Can you recommend contemporary music artists without lyrics?

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

CAPSLOCKFTW,

Check out DJ Ugly Katz!

Disclaimer: That’s one of my own projects…

Mothra,
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Finally I made it here. I like the Chesire! Cheers

BeefDaddySupreme,

Sure, just Odesza we were young Two feet just felt like playing the guitar and not singing Odesza kusangi Odesza koto Brock Berrigan Making Up (70s inspired music) Hippie Sabotage enlightened energy Hippie Sabotage smoke room Hippie Sabotage drifter

Not everyonea cup of tea, alternative/edm but yes let me know your thoughts

Mothra, (edited )
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Thanks for the recommendations. I’m usually into edm, just not a huge fan of the chill/hop chill/trap sounds. I’m digging Brock Berrigan though, I have a soft spot for vintage and lounge sounds. Nice, cheers!

BeefDaddySupreme,

I get that and if you like Brock try geek x vrv you’ll probably dig there stuff too

Mothra,
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Nice nice thanks :)

raffomania,
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If you like solar fields, try Asura (also on ultimae records)! Also, hinkstep is pretty nice but has vocals some of the time.

Mothra,
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Thanks (yes I’m still going through the recommendations on this thread). I didn’t know about hinkstep, some nice stuff there. Cheers

akd,

Little People

Mothra,
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Thanks for the suggestion!

jjjalljs,

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,
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Sounds good, thanks for the suggestion. Cheers!

RuncibleSpork,

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,
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Nice! Thanks, I didn’t know about them

ZycroNeXuS,

I saw you said you like some electronic music, so I’ll throw in Prefuse 73 (or really, any of Scott Heren’s pseudonyms) and Infected Mushroom. Prefuse 73 has some voice samples but is largely electronic/trip-hop, while Infected Mushroom has a decent split between songs with lyrics and songs without, so I recommend just grabbing an album and picking out what works for you.

Mothra,
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Nice, I’m liking these. Thank you!

CanadaPlus,

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

Mothra,
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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

dingus,
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Flamingosis

Eevee

Anamanaguchi

Mothra,
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Hey! Thanks for the recommendations. I’m really liking the first two! Cheers

homoludens,

Guts Pie Earshot are one of my favorite bands - just Cello & Drums (except in their first years), for example Butterfly

The Comet Is Coming - for some psychedelic/jazz/rock, Tiny Desk Concert

Space Rock - An Interstellar Traveller’s Guide is one of my favorite compilation albums (so not really an artist but a bunch of artists)

Some more space rock: Yuri Gagarin

Die Wilde Jagd have some lyrics, but also many instrumental tracks, like Austerlitz.

When it comes to techno, there is obviously a lot of choice, I like e.g. Ellen Alien Lism for a more ambient vibe

Mothra,
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Thank you for the recommendations! I’ll be looking into these

LoreleiSankTheShip,
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Look up Nox Arcana if you want something Gothic. Might be a bit too orchestral for your needs, but it’s a dark version that’s unlike anything I’ve heard.

Mothra,
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Thanks for the recommendation. I can’t say I’ve had much exposure to Gothic music but it’s something I should definitely look more into, I like the dark atmosphere.

5ublimation,

Jon Hopkins, Boards of Canada

DireLlama,

DJ Krush for some instrumental hip hop/trip hop.

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

Kythtrid,

I’ve been enjoying Los Bitchos

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