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Joined: May 27, 2007 Posts: 254 Madrid, Spain |
Posted on Aug 31 2013 06:21 PM
More non-surf instrumental bands not already cited in this thread: Brokeback Mattson 2 Tortoise Earth Naked City and all other John Zorn projects (if you have the guts!) ... and, of course, Jazz! Enjoy! Last edited: Sep 16, 2013 03:44:02 |
Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up. 
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Posted on Oct 26 2013 03:06 PM
Not a band or record, but Dalibor just shared this and it's too good to keep to myself. Masters at play! —This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. |
Joined: Jan 23, 2012 Posts: 282 Budapest 
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Posted on Jun 20 2016 05:14 AM
Hi, did you realize that Charlie Hunter made a surf(ish) record? It's called We two kings Christmas songs original compositions (low-level demo stuff /out of tune, etc) myStuff not my best, but i don't like to be in a musician community without anything to show |
Joined: Mar 09, 2011 Posts: 273 Melbourne FL USA |
Posted on Jun 20 2016 03:04 PM
Something(s) you may want to check out: "Stereophonic Spacesounds Unlimited" (Anything by them will do). Also, anything by Robert Drasnin. He has "Voo-Doo" (50's) & also "Voo-Doo 2" (2007) both on the Dionysus label. |
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Joined: Jul 05, 2006 Posts: 264 Waco Texas |
Posted on Jun 23 2016 09:28 PM
The Sadies sprinkle some instrumental tunes through out their various albums that tend to be pretty tasty. I also like Yo La Tengo. Huevo Rancheros is good (the band not the food). —2012-2013: FILTHY POLAROIDS |
Joined: Feb 21, 2011 Posts: 513 Ontario 
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Posted on Jun 24 2016 04:43 AM
Instrumental on the rock heavier side I am not obsolete, I am RETRO.... Last edited: Jun 24, 2016 04:44:13 |
Joined: Jan 04, 2008 Posts: 1278 San Pedro, CA
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Posted on Jun 24 2016 09:31 AM
Not only a favorite non-surf instro band but one of my favorite records of any kind - —Bill S._______ |
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Joined: Aug 08, 2015 Posts: 214 Gainesville, Florida
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Posted on Sep 14 2016 07:43 PM
Jinx Jones! |
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Joined: Aug 08, 2015 Posts: 214 Gainesville, Florida
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Posted on Sep 14 2016 07:45 PM
Another Jinx instro: |
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Joined: Aug 08, 2015 Posts: 214 Gainesville, Florida
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Posted on Sep 14 2016 07:48 PM
Chuck Hughes and Lance Romance, can't go wrong. Heard one of their songs used on a car commercial, recently. |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 2065 Virginia, USA
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Posted on Sep 14 2016 07:59 PM
Love Tractor were from Athens, GA during the 80's along with REM, B-52s, Pylon etc. Their first two alums were all instrumental. Their bass player Armistead is a friend of mine and helped out a LOT in transporting Messer Chups this summer to Richmond VA. They had a reunion down in Athens this summer and the whole thing is out there on the youtube. —Paul Last edited: Sep 14, 2016 22:00:09 |
Joined: Apr 30, 2009 Posts: 344 Austin, TX
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Posted on Sep 16 2016 08:49 PM
Some of you might dig my non-surf instrumental band, Math Patrol, we're a bass/keys/drums trio, I play bass. We started calling ourselves "math-soul" early on, and live we get comparisons to Yes, DJ Shadow, Battles and Man...Or Astro-Man? That company is way over our heads, but it maybe gives an idea what we sound like. Our new record is going to have much better production than the one on bandcamp, here are two live videos that I feel represent us better than the album. First is one song, the second is a full set. —The Spoils - FB - RN |
Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2858 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Mar 15 2019 01:37 PM
Resurrecting an old thread here because I rediscovered an old instrumental love of mine by accident. I am a German teacher as some of you know and I was talking with my class about Neue Deutsche Welle (German New Wave), which I grew up with. Most people are familiar with the English versions of Da Da Da by Trio, der Kommissar by Falco, and Major Tom by Peter Schilling, but there was SO MUCH MORE. So, I brought up a group that I hadn't thought of in a while, Rheingold and their hit Dreiklangsdimensionen (I had a huge crush on their keyboard player as she was really cute). Anyway, I remembered that they did quite a few instrumentals. My favorite, which was titled Rheingold Extra, is below. —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
Joined: Sep 28, 2012 Posts: 928 Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Mar 15 2019 03:27 PM
This is interesting Matt, I never heard the Rheingold instrumentals before. The transparency and steadyness is similar to the 70s solo works of Michael Rother, formerly guitarist of Kraftwerk, Harmonia and Neu!, the latter bands being far more influential outside than inside of Germany, while his solo stuff was quite successful here and little known anywhere else. So it may have been a direct influence on Rheingold. —Los Apollos - cinematic surf music trio (Berlin) |
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Posted on Mar 15 2019 05:43 PM
Khruangbin is a pretty good instrumental band |
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Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2858 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Mar 15 2019 07:42 PM
I definitely hear some similarities in Rother's guitar work! Thank you for posting that! I have something new and exciting to listen to now! simoncoil wrote: — Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1062 Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Mar 16 2019 07:11 AM
Reading about some 70s/80s German acts Peter Orloff Orchestra came to my mind. Peter Orloff was best known as a German pop (schlager) singer, but apparently he also produced and/or arranged instrumentals. —The Exotic Guitar of Kahuna Kawentzmann You can get the boy out of the Keynes era, but you can’t get the Keynes era out of the boy. Last edited: Mar 16, 2019 07:12:11 |
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Posted on Mar 18 2019 01:25 PM
Link Wray |
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Joined: Oct 23, 2007 Posts: 385 Boca Raton, Florida
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Posted on Mar 18 2019 04:35 PM
Mickey Baker, The Wildest Guitar All of these are electric guitar based instrumentals. |
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