply #9 on:** November 20, 2009, 02:12:45 AM »

Muslimgauze - A Small Intricate Box Which Contains Old Blue Opium Marzipan
Muslimgauze - Old Bombay Vinyl Junkie - Jaal ab Dullah
muslimgauze - cairopraktar 4

Stirfry · « **Reply #10 on:** November 20, 2009, 02:29:40 AM »

iacus · « **Reply #11 on:** November 20, 2009, 03:24:53 AM »

DCPRG - MIRROR BALLS
Ricardo Villalobos - Hireklon

Die Like a Dog Quartet - Jazz Festival Berlin 1995

Last Exit - Destination-Out (1986)

Stirfry · « **Reply #12 on:** November 20, 2009, 01:12:13 PM »

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electric mole · « **Reply #15 on:** December 03, 2009, 09:54:38 PM »

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Pogo is an emerging electronic music artist in Perth, Western Australia. He is known for his work recording small sounds from a single film or scene and sequencing them to form a new piece of music.

SplurgenShitter

Expialidocious

Pogo - Dot's Vinyl Gone Bad

so relaxing....

Stirfry · « **Reply #16 on:** December 03, 2009, 10:06:09 PM »

electric mole · « **Reply #17 on:** December 03, 2009, 10:38:36 PM »

haha yea i know right? glad you're diggin' it stryfe

Here's some Flying Lotus

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Flying Lotus, (born Steven Ellison) is an experimental multi-genre music producer, disc jockey, and laptop musician from Winnetka, California. His debut album, 1983, was released on Plug Research Records in 2006. He is most famous (yet also uncredited) for the music in many of the segues of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, and he has also contributed remixes to fellow Plug Research artists, including Mia Doi Todd. His great-aunt is the late Alice Coltrane. He is affectionately referred to as FlyLo by fans and critics.

trip hop?..it's like trippy space crack music...i've been feelin' this guys production lately. good stuff, but not for everybody i guess.

Flying Lotus - Robo Tussin (Instrumental)
Flying Lotus - Massage Situation
Flying Lotus - Track 1
Flying Lotus - Session Cats

boykun · « **Reply #18 on:** December 03, 2009, 11:54:20 PM »

Holy Fuck
homepage / myspace

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Holy Fuck is an electronic band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 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.

A very analog electronic band.

Lovely Allen - Holy Fuck
'Frenchy's' by Holy Fuck on Q TV
Holy Fuck - The Polaris Music Prize

Stirfry · « **Reply #19 on:** December 17, 2009, 06:27:46 PM »