Instrumental Tracks

[charic]

Can anyone recommend some instrumental tracks for listening:

One I just found is:
Everything Fads To Gray (by Sonata Arctica)

[Happy Jack]

[i]Sylvia [/i]by Focus.

Great bass line, which [b][i]only [/i][/b]makes sense if played as part of the song.

[seashell]

FUBB by Wishbone Ash.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vwps4nO2jY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vwps4nO2jY[/url]

[Truckstop]

Anything by Mogwai.
But 'Kids Will Be Skeletons', 'Whitenoise' and 'Secret Pint' are my favourites. Other Mogwai songs have vocals, but very few and they're often distorted beyond belief via vocoders and delays.

Sigur Ros is also a good shout. The '()' album is great. Unfortunately none of the songs have titles, so #4 and #6 are my favourites.

I assumed you're talking about modern bands that make a point of being instrumental because otherwise I could name a hundred classical and jazz numbers!

edit: Oh, and "Apache".

Truckstop

Edited August 31, 2011 by Truckstop

[Shambo]

'The Meters', first album by The Meters, or 'The Great Ray Charles' by the erm... great, erm.. Ray Charles.

[BottomE]

[quote name='Shambo' post='1357644' date='Aug 31 2011, 03:34 PM']'The Meters', first album by The Meters, or 'The Great Ray Charles' by the erm... great, erm.. Ray Charles.[/quote]
+1 The Meters

[bartelby]

If you mean stuff written to be instrumental, rather than a song with the vocals stripped out, then anything by:

Red Sparowes
God Is An Astronaut
Zombi
Earth


I also highly recommend [b]joegarcia[/b]'s band ANTA

[charic]

[quote name='Truckstop' post='1357640' date='Aug 31 2011, 03:31 PM']Anything by Mogwai.
But 'Kids Will Be Skeletons', 'Whitenoise' and 'Secret Pint' are my favourites. Other Mogwai songs have vocals, but very few and they're often distorted beyond belief via vocoders and delays.

Sigur Ros is also a good shout. The '()' album is great. Unfortunately none of the songs have titles, so #4 and #6 are my favourites.

I assumed you're talking about modern bands that make a point of being instrumental because otherwise I could name a hundred classical and jazz numbers!

edit: Oh, and "Apache".

Truckstop[/quote]

Yeah I like a bit of classical but not really what I intended.

I've never got my head around Jazz though.

[BottomEndian]

[ZMech]

a couple of bands that come to mind, with suitable youtube links:
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JkksFySAiE"]explosions in the sky[/url]
[url="http://youtu.be/wYD_IeUAeNc?t=1m10s"]cinematic orchestra[/url] (some tracks have vox, not all)
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3qZxf2Lg-Q"]bonobo (similar situation as above)[/url]
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-qgum7hFXk"]rodrigo y gabriela[/url]
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrQJIOrHKHU"]portico quartet[/url]

Edit: and a jazz track by [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__OSyznVDOY"]Mingus[/url] for good measure one of my favourite songs, and the most upbeat of all the links.

Edited August 31, 2011 by ZMech

[Bilbo]

[quote name='charic' post='1357668' date='Aug 31 2011, 04:06 PM']I've never got my head around Jazz though.[/quote]

Then its about time you tried.

Tracks (these are designed to be accessible):

Medeski Martin and Wood w John Scofield: 'Julia'

Brand X ' And So To F' and 'April'

Bruford: 'Joe Frazier'

Jaco Pastorius: 'John and Mary'

Martin Taylor 'Frankie and Johnnie'


CDs:

'Have a Little Faith' by Bill Frissel.

Mike Stern's 'Upside Downside'

Dixie Dregs: 'What If' or their 'Night Of The Living Dregs' CD

Al DiMeola's CD 'Casino'

Pat Metheny: American Garage

[Earbrass]

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='1357684' date='Aug 31 2011, 04:17 PM'][/quote]

and furthermore...



and, in a reckless piece of [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=152657"]self-promotion[/url] which can only backfire given all the above comparison-points...

Edited August 31, 2011 by Earbrass

[funkypenguin]

Dream Theater - Hells Kitchen, The Ytse Jam, Erotomania, The Dance of Eternity, Stream of Consciousness

Liquid Tension Experiment - (CDs) Liquid Tension Experiment, Liquid Tension Experiment 2

Planet X - Quantum

[51m0n]

From Self Evident Truth Of An Intuitive Mind by TPower

Edited August 31, 2011 by 51m0n

[essexbasscat]

Try getting this one right start to end after a few beers




This one, because it's a classic amongst instrumentals

[bassatnight]

I always loved Simple Minds 'Someone up there likes you' from the 1982 album New Gold Dream.
Also theme for great cities From earlier minds (belting bass)

My fav is 'Jean walks through fresh fields' by China Crisis from memory it's on the Difficult Shapes album.


You can't beat a brassy synth and a bass.

[flyfisher]

I'm liking the Focus suggestions. Another example:
(This clip cuts to the bass chase, but the whole track is worth a listen)

Edited August 31, 2011 by flyfisher

[steve-bbb]

[Bassman Sam]

Guys, some great choons on there, subscribed. Cheers.

[steve-bbb]

[steve-bbb]

nice crunchy status

[steve-bbb]

Edited August 31, 2011 by steve-bbb

[steve-bbb]

[steve-bbb]

mike pope solo


frank gambale solo

[Mr H]

Mike Watt on the bass. Also the fantastic Mr Nels Cline on guitar. And it would now be unfair not to mention Stephen Perkins on drums and Willie Waldman on trumpet.