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Songs with no singing
Burning Organ
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This is going to seem weird, I know, but I need songs that lack the singing.
So far I've been using game tracks, but most are a blend of techno and rock, and I want mostly rock.
Anyway, I need this for making 3d models. I don't know how to explain this, but when I hear a song I usually visualize something. It can be a scene or a vehicle or anything. So I get a basic idea for a model connected to a song. Then, later, I make the base of the model while listening to the song. Then I keep modelling while listening to other songs as well should they give some inspiration for variation.
Anyway, this is largely the process I'm doing, but singing in a song tends to make it less.... Open ended I suppose. Instead of something a lot more general, the singing is saying something very specific, as opposed to say, the theme on the first track in F zero X.
So, I'm looking for awesome songs with no vocals. I do prefer at least a drip of Rock.
Anyway, some songs that provided inspirations.
Sysytem shock 2 - Medsci1
Advance Wars Dual Strike - Jakes Theme
And around 3 other F zero X songs.
Iron Maiden - Losfer words.
This probably seems like a strange request, but holy shit if this doesn't provide inspiration then I do not know what does
TL;DR I need awesome rock songs without vocals.
So far I've been using game tracks, but most are a blend of techno and rock, and I want mostly rock.
Anyway, I need this for making 3d models. I don't know how to explain this, but when I hear a song I usually visualize something. It can be a scene or a vehicle or anything. So I get a basic idea for a model connected to a song. Then, later, I make the base of the model while listening to the song. Then I keep modelling while listening to other songs as well should they give some inspiration for variation.
Anyway, this is largely the process I'm doing, but singing in a song tends to make it less.... Open ended I suppose. Instead of something a lot more general, the singing is saying something very specific, as opposed to say, the theme on the first track in F zero X.
So, I'm looking for awesome songs with no vocals. I do prefer at least a drip of Rock.
Anyway, some songs that provided inspirations.
Sysytem shock 2 - Medsci1
Advance Wars Dual Strike - Jakes Theme
And around 3 other F zero X songs.
Iron Maiden - Losfer words.
This probably seems like a strange request, but holy shit if this doesn't provide inspiration then I do not know what does
TL;DR I need awesome rock songs without vocals.
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That album would be perfect. Actually, most of his stuff. Also check out Electric Tears.
I don't believe it - I'm on my THIRD PS3, and my FIRST XBOX360. What the heck?
''post-rock'' stuff is what youre looking for really.
- Overture of 1812
- Dance of Eternity
Ahhahgfhghfgh so good.
Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
check them out here
http://www.last.fm/music/Ratatat
Metallica - Orion (on Master of Puppets)
You might check out the entire Fight Club soundtrack as well.
Metallica - Orion
Estradasphere - Palace of Mirrors (the whole album is instrumental and runs the gamut from surf guitar to gypsy death metal.)
in a similar vein, that Rodrigo y Gabriella album is pretty great and has no lyrics whatsoever (and they have a good cover of Orion.)
edit: internet hi-5
Also, I think the band Mogwai is all instrumental. A bit heavier than Explosions, but pretty good.
best post rock band out there for sure(instrumental rock). for anyone who enjoys explosions there is no excuse not to check 65 out.
Nine Inch Nails - Pilgrimage, Just Like You Imagined (aka the 300 trailer song), The Mark Has Been Made
Also, I would recommend Complication, though it's a bit techno-y. Still an awesome instrumental though.
If you want more game music, anything by The Black Mages, except for Otherworld and The Skies Above (both of those have singing). The rest is some kickass FF Metal.
Do... Re... Mi... So... Fa.... Do... Re.... Do...
Forget it...
Good catch. That's what I get for studying American history all day.
Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
Anything The Ventures have done.
Sleepwalk from Santo and Johnny
i was JUST about to mention Dream Theater
also, you might like Viking Kong by Paul Gilbert, it's sort of video-gamey.
65DaysOfStatic
Brian Eno
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Mono
Mogwai
Explosions in the Sky
Ratatat
This Will Destroy You
Dntel (Something Always Goes Wrong)
Tortoise
Air (Premires Symphones, various tracks)
The Pineapple Thief
Comets of Fire
Camping
M83
Broken Social Scene (To Be You and Me)
Rob Dougan
:^:
Zappa's instrumental stuff is great for doing creative work. To the OP, Hot Rats and Wakka-Jawaka have a lot of purely instrumental tracks as well, and the posthumous TranceFusion and Imaginary Diseases are totally instrumental.
Oh, and Edgar Winter's Frankenstein, made popular by Guitar Hero I.
Specifically, these:
http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR00569/
http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR00206/
http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01202/
http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01453/
http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01183/
And a non-OCRemix by an OCR artist: http://www.ailsean.net/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=29
There's plenty more awesome songs that are either slower or are more electronica (which you said you don't want here), but there's a good solid start. There's bound to be more that's great, but I've a playlist of 30-40 of my favorites from OCR. It is the greatest thing to ever happen to music if you're a video game nerd like me.
This isn't a bad thread at all: instrumental rock gets no love, but to me it's the most powerful genre out there because it can say something without words. If you want kickass instrumentals, look at Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, much of their work is great, some of it's forgettable though. Liquid Tension Experiment is(was) Dream Theater minus the vocalist.
In addition to many other fine suggestions in this thread by non-instrumental groups (the Metallica instrumentals, ELO's Fire On High, more Dream Theater, NIN's instrumentals) I offer some specific suggestions:
Porcupine Tree - Wedding Nails
Porcupine Tree - Mother & Child Divided
Riverside - Reality Dream I, II, and III
Riverside - Lucid Dream IV
Riverside - Back to the River
Tool - Triad
Dream Theater - Steam of Consciousness
Joe Satriani - Mind Storm
The Crystal Method - Weapons of Mass Distortion
Liquid Tension Experiment - Paradigm Shift
Overseer - Supermoves(Animatrix Edit)
A couple have techno elements, but they rock sufficiently hard to count.
And finally, a secret: if you can get your hands on the Redbook Audio soundtrack to the 1995 game Descent 2 (not the MIDI soundtrack) the whole thing is excellent rock/techno, and at least 4 of the tracks belong on any rock instrumental playlist (3, 6, 8, and 11). If you get a CD copy of the game you can play it from track 2 onward in any CD player using the game disc itself. It is my very favorite game soundtrack ever.
Aerodynamic by Daft Punk is good too, it's very techno but a great song. Soy Bomb by Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives is a great little song, also in GH2. The Foreplay part of Foreplay/Longtime by Boston is a great too.
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This. He's released over 20 albums - you're sure to find something there. Electric Tears is full of melodic, soulful songs, while the rest of his works cover a wide range of genres.
"A Warm Place", Nine Inch Nails
"The Private Psychedelic Reel", The Chemical Brothers
I would also suggest Red Sparowes and MONO.
Both are instrumental rock bands with songs that tend to go for about 7 or 8 minutes.
Off their new album.
damnit
e - so I don't get murdered by mods, try looking for My Friend the Chocolate Cake, especially their song And The Black Dog Follows. Good band, some have vocals, most are instrumental/rock/folk.