Can you recommend contemporary music artists without lyrics?

RuncibleSpork, 8 months ago

Meute is a “techno marching band” - they mostly do covers/reworkings but they have some original works too. My fave tracks atm:

• holy harbour
• you & me
• infinite
• endling

Mothra, 8 months ago

Nice! Thanks, I didn’t know about them

5ublimation, 8 months ago

Jon Hopkins, Boards of Canada

DireLlama, 8 months ago

DJ Krush for some instrumental hip hop/trip hop.

TawnyFroggy, 8 months ago

Deadhorse! (We Can Create Our Own World specifically, they might have lyrics in other albums, can’t confirm)

Kythtrid, 8 months ago

I’ve been enjoying Los Bitchos

jjjalljs, 8 months ago

I like everything black sky giant has done. And just look at this sweet album cover: blackskygiant.bandcamp.com/album/planet-terror

(The opening track has some light vocal samples, but there’s no lyrics or vocal parts in their stuff generally)

Edit: you can also click on the “instrumental” tag on that page and go exploring.

Mothra, 8 months ago

Sounds good, thanks for the suggestion. Cheers!

CrayonRosary, 8 months ago

Detektivbyron

Its Swedish folk music with some electronica.

I only have the Hemvagen EP, and I really like half of songs, with the title track being my favorite. I think the E18 album contains all of the same songs and more.

youtu.be/YE2yChrT4ok

They were partly inspired by Yann Tiersen who I also really like. Perhaps you’ve heard the Amelie soundtrack. If not, it’s excellent.

SplashingCobalt, 8 months ago

Chief Kaya, Benzmixer, Automhate, Versa, Badphaze, Akirah, Ternion Sound, Spass, Aweminus

Tomboys_are_Cute, 8 months ago

Snarky Puppy! Bill Lawrence’s solo work is also good

CanadaPlus, 8 months ago

I feel like this describes most electronica, but since you’re looking for an artist: Blank Mass.

Mothra, 8 months ago

That’s why I like electronica the most

I’m liking this btw. I never heard of this artist before, there are some good tracks but the Animated Violence Mild album is going from start to finish into my playlist. Cheers

lorez, 8 months ago

Shai Maestro Trio.

Bitemyshinymetalass, 8 months ago

Nickel Creek is cool! They have songs with vocals too, but some instrumental stuff as well. Kinda bluegrass feel. My favorite of theirs is Smoothie Song

Guthix, 8 months ago

Polyphia is great as was already suggested. If you want to go heavier, try Animals as Leaders. If you want to go jazzier, try Snarky Puppy.

dfc09, 8 months ago

I’ve heard of polyphia but never listened to them. The fact you recommended them next to Snarky Puppy was what got me to look them up, and WOW!

Robaque, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

In no particular order:

Ryuichi Sakamoto (particularly Async, and his albums with Alva Noto)

Aphex Twin

Apparat (though he does also feat singers on some albums)

Four Tet

Squarepusher

Ørdrop Wolkenscheidt

MGMT

Sevish

Matt Elliott (very few sung bits)

Paco de Lucía

Guilhem Desq

Jordi Savall

Ledetraad

Bremer & McCoy

Athletic Progression

Psykovsky

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Kettel

Secede

R mccarthy

Sungazer

999999999

Susumu Yokota

Caravan Palace

These do fall into the vg category but it’s more edm / retro than “epic orchestral”:

Scattle

Chris Christodoulou

Toby Fox

The Toxic Avenger

Jake Kaufman

blackbrook, 8 months ago

Daliborovo Granje (Epic Croate Psychedelia)

Tommy Guerrero

Estas Tonne