Keyword artist , or band/group name. I’m not looking for a genre, I want to search artists. Tell me about someone you like listening to.
Would appreciate if it’s Not symphonic/orchestral movie/videogame OST. I know there is a lot of really good music in this category but I’m trying to avoid recommendations like Hans Zimmerman or Jeremy Soule or Enya etc., since they are either really well known or fall into the orchestral and/or “epic music score” I’m not looking for.
It’s OK if some tracks have vocals or even some lyrics/voice samples but I prefer to keep them at a minimum.
Any suggestions? TIA
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Ever heard of a crab rave?
I’ve heard Crab Rave (and Sandstorm too), but didn’t know there was an artist with that name. Any favourite tracks?
Favorite track is probably what you listened to. Much more fun visually but it’s still good on its own.
Covet, Chon, Scale the Summit, Caspian, Mouse on the keys, God is an astronaut, Weekend Plans, DJ Williams projekt
I like listening to foreign language music when I don’t want to be distracted by vocals.
Adam Young, the guy behind Owl City has made albums under different names, including his own. One of the bands is Port Blue; he made an almost purely instrumental (only vocals are the first few seconds of the second track) album called The Airship. It feels rather experimental, but I use it to calm down. The other works are under his own name: Apollo 11, Project Excelsior, and Voyager 1.
All are well made and they tell a story through the instrumental music. Would recommend.
If I’m looking to maximize my relaxation, then it’s hard to go wrong with Sleepy Fish. Chill beats all the way.
If you want acoustic guitar playing that you probably never experienced before, then check out Alan Gogoll. Love his stuff. Always nice to listen to. His song Mulberry Mouse is a favorite of mine.
Aether also has a few instrumental albums. Eshajori is a very melancholic feeling album. Gives me a lonely, empty feeling, but I love it all the same.
In a completely different direction, but you could check out The Glitch Mob. Definitely electronic, but I wouldn’t say EDM.
That’s all I have on my phone at the moment. Hopefully these are good starts.
I like to listen to the genres Synthwave and Dark Ambiance. Spotify is pretty good to find new music in that regard. Since you asked for artist recommendations and not genres:
Judge Bitch – their Album Horse Blood is pretty good.
Perturbator – sounds like you’re driving on some rainy highway at night to your cyberpunk destination
There’s also Instrumental Nu Metal, for example:
Andromeda – start with their song Synthesis
MASTER BOOT RECORD – it’s just riffs and booms, usually no vocals
A. Yarmak – has some nice metal remixes, for example Hydrogen from the game Hotline Miami
Then there’s Dubstep and Breakbeat, for example:
The Prodigy – uses samples heavily, but also has a few tracks without spoken words
Lindsey Stirling – Dubstep and violin, interesting combination.
videogame OST […] either really well known or fall into the orchestral and/or “epic music score” I’m not looking for
Well, there are tons of videogames and many of them don’t have an orchestral/epic soundtrack, and even more of them are not very well known. I think you’re limiting yourself here.
Thanks for the recommendations, I’ll be checking them out for sure. They sound good.
Yes, I am aware that I may be limiting myself there. Feel free to add any OST you think are worthy of mention. Solar Fields is one my favourite artists and also the author of Mirrors Edge OSTs, for example. I just tried to avoid a wall of text explaining in detail what I like and what not, so n1. No lyrics and N.2 to avoid classical styles and well known osts, which I think would be the most likely recommendation types. I think I prefer to be introduced into new music through artist recommendations and not genres.
Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy classical a lot, as well as music with lyrics. The Fat Of The Land is a favourite and I still remember when I first heard it. Blew my mind as a child. Listening to it as an adult is still a guaranteed trip. I like some other things from The Prodigy but that’s their high water mark imo.
For OST, I really like the Ultrakill soundtrack (I don’t know if that counts as well known).
Badbadnotgood
Flamingosis
Eevee
Anamanaguchi
Hey! Thanks for the recommendations. I’m really liking the first two! Cheers
vexento
Peter Gundry, Adrian von Ziegler
Rival Consoles
City of the Sun is some fantastic Latin-inspired instrumental post-rock. (That’s probably drivel, idk what genre they are).
Their cover of Young Folks is how I found them, but their self-titled album from 2020 is probably one of my favorites of the last several years. It’s a good balance of calming serenades and powerful melodies.
Hon. mention - The Samuel Jackson Five - Easily Misunderstood is another old favorite of mine. Angrier and edgier, but still haunting in its own way.
The Beastie Boys also have a couple fantastic instrumental jam albums - The In Sound From Way Out, and The Mix-Up.
If the reason you want something without lyrics is so that you can focus on other stuff, you could consider songs in other languages. There’s so much content out there to explore, and you might be able to find stuff in a genre that you already enjoy. I don’t find it distracting, and it’s fun finding new artists I otherwise would have never tried.
When I want pure instrumental, I usually go “instrumental {{genre}}” and just save the playlists.
I really do prefer music without lyrics, although I still like music that feature lyrics sometimes. Right now I would like of the non lyric type, but I think I’ve exhausted the genres I know, and I prefer to be exposed to something new by artist, not a broad genre.
Khruangbin
Helios - Caesura and Ochre - Lemodie for electronic music. Jizue - Bookshelf and Mouse on the Keys - An Anxious Object for jazz. Auxcide - of Atoms and Stardust for chiptune. Kplecraft - L 012 for both chiptune And jazz. Flying Saucer Attack - Distant Station for space rock. Dedalus - Dedalus.
