Favorite instrumental bands?

[larsthedrummer]

I've been getting into a lot of instrumental acts lately. Here are the groups I've been digging:

Tera Melos (http://www.myspace.com/teramelos)
Hella (http://www.myspace.com/hellaband)
Don Caballero (http://www.myspace.com/doncaballeropgh)
Trinitron Meets the Mars People (http://www.myspace.com/tmtmp)

**BONUS HIPSTER CRED FOR JAZZ REFERENCE FTW** Coltrane and Monk Live at Carnegie Hall Album

Anyone else interested in modern instrumental music? What are your favorite instrumental bands (with links)?

[Krs-One]

My friends put together this instrumental band - http://www.myspace.com/epollorock

It's nice listening

[El_Jeffe]

off the top of my head

bela fleck & the flecktones
the skatalites
any tommy mccook projects
ernest ranglin
john jorgenson quintet
r. carlos nakai
booker t & the mg's
david hillyard & the rocksteady 7
mickey hart
eastern standard time
new york ska jazz ensemble
jazz Jamaica

& yes some jazz artists, when did jazz become hip? haha. also a heap more world artists

[Genuma]

[ Big Boobs An Issue!? 7-08-08]
dear dr.psyko
im a young lette living in cali and i mean young and ever since i was 9 ive had really big boobs. now im 15 and a 42 DD alot of people say i have amazing breasts but for some reason my boyfriend doesnt like them. he always tells me anytiing more then a handful is a waste. i really care about him and i want to be with him but i dont know if i can if all he can do is judge me. he has been pressuring me alot lately not for sex but to get a breast reduction. i just dont know if he is worth my time or not...please help
mrs.monoxide


Well I guess that this just goes to show you that some guys don't like big boobs, or rather he doesn't like the attention that you get because of them. As far as I know, you wouldn't be able to get breast reduction surgery until you are 18 anyways (unless of course your parents said it was okay, and even then I think you have to do it for medical reasons or insurance will not cover it). My point is that unless you want to do it, or have a medical need to do it, don't do it. I strongly believe in the take me for who I am or go away. You could always try talking to him about why he wants you do this so badly. I would assume that he knew ya had them when you two met, and it didn't bother him then. I would bet that it is
not completely because he thinks they are too big, but because he doesn't like the thought of others staring at his girl's breasts. Just remember, nothing is worth doing if you truly do not want to do it. If you do something because someone else talked you into it, or guilted you into it, then you are opening yourself up for regret later on.

MCL
Dr Psyko

[lew_1987]

By the End of Tonight.

[stereomouse]

i really like 65daysofstatic

[checkered.stars]

Emery Reel, Thee More Shallows, Kingfisherg

[Praetor]

Cue the namedrop-fest.

[lew_1987]

Cue the namedrop-fest.

Aye.

[xEmlehx]

Midwest Product. Download------>Swamp. Great song...

[allhourcymbals]

off the top of my head

bela fleck & the flecktones
the skatalites
any tommy mccook projects
ernest ranglin
john jorgenson quintet
r. carlos nakai
booker t & the mg's
david hillyard & the rocksteady 7
mickey hart
eastern standard time
new york ska jazz ensemble
jazz Jamaica

& yes some jazz artists, when did jazz become hip? haha. also a heap more world artists

yeah, most of these.

[Troggy]

rodrigo y gabriela

[elenar011]

dakota / dakota
http://www.myspace.com/157537733
some of the guys from russian circles were in this

[zeropunk16]

Ratatat and Sunn O)))

[mht]

Saxon Shore
Saxon Shore
Saxon Shore
and
Saxon Shore
Yip Yip
Saxon Shore
Yip Yip

all you need really.

[bassdrummer2333]

pelican.

[mattmatumbo]

this will destroy you
tera melos
by the end of tonight
russian circles
65 days of static
volta do mar

[BalancingacT]

Explosions in the Sky are all I can think of at this moment in time.

[IWasaCamera]

Reich
Eno
Reich
Eno
Reich
Eno

[sandra92]

Explosions in the Sky are all I can think of at this moment in time.

same here

[larsthedrummer]

[ Big Boobs An Issue!? 7-08-08]
dear dr.psyko
im a young lette living in cali and i mean young and ever since i was 9 ive had really big boobs. now im 15 and a 42 DD alot of people say i have amazing breasts but for some reason my boyfriend doesnt like them. he always tells me anytiing more then a handful is a waste. i really care about him and i want to be with him but i dont know if i can if all he can do is judge me. he has been pressuring me alot lately not for sex but to get a breast reduction. i just dont know if he is worth my time or not...please help
mrs.monoxide


Well I guess that this just goes to show you that some guys don't like big boobs, or rather he doesn't like the attention that you get because of them. As far as I know, you wouldn't be able to get breast reduction surgery until you are 18 anyways (unless of course your parents said it was okay, and even then I think you have to do it for medical reasons or insurance will not cover it). My point is that unless you want to do it, or have a medical need to do it, don't do it. I strongly believe in the take me for who I am or go away. You could always try talking to him about why he wants you do this so badly. I would assume that he knew ya had them when you two met, and it didn't bother him then. I would bet that it is
not completely because he thinks they are too big, but because he doesn't like the thought of others staring at his girl's breasts. Just remember, nothing is worth doing if you truly do not want to do it. If you do something because someone else talked you into it, or guilted you into it, then you are opening yourself up for regret later on.

MCL
Dr Psyko

Your copypasta is stale. Needs OC.

[ThemChains]

I really like Omega Massif.

[Neo Cassady]

Your copypasta is stale. Needs OC.

The phrase "copypasta" is stale.

[thesafeword]

Cats and Cats and Cats

[recall reality]

rodrigo y gabriela

Nice, saw these guys and they were very very good.

Tortoise
Do Make Say Think
Don Caballero
The Mercury Program
The Philadelphia Experiment
Apotheke

[Genuma]

The phrase "copypasta" is stale.
Haha. That's what I was gonna say.

[OdeToTheSun]

Pelican is about the only instrumental I can stand. not really into it.

[chipdip18]

Lately i've been really digging instrumental music. I feel that it fits the Pacific Northwest autumn rather well.

[SLoT]

I would agree with Reich and Bela Fleck. It looks as though I've got some listening to do.

[chipdip18]

I think that most of the stuff mentioned here is in the vein of post-rock.

[IWasaCamera]

Jazz, idm, and minimalism.

[chipdip18]

idm and minimalism?

[IWasaCamera]

IDM as in Aphex Twin, Boards Of Canada, and so on. Minimalism as in Reich, Glass, etc.

[chipdip18]

I see, well i wasn't aware of the terms IDM and Minimalism. Oh, great Boards of Canada rec too.

[IWasaCamera]

I think we discussed it in that thread Chris made which we turned into a music chat (as in actually discussing artists/albums/etc.). BOC is fantastic.

May have rec'd someone some Reich in there too ha.

[chipdip18]

Haha yeah you did. I was actually just scrolling through it a few minutes ago.

[funkel]

I think we discussed it in that thread Chris made which we turned into a music chat (as in actually discussing artists/albums/etc.). BOC is fantastic.

May have rec'd someone some Reich in there too ha.
Good thread.

[IWasaCamera]

We should revive it sometime.

[chipdip18]

How about now?

[funkel]

Good plan.

[chipdip18]

I bumped it, I'm listening to Surrounded now.

[IWasaCamera]

Listening to Kiln since that's relevant to this thread.

[CrenshawPunch]

Steve Vai
This Will Destroy You
Tera Melos

[Dre Okorley]

Pelican; and that's all you really need.

[PRoman]

Battles

[Stephen Chamberlain]

Battles

Can't really call them instrumental because they have some tracks with vocals, however unconvetional they may be. Still, amazing band.

[joss d.]

Saxon Shore
Saxon Shore
Saxon Shore
and
Saxon Shore
Yip Yip
Saxon Shore
Yip Yip

all you need really.

fuck yeah on the saxon shore, first reference i have seen of them on these boards. way too many for me to list my faves but i have been listening to alot of classical inspired stuff like balmorhea, library tapes and the first two peter broderick releases

[llwilliamsll]

fuck know on saxon shore...i saw them a while back and they kind of blew.

[joss d.]

fuck know on saxon shore...i saw them a while back and they kind of blew.

did you mean "no"? i have never seen them live but the exquisite death of saxon shore and four months of darkness are both incredible records

[freefall123]

anyone like loose lips sink ships?

[IWasaCamera]

Not a fan.

[guiguedz]

65daysofstatic
Explosions In The Sky
Ólafur Arnalds
Liquid Tension Experiment

[kwsqd]

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

[alice+interiors]

Explosions in the Sky I guess..
also Caspian, Mono and Russian Circles.

[mattmatumbo]

1. This Will Destroy You
2. Caspian
3. Russian Circles
4. Tera Melos
5. Volta Do Mar

[llwilliamsll]

did you mean "no"? i have never seen them live but the exquisite death of saxon shore and four months of darkness are both incredible records
Ha...yes I meant no. Anyways, I did see them a long time ago so they may have gotten better since.

[chipdip18]

Sort of an unconventional answer, but Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is a fantastic song. Probably one of my favorites.

[El_Jeffe]

Sort of an unconventional answer, but Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is a fantastic song. Probably one of my favorites.

ain't nothing wrong with that answer, i'm a bit of a beethoven fan myself mate. worth getting into, his music is usually what i jam to when studying

[funkel]

The 9th Symphony is incredible.

[recall reality]

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Good choice, Time Out is such a great record. One of my favorites as far as jazz goes.

[IWasaCamera]

Time Out yesssssssss.

[SwiftSilentDead]

Pelican is tight.

[jco3]

My friends put together this instrumental band - http://www.myspace.com/epollorock

It's nice listening

late quote... But, I really like this.

[Cpt Zac Sparrow]

Japandi is fucking amazing, to bad they only play like 1 show a year.

[Indoor Living]

Roster McCabe.

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EDIT: Whoops, video is terrible example. This is after they lost their tenor sax player. Don't mind me.

[circasuicide]

NDijgL6yW3A

>every other instrumental band.

[SoundscapeMN]

Return to Forever
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Weather Report
Al Di Meola
Liquid Tension Experiment
Steve Stevens
Bill Bruford
California Guitar Trio
The Guitar Trio
Planet X
note.
Shelter Red
Eroica
God Is an Astronaut
Judgement Day
Long Distance Calling
Meniscus
Nomia
Russian Circles
Tangled Thoughts of Leaving

[SophGod]

5 pages and not one An Endless Sporadic mention?

[DJWildefire]

5 pages and not one An Endless Sporadic mention?
^came here to say An Endless Sporadic xD

[TERRABITHIA]

Animals As Leaders
Scale the Summit

[guitarpickheart]

Explosions In The Sky. Also, he's not a band, but I enjoy James Blackshaw.

[JBollin90]

Though not an actual instrumental band Rush always has the best instrumentals. But if I had to choose I'd say Dub Trio is the best.

[Derka Derka]

NDijgL6yW3A

>every other instrumental band.

So far from the truth, I like them but they are far from the best.

[Derka Derka]

I like:

Stars Of The Lid
Red Sparowes
65daysofstatic
the tumbled sea
God Is An Astronaut
Ef
Caspian
Animals As Leaders
If These Trees Could Talk