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Instrumentalist bands and artists - list your favourites


Anyone who predominantly produces instrumental music.

Jean-Michael Jarre
Kraftwerk
Mike Oldfield
Shadows
Sky
Vangelis
Rick Wakeman
Yellow Magic Orchestra

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Anyone?

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MEUTE

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henry mancini

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My favourite at the moment is the Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela.

I also like Kraftwerk and instrumental 90s dance/electronic music like Chemical Brothers, Robert Childs, The Orb, Danmass, Moby, The Propellerheads etc.

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I was 50/50 on including Chemical Brothers and Moby because of the vocal aspect; both great artists though.

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Steve Vai
Don Caballero
The Mermen

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Don Cab! Hell yes!

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I saw Tim included 90’s electro / Dance so here are some good ones :

Acen
Dj Icey
Noel W Sanger
Activ 8
Latour
The Crystal Method
The Prodigy
The Chemical Brothers
Vibal
Kraftwerk
God Within
Awesome 3
Lustral
Moby
Josh Wink
The Gruesome Twosome
Faithless
La Style
Hyperlogic
4 Hero
New Scene
The Future Sound of London
K5
Jam and Spoon

Too many to keep listing.

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That's a great list mojo

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Thank you. I was looking at yours and I’m not familiar with Robert Childs but I was wondering if you meant Robert Miles. My favorite track of his happens to be “Children.”

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That’s exactly who I meant! Stupid me getting that wrong, I guess 25 years is a long time! Yeah Children is an amazing song with one of the most memorable instrumental riffs, I also like One & One but that has a vocal.

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The 90’s were an amazing time for that type of music. I’m still hooked on it. If you have any list of tracks you remember I would love to see it.

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I was 50/50 on including Prodigy, Chemical Brothers and Moby because of the vocal aspect; both great artists though.

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I was 50/50 on including Activ8, Chemical Brothers, Moby and Prodigy because of the vocal aspect; all great artists though.

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We need an EDM topic. 😄

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I’ll add it to my list.

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Acker Bilk - Stranger on the Shore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jzx664u5DA

Horst Jankowsky - A Walk in the Black Forest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQqHCb16MNg


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Acker Bilk's Stranger on the Shore is one of my favorites.

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Those were the days before the balloon went up and the curtain came down.

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Colour Haze
Electric Octopus
Øresund Space Collective
Om
Godspeed You! Black Emperor

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Jazz
Jeff Beck
Spyro Gyra
Pat Metheny
Michel Petrucciani
John McLaughlin

Orchestral/Big Band
Percy Faith

New Age
Robert Rich
Steve Roach
Bill Douglas

Movie Score
John Williams
Miklos Rózsa
John Barry
James Horner
Jerry Goldsmith

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