Thinking of the best instrumentals ever....

 

 

A classic that comes to mind is

 

Robert Miles - Children

 

 

 

 

 

My personal favourite at the moment is

 

Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar

 

 

 

What other great tracks are contender for the best instrumental ever?

I think Eric Prydz's Pjanoo will be a classic in future years :D

 

Children is probably my favourite...then you've got Darude's Sandstorm which everyone seems to love

 

loads of trance tracks.... indeed cafe del mar, robert miles, 'carte blanche' is still very popular.

 

unfortunately not many current dance tracks 'have it'.. dance seems to have lost its innovation and has resorted to dancifying oldies or sampling them with a dance beat... p*** poor music really.

The original "What Time Is Love" by KLF, without the slightly annoying rapper.... BANGIN'.....

 

Dunno if it counts (cos it's got a bit of distorted, mangled shrieking and a short sample from "Hellraiser", but I kind of see the "voices" as being more part of the instrumentation of the whole ensemble and just there to add to the mood and atmosphere of the track tbh...), but "Come To Daddy" by Aphex Twin... :w00t:

Best Instrumentals? What about:

 

Leftfield - Storm 3000

Leftfield - Space Shanty

Aphex Twin - Heliosphan

Fluke - Kitten Moon

Underworld - Glam Bucket

Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game

Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe 5

Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene 2

Orbital - Science Friction

Orbital - Out There Somewhere? (Part I & II)

Orbital - The Box (Part I & II)

Depeche Mode - Uselink

FSOL - Expander (Remix)

The Orb - UFOrb

Boards of Canada - Everything You Do Is a Baloon

 

 

On the category "almost unknown great songs": Ulrich Schnauss - In All the Wrong Places (a song from 2003):

 

Imagine a mix of Boards of Canada, Slowdive & Chapterhouse...

A sublime song! :P

Edited November 30, 200816 yr by Alin

Best Instrumentals? What about:

 

Leftfield - Storm 3000

Leftfield - Space Shanty

Aphex Twin - Heliosphan

Fluke - Kitten Moon

Underworld - Glam Bucket

Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game

Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe 5

Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene 2

Orbital - Science Friction

Orbital - Out There Somewhere? (Part I & II)

Orbital - The Box (Part I & II)

Depeche Mode - Uselink

FSOL - Expander (Remix)

Boards of Canada - Everything You Do Is a Baloon

On the category "almost unknown great songs": Ulrich Schnauss - In All the Wrong Places (a song from 2003):

 

Imagine a mix of Boards of Canada, Slowdive & Chapterhouse...

A sublime song! :P

 

Yep, love most of that lot myself tbh, would probably add the absolutely astounding, full-on 15-minute album version of Orbital's "Are We Here?" as well.... FSOL's "Papua New Guinea"....

 

...And the 40 minute versh of The Orb's "The Blue Room"... WOOOOOOOOOAHHHHHHHHH, what a total head-fukk that was, you dont even need to drop an acid with that one (of course, it helps LOL).

 

The Ulrich Shnauss track is fukkin' AMAZIN' by the way....

 

I think Eric Prydz's Pjanoo will be a classic in future years :D

I agree with Pjanoo being classic!

I'll say Clubbed To Death!!!!

I could add the whole "Lifeforms" album (2 discs) by FSOL; I'm afraid it's too good... :lol:

 

"Are We Here?" is a masterpiece indeed, but you can add at instrumentals if you consider the gorgeous voice of Alison Goldfrapp as part of the instruments.

 

 

 

Another goodies:

- The instrumental of "Someone Great" by LCD Soundsystem (found on 45:33 album)

 

- Daft Punk with their awesome "Voyager"

 

- Kinobe with "Skyscraper": so simple, so effective!

 

- UNKLE - UNKLE (Main Title Theme): incredible! (it has a little vocals, but it's instrumental at its roots):

 

- Nigthtmares on Wax - "Les Nuits": impossible to not love this song! Very jazzy & electronic at the same time:

 

- Of course, Orbital (again) with their classic Chime:

 

- 808 State - Pacific State: this one will make you feel really good!

 

- Wamdue Project - Instrumentation: top class!

 

- The Orb - Star 6 7 8 & 9: Houston, we don't have any problems! :lol:

 

- The Orb - Pomme Fritz: the video is unique, as the song

 

- William Orbit - Adagio For Strings: classic song re-worked

 

 

The best of the best instrumental is Halcyon & On & On (sampled vocals of Kristy Haukshaw):

One word: PERFECTION!

 

Edited November 30, 200816 yr by Alin

but you can add at instrumentals if you consider the gorgeous voice of Alison Goldfrapp as part of the instruments.

 

She doesn't really sing any lyrics though, so her voice can be read as vocalisations and as part of the overall instrumentation, rather than as lead vocals... "Are We Here..?" is really mostly about the tribal-sounding rhythms and the break beats, Ali's vocalisations enhance that, but dont stand out apart from it in the way that they would if she were singing actual lyrics....

 

It's the same as the "vocals" in 'Come To Daddy' innit... They're part of the overall effect...

Yeah, you're right!

 

The same for the "vocal texture" of Toni Halliday on "Cerebral" by FSOL :)

 

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Another great one: Rob Dougan - Clubbed to Death

I love this song to death :)

 

 

 

Talking about "Are We Here?" by Orbital, below is the video - edited version (you can see the Hartnoll brothers and Alison on that video):

 

 

Maybe you will like these songs:

- "Star Guitar", "Chico's Groove", "Song to the Siren", "Electrobank", "Leave Home", "The Private Psychedelic Reel" by the Chemical Brothers

- "Da Funk", "Revolution 909" by Daft Punk

- "Royskopp's Night Out", "So Easy", "Alpha Male" by Royksopp

- "Patashnik", "Novelty Waves", "Microgravity", the whole Substrata album by Biosphere

- "Crockett's Theme" (Miami Vice) by Jan Hammer

- "Apache" by the Shadows

- "Metal on Metal" by Kraftwerk

- "Weather Storm" by Massive Attack

- "Going Out of My Head", "Santa Cruz" by Fatboy Slim

- "Vanishing Point", "Lost in Space" by Apollo 440

- "Belfast" by Orbital

- "Sequoia" by Way Ou West

- the whole "Chillout" album by The KLF

- "Spybreak!", "Take California" by Propellerheads

 

A very special mention to Plaid - Eyen

 

Also this one is cool: "Divebomb" by The Whip:

Edited November 30, 200816 yr by Alin

- Of course, Orbital (again) with their classic Chime:

Thanks for this, just remembered what this is called, i knew the name rung a bell and then i played it :wub: :w00t:

^ I'm glad to hear that!

 

Maybe you will consider to find/listen the rest of the songs: I promise you'll find a lot of gems!

 

 

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Even the legendary Pink Floyd band have a instrumental song: the famous "On the Run"; wicked song, even wicked video!

 

 

Enough for today!

I like Eric Prydz - Pjanoo and PPK - Resurection.

almost all of them are trance, so its for trance lovers :) All of them are either 90% or 100% instrumentals :P

 

 

Chicane - Offshore

Yahel - Voyage

Apotygma - Kathy's Song (Ferry Corsten remix)

Way Out West - Killa

Robert Miles - Fable

Sundawner - Krystal Dreams (Cosmicman remix)

Thrillseekers - Synaesthesia

Bedrock - Heaven Sent

Age Of Love - Age Of Love (Jam & Spoon mix)

Disco Citizens - Footprint

Storm - Storm

Lustral - Everytime (Instrumental version)

Hybrid - Finished Symphony

Papua New Guinea - Future Sound Of London

Veracocha - Carte Blanche

Armin Van Buuren - Communication

Push - Strange World

Pulser - Cloudwalking

Rank 1 - Airwave

William Orbit - Barbers Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten remix)

BT - Flaming June

Ayla - Ayla Part II

DJ Rolando - Jaguar Nights

Svenson & Gielen - Beauty Of Silence

PPK - Resurection

Gouryella - Walhalla

Liquid - Orlando Dawn

Subliminal Cuts - Le Voie Le Soleil

Tilt - Invisible (instrumental version)

Transa - Supernova

Tiesto - Suburban Train

Fragma - Toca Me

Element 4 - BB Theme

BBE - 7 Days In One Week

Mauro Picotto - Komodo

Salt Talk - Eugina (Michael Woods mix)

DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima

Airscape - L'Esperanza & Amazon Chant

Solar Stone - Seven Cities

Atlantis vs Avatar - Fiji

Da Hool - Meet Her At The Love Parade

The Quest - C Sharp

Dutch Force - Deadline

Fire & Ice - Souvenir De Chine

Blank & Jones - Cream

Y-Traxx - Mystery Land

Art Of Noise - Moments In Love (Desert Storm mix)

Enigma - Sadness

Kamaya Painters - Endless Wave

Jens - Loops & Things

Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Timo Maas mix)

Saltwater - The Legacy

Sasha - Xpander

Riva - Stringer

One day Xylem, i'll listen to them all :P

or maybe not :lol:

Tangerine Dream - Astrophobia

PPK - Reload

Kay Cee - Escape

Ladytron - Zmeyka

Art of Noise - Beat Box

BT - Godspeed

Paul van Dyk - Another Way

Binary Finary - 1999

Brian Eno - 1-1

Way Out West - Sequoia

Biosphere - Cloudwalker II

Most of the ones I like are already mentioned: Sandstorm by Darude is great as are Children & Fable by Robert Miles and PPK's Resurection. And William Orbit's Barbers Adagio For Strings (and also Mauro Picotto's Komodo even thou I do think the vocal version is better). The one no-one has mentioned so far is Paul Oakenfold's Big Brother Theme - it is a dance track and I do like it quite a bit.