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

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!

melodious-thunk,

Little People
Rival Consoles

LilPappyWigwam,

LORN

Feathercrown,

I second lorn

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

TheEntity,

Lustre

chrisbit,
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  • Jon Hopkins
  • Carpenter Brut
  • Black Lung
  • Dance with the Dead
  • DEADLIFE
  • Soma
  • Perturbator
  • Com Truise
TheBurlapBandit,

My man

smeikx,

Nils Frahm, his albums are quite different from each other; here are some I like in no particular order:

Metafalls_,

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.

p0op,
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Polyphia is a pretty incredible instrumental band.

youtu.be/9_gkpYORQLU?si=eiTMnGJSydj5TKQc

MrFunnyMoustache,

I was going to say Polyphia too, they are incredible. I was especially amazed by their song Ego Death with Steve Vai.

otter,

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.

Mothra,
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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.

humanfactor,

Khruangbin

MtDewaholic,

I enjoy listening to The HU. They are a Mongolian Metal/rock band. Most of their songs have lyrics, but it’s all in Mongolian so I just treat the vocals as another instrument and it may as well be instrumental to me.

meth_dragon,

obligatory mentions for tengger cavalry, nine treasures and SULD

franglais,

No-one has mentioned “And so I watch you from afar” or “Redneck manifesto”.

Mothra,
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Just checked them out. Both sound good, I think I like Redneck more but it might be too early to say. Thanks for the suggestions!

chumbalumber,

Elephant Sessions, Kan, Peatbog Faeries, Monster Ceilidh Band, Flook. Peatbog Faeries have a new album out now that’s great, but it is their first album with some vocal samples (not with many words though). All Celtic fusion bands to a greater or lesser degree.

hoanbridgetroll,
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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.

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