Instrumental tracks...

[rick a.]

Love instrumentals, here's a few that ring my bell>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9AvEpg8BwM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AucxaGpyf2s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBRG6iu5mMg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrYybQtG4R8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbMDjNaizTc

[Master Ray]

Some good rock / proggy stuff there, Rick, please keep 'em coming!

[Master Ray]

Can't believe I didn't post this one, the main theme to 'Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence' by Ryuichi Sakamoto, one of the most beautiful tunes ever... good movie too...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkWjsT_SJNI&list=RDNkWjsT_SJNI

[Shush]

Indeed, that tune very much part of the film. Havny seen it  for years, but good film, good tune 

[Master Ray]

Just getting into an Icelandic band called Sigur Ros... this is probably their best known tune, been used a few times on TV and the film 'We Bought A Zoo'... lovely track...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-7YR0s1i5M

[Guido]

I love listening to instrumental music from time to time and some tunes which stand out for me are

Nine Inch Nails - Leaving Hope (Still)
M83 - Lower Your Eyelids To Die With The Sun (Before The Dawn Heals Us)
Ólafur Arnalds - 3055 (Eulogy For Evolution)

[Guido]

Just getting into an Icelandic band called Sigur Ros...

I discovered Sigur Rós a few years ago and I instantly fell in love with them. If you like their music try to see them live. Had the luck to be able to see them twice and each time it was a mind blowing experience.

[Master Ray]

Just getting into an Icelandic band called Sigur Ros...

I discovered Sigur Rós a few years ago and I instantly fell in love with them. If you like their music try to see them live. Had the luck to be able to see them twice and each time it was a mind blowing experience.

Cheers, Guido, like I said I'm just getting into them, any advice as to favourite albums?  There's about six or so..?

Good call on M83.  Only got two of their albums, 'Before The Dawn Heals Us' and 'Saturday = Youth', really like them both.  Can't believe I didn't bother to see them at a small club a few years back when I had the chance.   

[Guido]

Cheers, Guido, like I said I'm just getting into them, any advice as to favourite albums?  There's about six or so..?

The album that did the trick for me was "()", still my favorite one. Popplagið (or "Untitled 8") is part of that album - a killer track and the regular closer of a Sigur Rós concert (you get an idea why if you watch the following clip):

http://youtu.be/gZVw6rHw5jQ

The most accessible album (in my opinion) is Takk, which also features the well known Hoppípolla (you mentioned the instrumental version in one of your previous posts). Some really great tunes on that album, too.

I also recommend to give their DVD "Heima" a try. Great (stripped down) versions of some of their best songs played live in sometimes strange but beautiful locations all over their home country Iceland.

Good call on M83.  Only got two of their albums, 'Before The Dawn Heals Us' and 'Saturday = Youth', really like them both.  Can't believe I didn't bother to see them at a small club a few years back when I had the chance.   

I saw them live in Cologne in 2012. Superb gig. Back then I uploaded some clips I recorded to YouTube:

http://youtu.be/TP3rydoIEmM
http://youtu.be/GKQiUaOgCxA
http://youtu.be/g8-nD1dBcQQ

Try also their (or better: his) latest album "Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming". Great stuff.

[Master Ray]

G, thanks a million, plenty of stuff to be getting on with there!  For some reason my local library has a couple of SR albums available to borrow... well, I know what I'm doing tomorrow!  I'll get back to you as to what I think of them.   

[Bunny]

Just been listening to some of the Sigur Ros stuff you guys posted. Very impressed. Beautiful songs. We never get to hear music from Europe with popular radio clogged with american or british bands. Whole world full of music out there.

[Amandistan]

For some reason i have a hard time getting into instrumental tracks. It really depends on the instruments and if it can hold my attention.

However Tamacun by Rodrigo Y Gabriela.
It's just ******* amazing. It's just two guitars that sound like so much more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-qgum7hFXk

[Master Ray]

Just found this 'demo' version of Sleepwalking on Youtube.. prefer the officially released version myself, but it's a good alternative version...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYRzZMLNzyg

 

[Guido]

Just been listening to some of the Sigur Ros stuff you guys posted. Very impressed. Beautiful songs. We never get to hear music from Europe with popular radio clogged with american or british bands. Whole world full of music out there.

Don't be mistaken - I've never heard a Sigur Rós song on popular german radio. It's filled with lots of rubbish from what is called "the charts" (bah).

[robind]

Anything by Karma To Burn  Pretty much everything they have ever done is instrumental and most song titles are just numbers e.g. 20, 34 etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxGD45SK08o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewPcHUxvsYQ

They are just finishing a few dates in the UK and are off to Ireland at the end of this month.

Great band if you like it a little bit heavier