Good Instrumentals

"Here's one I prepared earlier". ;-)

It have Vocals sometimes but is nothing that can really distract you (is just things like "depoiments")

Edited by Watcher of the Sky - May 29 2014 at 02:58

Seeing that several people have already recommended Miles Davis, I'd like to add any piano solo albums by Keith Jarrett and most of Chick Corea's catalogue (without Return To Forever as these can be a bit too intense for studying purposes).

Exivious
Salle Gauveau
Korekyojin
Happy Family
The Aristocrats
Hiromi
Banco del Mutuo Socorsso - di Terra, Garafano Rosso
Any of the combos with Alex Machacek
Attention Deficit
Michael Manring
Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
Universe Zero - Used
Nebelnest
Guapo
Gordian Knot
Canvas Solaris?
Allan Holdsworth - Sand, Heavy Machinery
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones - any of the first 4 albums

I'm fond of Rendez- vous as well especially 'Ron's Piece' (Last Rendez -vous) which is very beautifull. Magnetic Fields and Equinox are also great J M Jarre albums and Waiting For Cousteau is also an 'interesting' album.

Edited by richardh - April 28 2014 at 01:13

mongofa wrote: 4:33 on repeat

Oh you.

I see Jean Michel Jarre and Tangerine Dream mentioned at last! But I don't see actual albums recommended. There's some risks and pitfalls with both, so I'll recommend Jarre's Oxygène and Equinoxe as they appear to be most conducive to studying. Let's put Oxygène 7-13 in there as well.

As far as Tangerine Dream goes, you could do worse than Rubycon and Stratosfear. I'd say Phaedra first of all, but it takes a bit to get used to. Actually, scratch that; anything Tangerine Dream from the 70's and up to the early 80's would work.

Now, how about Departure from the Northern Wasteland by Michael Hoenig?

I see a lot of Klaus Schulze being offered, but besides just the single songs you could look into entire albums of his, such as Moondawn, Timewind, and Mirage since those three are perhaps his most "general" ones when it comes to the Berlin School genre.

Ashra, with New Age of Earth...

With Mike Oldfield, head straight for Hergest Ridge, though the ones immediately surrounding it are no less good bets.

This is all from a "music for reading" perspective, mind you.

(and now for me to jot down all the suggestions people have made; I'm always on the lookout for instrumental music myself, so this is a goldmine..!)

When I study I listen to: Mike Oldfield's early albums, Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Miles Davis, which are instrumental, although I can study to music with lyrics because usually I don't give it much attention.

Here's my instrumental recommendation:

Rick Robson wrote: richardh wrote: Rick Robson wrote: richardh wrote: Vangelis the mid seventies electronic Heaven and Hell Albedo 0.39 Spiral Beauborg     My favourite Vangelis phase, but i don't know yet the album El Greco from 1998, the next i'm looking forward to. its a good un   Damn right Richard, El Greco - just amazing! Now which would be the next? The Dragon, L' Apocalypse des Animaux, Earth, Opera Sauvage, Soil Festivities, Direct or Mask?

Edited by richardh - April 24 2014 at 14:30

verslibre wrote: Rick Robson wrote: richardh wrote: Vangelis the mid seventies electronic Heaven and Hell Albedo 0.39 Spiral Beauborg    My favourite Vangelis phase, but i don't know yet the album El Greco from 1998, the next i'm looking forward to. Have you heard Direct?

 
Only listened to "Metallic Rain" and "Message", sure i should tke a time to listen to this album as well as others from Vangelis, by now the first in my list keep being El Greco.