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    Posted: January 14 2014 at 22:02
Being in college I have to read tons of technical stuff and listening to music helps me focus on what I am reading. But if the music has lyrics I tend to just want to sing along. 

So what I am looking for is some instrumental albums to listen to  while reading. I will be reading/listening for hours at a time so I will give anything a try.

Thanks in advance for the recommendations. 
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4:33 on repeat

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Depending on your preferences I have a couple handy that I can recommend.

Mahavishnu Orchestra is really good, especially if you've got a taste for jazz rock. Both good active and background listening. The Inner Mounting Flame is the only album of theirs I own, though.

If you prefer more classical influence, the best ever instrumental album I've heard (at least to this point) is Anglagard's Viljans Oga. It's brilliant beyond measure, but takes a few listens to get into. Maybe keeping it as a background album for your first few listens would be preferable, with this in mind. I'll serve a double purpose of giving you top notch music to have on while you read and probably subset the initial inaccessibility a bit.
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Popol Vuh is absolutely my favourite studying music.  Not all their stuff is instrumental but the sparse vocals aren't distracting.

(for some reason this first video skips part of the album and it makes me cry)


Similar idea with lots of other bands on the calmer side of Krautrock/Prog Electronic







If you want something louder, let me know because I've got lots of that too


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El Ten Eleven is some laid back stuff. 




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I often read with this on in the background...the whole cd is excellent.
One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Man These are all great. I listened to all of these videos tonight while reading up on how to efficiently plan out partitions on linux systems. So the music absolutely helped me stay focused.

@ Neo-Romantic I had listened to Anglagard's Viljans Oga the other day and I fell in love with it.

Please keep the recommendations coming.
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^That's awesome! I'm so glad to hear you love it! Smile

I have a huge attachment to that one. It's a really special album.
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Points: 6446 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2014 at 10:07
Originally posted by mongofa mongofa wrote:

4:33 on repeat


Ha! I wonder how many people will get that.

Some albums not mentioned:

Univers Zero - Heatwave
Gryphon - Red Queen To Gryphon Three
Gong - Expresso II
Soft Machine - Six
Goblin - Roller
Ozric Tentacles - Erpland
Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure
Heldon - Stand By
Zombi - Spirit Animal
Miles Davis - Dark Magus
Squarepusher - Feed Me Weird Things
Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller
Maserati - Inventions For The New Season
The Samuel Jackson Five - Goodbye Melody Mountain
Alamaailman Vasarat - Valta

ETA: The Ozrics and Weather Report albums do have one song with vocals but both groups are usually purely instrumental



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Ian Anderson's "Divinities: Twelve Dances with God":
 
 
Rick Wakeman's "The Six Wives of Henry VIII":
 
 
Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Birds of Fire":
 
 
Anything by Penguin Cafe Orchestra:
 
 


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Secret Oyster is one of my favorite instrumental groups..  It's a lively jazz/rock sound from mid 70s Denmark.
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I recommend one of my favourite albums of 2013, Grand General's self-titled debut.

http://soundcloud.com/rune-grammofon/grand-general-the-fall-of-troy

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Something that you may find to be of interest is the David Barrett Trio debut album.  It is produced by Alex Lifeson and apparently David Barrett was in possession of Mr. Lifeson's double-neck guitar for the creation of this album before said guitar was donated to the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfxx9Hn7hZQ&list=PLY0ERgfuldw242uzxeNbX9SDynQ2qWSqA


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If you like acoustic jazz....I highly recommend both Crimson Jazz Trio cd's.
This Vol1
 
One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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The four Mike Oldfield albums from the 70's might be good (Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn, and Incantations). Rick Wakeman's 6 Wives of Henry the VIII. And the albums from Focus, I particularly like "Hamburger Concerto", and then "Moving Waves" is also very well liked. Actually, anything up to "Hamburger Concerto" is worthy of a listen.
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Vangelis

early seventies experimental:
The Dragon
Hypothesis
Earth

the mid seventies electronic
Heaven and Hell
Albedo 0.39
Spiral
Beauborg

late seventies/ early eighties eclectic
China
Antarctica
Soil Festivities
Mask

the late eighties and beyond
Direct
Oceanic
Voices
El Greco
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