recommend me good instrumental prog rock Please
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Topic: recommend me good instrumental prog rock Please
Posted By: ushuaia
Subject: recommend me good instrumental prog rock Please
Date Posted: March 10 2013 at 18:32
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Hello guys I'm new in this forum, and i've been listening to prog heavily in the last month and a half. I listen a lot of music, so i listened a lot of KC, ELP, PF, Eloy, Jethro Tull and many other i don't even recall Now, i have listened to SKY2 ALBUM from the BAND SKY, and i love it. So, my question is. Can you recommend me INSTRUMENTAL PROGRESSIVE ROCK ALBUMS AND/OR INSTRUMENTAL PROGRESSIVE ROCK BANDS Thanks, i know you guys know a lot more of prog than me, so you can help me out
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: March 10 2013 at 18:42
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Without lyrics? Samuel Jackson Five - Easily Misunderstood Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die Charts and Maps - Dead Horse Cloudkicker - Fade My Brother the Wind - I Wash My Soul in the Stream of Infinity Mogwai - Hawk is Howling Sleepmakeswaves - ...And So We Destroyed Everything ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: March 10 2013 at 18:48
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Hello! May I recommend SECRET OYSTER, a Danish band from the 1970s that is listed here under Jazz Rock/Fusion, but they really sound more like Camel or Canterbury prog but with a lead sax player. They're awesome. http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1381" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1381 ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Ajay
Date Posted: March 11 2013 at 01:45
The first Sky album  Mike Oldfield |
Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: March 11 2013 at 15:57
| Solaris-Martian Chronicles |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: March 11 2013 at 17:30
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Gordon Giltrap - The peacock party ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: Master of Time
Date Posted: March 11 2013 at 17:59
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The Enid (Except they added some poor vocals in the 80s, so stick to their 70s material for good instrumental. Though their newest album has a great vocalist.) The Samuel Jackson Five (Though their newest album has some occasional vocals)
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: March 11 2013 at 18:05
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Camel's album The Snow Goose is a masterpiece I see Mike Oldfield has already been mentioned. I'd start with Tubular Bells or Ommadawn A lot of (but not all) of Anthony Phillips work is instrumental. Slow Dance is a particular favorite. 1984 is a pretty good electronic instrumental album. National Health is almost all instrumental - Queues and Cures is excellent as is their s/t debut. For some weirdness you could try some Univers Zero ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Lord Jagged
Date Posted: March 11 2013 at 18:06
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Planet X
Ozric Tentacles ------------- Dead Souls In The Rear View Mirror Hitch A Ride For A While.. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: March 11 2013 at 18:22
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Clivage - Mixtus Orbis
Bobby Beausoleil - Lucifer Rising Ash Ra Tempel - S/T Miles Davis - Big Fun Art Zoyd - Berlin Popol Vuh - In den Garten Pharaos Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure Klaus Schulze - Picture Music Brand X - Unorthodox Behavior My Brother the Wind - I wash my Soul in the Stream of Infinity One Shot - Dark Shot Syrinx - Qualia Thork - Weila Elephant9 - Atlantis Dedalus - S/T ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Ajay
Date Posted: March 11 2013 at 18:28
Yeah. +1 to Ommadawn. Anything before his Discovery album is worth listening to. Discovery is almost all pop songs (although To France is, in my opinion, a very good song). The one instrumental, The Lake, took me a while to warm to. Anything after that, except for Amarok and Tubular Bells III, is, in my opinion, patchy at best, heading down to dreadful. |
The Doctor wrote:Posted By: RedNightmareKing
Date Posted: March 11 2013 at 19:56
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Billy Cobham - Spectrum Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (except for Willie the Pimp, that has some vocals at the beginning from Cap'n Beefheart) Miles Davis - In A Silent Way, Kind of Blue, A Tribute to Jack Johnson, Bitches Brew Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame, Birds of Fire Perhaps - Volume One Radar Men From the Moon - Intergalatic Dada and Space Trombones, Echo Forever Titan - Sweet Dreams (a little bit of vocals though. Not too bad.) Mike Oldfield - anything pre-Discovery The Future Kings of England - The Viewing Port Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven, F#A#Infinity (voice samples, but they add A LOT) Don Caballero - American Don Toe. - Book About My Idle Plot On Anxiety Soft Machine - Third, Fourth (Wordless vocals on one song in Third. Not detracting though.) The Keith Tippett Group - You Are Here... I Am There, Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening Off the top of my head. ------------- I consider drone metal to be progressive... |
Posted By: Gooner
Date Posted: March 11 2013 at 20:43
| WLUD - Carrycroch |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: March 11 2013 at 20:58
There are lyrics to that one song on Third, they're not wordless vocals. Good call on Future Kings of England and Godspeed You Black Emperor. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 11 2013 at 21:20
| Rick Wakeman's "Six Wives of Henry the VIII", and then perhaps "Criminal Record". Focus's "Hamburger Concerto". And I agree with Mike Oldfield too, the first 4 albums. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 11 2013 at 21:32
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Posted By: RedNightmareKing
Date Posted: March 11 2013 at 22:06
Now that I listen to Moon in June again, you're absolutely correct. ------------- I consider drone metal to be progressive... |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: March 12 2013 at 00:42
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Electronic Rock Arc — Blaze; Fracture Edhels — Still Dream Anthony Phillips — 1984; Private Parts & Pieces VII: Slow Waves, Soft Stars Mark Shreeve — Assassin; Legion; Crash Head Tangerine Dream — Stratosfear; Force Majeure; Tangram Zombi — Cosmos; Surface To Air; Spirit Animal; Escape Velocity Craft — Craft Duncan MacKay — Chimera Hal & Ring — Alchemy Rick Wakeman — Criminal Record Prog-Fusion Alas — Alas Darediablo — Bedtime Stories; Feeding Frenzy; Twenty Paces East Wind Pot — East Wind Pot Kenso — anything you can get your hands on, preferably Kenso (III); Sparta, Yume No Oka; Fabulis Mirabilibus de Bombycosi Scriptus Mongol — Doppler 444 Niacin — Time Crunch; Organik Symphonic (with some Eclectic & Space) Djam Karet — Reflections From The Firepool; Burning The Hard City; The Devouring; The New Dark Age; A Night For Baku Eela Craig — Symphonic Rock Goblin — Roller; Zombi; Non Ho Sonno Mike Oldfield — Tubular Bells; Hergest Ridge; Ommadawn Ozric Tentacles — Strangeitude; Jurassic Shift; The Hidden Step; The Yum Yum Tree; Paper Monkeys Claudio Simonetti — Demons; Opera Philharmonie — Nord; Rage; Le Dernier Mot Tarantula Hawk — Tarantula Hawk
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: March 12 2013 at 23:38
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Are you a fan of Math Rock? Try these guys: - The Bulletproof Tiger - Three Trapped Tigers - Hella - Ghosts And Vodka - Auto! Automatic!! - Don Caballero - Giraffes? Giraffes! - The Redneck Manifesto - Vessels - Junior Bob ------------- 
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Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: March 15 2013 at 18:15
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Animals as Leaders An Endless Sporadic (I only reccommend their first EP Ameliorate) Explosions in the Sky Relocator The Fierce and the Dead (they can be difficult to get into) Gru (one-man band. Only has one album called Cosmogenesis) You can also do pretty well by YouTube searching 'instrumental prog playlist.'
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Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: March 16 2013 at 07:37
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I would like to add |
Posted By: Ruby900
Date Posted: March 17 2013 at 04:51
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Very good calls here;
Rick Wakeman's "Six Wives of Henry the VIII", and then perhaps "Criminal Record". Focus's "Hamburger Concerto". And I agree with Mike Oldfield too, the first 4 albums. ------------- "I always say that it’s about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place". Rick Wakeman |
Posted By: Ady Cardiac
Date Posted: March 17 2013 at 05:11
| pelican are rather good. |
Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: March 17 2013 at 05:25
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3 latest kotebel's cds http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=397 ------------- Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness. Emile M. Cioran |
Posted By: Ajay
Date Posted: March 17 2013 at 09:02
+1 |
Posted By: Drama75
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 06:54
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Il 16 marzo Lucio Manca (bassista di Solid Vision e Dominici) presenta il primo disco da solista "Everybody Needs An Angel", con l'etichetta austriaca NoiseHead Records. Si tratta di un concept album STRUMENTALE di 11 tracce, è la storia di una madre, Elizabeth, che ha dedicato la sua vita al suo figlio Lucien, prematuramente morto di cancro nel 2011, all'età di 7 anni.
La disperazione e il tormento per la perdita del suo bimbo ha portato Elisabetta a registrare ogni minuto dei suoi giorni dalla sua morte in poi, con il metodo di registrazione metafonica su nastro - l'ascolto di suoni o di voci provenienti da fuori della nostra dimensione terrena. Il suo scopo era quello di vivere ogni momento delle sue ore nella speranza di ricevere anche solo un piccolo segnale dal suo bambino attraverso la registrazione. Solo dopo 11 anni disperati, Elizabeth poteva sentire la voce rassicurante di Lucien con un messaggio pieno d'amore: "Mamma, sto bene". Di seguito il video ufficiale del brano SCORCHED EARTH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEem4u-K7sc |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 08:30
I don't know if this one was already suggested : ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 13:41
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Hi, Just to be cross ... I want to add "Return to Forever", so some folks can have an idea of what progressive and creative is really all about ... some of the stuff here is just scales by comparison! Xang -- their first album is excellent instrumental rock music. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Chozal
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 13:57
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Birds and Buildings Hiromi Uehara's Time Control Erotic Cakes by Guthrie Govan Jazz fusion and not prog but a recent discovery I made which resulted in an instant buy : Damian Erskine (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/damianerskine3) heard Creep on Earbits and it sealed the deal. ------------- https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Infinite-Progability-Drive/141225469388975" rel="nofollow - The Infinite Progability Drive , feeding you daily progressive/weird music for just a like <3 |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 16:30
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How about Accordo Dei Contrari? (Although this product is listed as jazz rock fusion it is guaranteed NOODLE FREE) I found it very difficult to categorise their rocky/jazzy instrumentals so I can't think of any higher recommendation than that... ------------- 
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Posted By: elbownut
Date Posted: March 23 2013 at 17:18
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Already mentioned but recommend Camel - The Snow Goose if you like symphonic prog Good to see Gordon Giltrap get mentioned also. Fear of the Dark is a great album and well worth checking out ------------- "Music was my first love and it will be my last" - John Miles "Music" |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 24 2013 at 04:04
| Just recently purchased Andrew Lloyd Webbers ' Variations' recorded in 1978 with his brother (Cellist Julian) , Rod Argent , saxophonist Barbara Thompson and the entire Colosseum II line up (Jon Hiseman , Gary Moore , Don Airey and Johne Mole). People in the UK will be very familiar with 'Theme (Paganini Caprice in A Minor No 24) and Variations 1-4' as its the theme music for the South Banks Art Show on tv. Fun little album running at only 34 minutes that could have done with some bonus tracks on the reissue but still worth checking out. |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: March 24 2013 at 05:45
Just to be cross, we bow in supplication at the feet of a higher life form without whose tutelage none of us would know progressive music from the fluff we collect in our bellybuttons. (bet you're an outy' right?)  -------------
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Posted By: javajeff
Date Posted: April 22 2013 at 13:22
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Long Distance Calling Russian Circles Battlestations Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss Ozric Tentacles My Brother The Wind Mogwai Sigur Ros |
Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: April 22 2013 at 13:48
| Can't believe nobody has recommended Anglagard's Viljans Oga yet. Definitely give it a spin if you like symphonic prog with strong classical leanings and ballsy instrumentation. |
Posted By: stegor
Date Posted: April 23 2013 at 23:03
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Well, my favorite instrumental album is Di Terra by Banco. Great fusion of rock jazz and classical. Judging by your likes I think you'd like it. I also have the first Sky album, but it's been a long time since I played it. Di Terra is light years better. Marscape by Jack Lancaster & Robin Lumley (basically proto Brand X) Univers Zero is really good - Uzed comes to mind. Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Faultline is a favorite -edit- just remembered, Alimaailman Vasarat - love their stuff! ------------- http://limpidgreen.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://limpidgreen.bandcamp.com/ 
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 24 2013 at 12:25
I still want to get some Banco albums, but I didn't consider so seriously Di Terra because it doesn't have the magnificent vocals from Di Giancomo. Perhaps I'm wrong about it? |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: April 24 2013 at 12:34
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ZOMBI's. SPIRIT ANAIMAL. Major awesome musicianship here. Highly reccomend Zombi. I also highly reccomend GOBLIN. Albums like the infamous SUSPIRIA, PROFUNDO ROSSO and ROLLER are beautifully crafted instrumental pieces. Enjoy Prog brother. :) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: glassarmshattering
Date Posted: June 22 2013 at 14:07
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Odyssice- Silence Moonwagon- Nightdust Hostsonaten- Winterthrough, Summerseve, Rime of the Ancient Mariner (instrumental version) Scale the Summit- The Collective, Carving Desert Canyons |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 22 2013 at 14:44
Both Xang albums are terrific, Carpe Nota is stunning and of course anything from Odyssice! Also suggest the 2 Herd of Instinct albums , mind blowing technical stuff! Finally Edwin-Durant- Burnt Belief ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: June 22 2013 at 14:44
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You know what else is great is if buy the special
Edition of NIGHTWISH ALBUMS such as DARK PASSION PLAY and IMMAGINARIUM you'll get an instrumental disc of the whole album. It's a great listen. Give those a go. :) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: June 22 2013 at 14:49
I love it when bands do that! I think I've got one or two of the Dream Theater ones the same too. Nick, are those Nightwish instrumental album versions still pretty easy (and inexpensive!) to get hold of? |
Posted By: glassarmshattering
Date Posted: June 22 2013 at 14:52
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Have you heard anything from Odyssice lately? I'm curious if they are working on something new or not...I've never heard 'Impressions' but I have heard Moon Drive Plus |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: June 22 2013 at 14:57
The Immaginarium one is, but I'm not sure about about Dark Passion play, since it came out in 2007. I'm sure it's still available but a bit expensive. Also. I actually got more respect for the the Black Clouds and Silver Linings album after listening to the instrumental disc. It's a way better piece of music sans the voice. :) Glad you enjoy it. I think the Count of Tuscony and Wither are so much better with no vocals!! :) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: glassarmshattering
Date Posted: June 22 2013 at 15:04
| just checked Amazon here in the US and you can get it USED for a little over $7.00 (Dark Passion Play), I'm not sure how expensive it would be for you where you live.... |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: June 22 2013 at 15:08
Thanks Nick and Shattering (nice PT-inspired name too!), I think I'll look into them! 
Nick, I hope your Arena/Nolan related purchases are not too far away now!
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: June 22 2013 at 15:15
Oops. I always think 'NEW' my fellow progger. I never by used CDs....never. Don't trust it. ;) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: June 22 2013 at 15:18
It's been shipped! I can't wait, but I gotta be patient. Will have some nice things to discuss for sure. Also, this forum has got me inspired to go into instrumental land. Cranking the JEAN MICHEL JARRE. bought the essential collection of his works last year. It's great. I suppose it could be another good reccomendation here. :) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 22 2013 at 15:21
Have you heard Silence? Its a super record with some sizzling playing and Impressions remains in my rotation, a stunning album. They are supposedly gigging in 2013, so all is well. ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: June 22 2013 at 15:22
I don't own a single Jarre album...and frankly wouldn't know where to begin! 
But speaking of instrumental albums, I know you're a big Tangerine Dream fan, Nick, but have you looked into to electronic works of Kluas Schulze or even a personal favourite of mine, Adelbert von Deyen (or his first three albums at least) yet? |
Posted By: glassarmshattering
Date Posted: June 22 2013 at 15:26
| I've never had a problem at all with used cd's, and have saved tons of money buying imports that way....but I completely understand wanting everything new. I was only thinking in terms of saving money, that's all. |
Posted By: glassarmshattering
Date Posted: June 22 2013 at 15:27
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Silence is in constant rotation when I'm writing (I'm a novelist/poet). I'm always looking for instrumental pieces to write too, I suppose that is why I gravitated towards this thread! Great to hear they are still active. Thanks for the info! |
Posted By: glassarmshattering
Date Posted: June 22 2013 at 15:35
| Yak- Journey of the Yak |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: June 22 2013 at 15:42
Oh absolutely Micheal! Sir Klaus is one of my favourites!! I own. X, KONTINUIM, MOONDAWN, VIE DE ELECTRONIQUE VOL 1&10 and MIRAGE. OMG these are all great albums. I want to pick up TIMEWIND at some point, but it's expensive! As for J.M.J. Start with oxygene and Equinox. You will not be disappointed my dear friend! Oxygene has be heralded as one of the very best electronic prog albums of all time! It's incredible. ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Memory Cube
Date Posted: July 20 2013 at 20:28
If you're looking for instrumental jazz - fusion, I'd recommend Passport. 
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Posted By: AEProgman
Date Posted: July 20 2013 at 20:34
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^ Cross-Collateral by Passport is great!
If it has not been mentionsed yet, Roine Stolt's Hydrophonia is pretty darn good. ------------- 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 20 2013 at 20:39
http://www.last.fm/music/NeBeLNeST/Nova+Express/+images" rel="nofollow"> NeBeLNeST Nova Express |
Posted By: Mythical Mike
Date Posted: July 20 2013 at 20:43
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Ozric Tentacles' Jurassic Shift is very eclectic.
For folk there's Gryphon's Red Queen to Gryphon Three. My favorite is Camel's The Snow Goose. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: July 20 2013 at 23:33
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Some of my favourites that haven't been mentioned yet... Tangerine Dream - Phaedra Finch - Galleons of Passion Happy the Man - s/t Wapassou - Salambo Frank Zappa - Sleep Dirt, Orchestral Favorites Heldon - Un Reve Consequence Speciale Richard Pinhaus - Chronolyse Steve Hackett - Sketches of Satie, Bay of Kings Klaus Schulze - Picture Music SFF - Symphonic Pictures, Sunburst ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: AreYouHuman
Date Posted: July 21 2013 at 22:00
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Some mighty fine suggestions already, many that I would have brought up. Here's a few more:
The first couple of Sky albums came up, but Sky 3, Forthcoming, Cadmium, and The Great Balloon Race are also recommended. Mike Oldfield: TB II is worth checking out and is fun comparing it to the original, to see which sections correspond to each other. Happy the Man: All recommended heartily, and only a handful of tracks have vocals, not that that's held against them. Gordon Giltrap - Visionary and Perilous Journey. Paul Brett - Interlife. Guitar-oriented, in a similar vein as Giltrap. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: July 21 2013 at 23:14
^ I listed the first album but think the 2nd "Crafty Hands" is their masterpiece (though it does have vocals in "Wind Up Doll Day Wind). ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: July 22 2013 at 05:35
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Not sure if it has been mentioned yet, but LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT 1&2 are incredible as well as LIQUID TRIO EXPERIMENT, which is a bit more Jazz infused than the other 2. Great stuff there. Can't go wrong. ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: July 22 2013 at 07:42
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To ad some amasing stuff, not so often highlighted at PA
Fripp : The Repercussions of Angelic Behavior
Jukka Tolonen : Passenger to Paramaribo
Shakti : Natural Elements
David Sylvian : Alchemy - An Index of Possibilities
Peter Gabriel : Passion (very little vocals)
Weather Report : Black Marked
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 22 2013 at 12:00
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Herd Of Instinct, Talsima (only has vocals on some albums) Parallel Mind. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 24 2013 at 01:04
| Worth a mention are a couple of 'new age' artists. Stephen Caudel and Mark Isham. Both can play a variety of instruments with Caudel specialising on guitar and Isham on trumpet. I would recommend Wine Dark Sea ( Caudel) and Vapor Drawings (Isham) as their best works, both recorded in the eighties. Caudel released another fine album 'Earth In Torquoise' about 15 years ago which has more of a prog feel. Isham has mainly concentrated on film soundtracks since the 80's including a number of major film releases such as The Mist (strangely overlooked Stephen King adaption , one of the best imo) and the huge success Blade. |
Posted By: CKnoxW
Date Posted: July 24 2013 at 09:30
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Kansas - The Spider... Magnum Opus is basically an instrumental, check it out too |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: July 24 2013 at 17:31
Yes, yes - and YES! Also, try Dave Bainbridge, Veil of Gossamer (97% instrumental)...
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Posted By: AreYouHuman
Date Posted: July 25 2013 at 17:46
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Forgot the Dixie Dregs!! Eclectic prog at its finest. For two of their albums, “Unsung Heroes” and “Industry Standard”, they shortened their name to The Dregs, before they broke up the first time.
Some of Steve Howe’s solo works are all-instrumental, such as “Turbulence” and “Quantum Guitar.” If you like Jade Warrior, “Blue Star” by Gurumander and Friends is highly recommended. It was marketed more as a New Age album but don’t let that fool you. Amazing space guitar, Pink Floyd fans might like it too. Readily available thru Amazon, BTW. |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: July 25 2013 at 19:07
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Might have mentioned this one before, but TRENT REZNOR's
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO soundtrack is brilliant along with his infamous GHOSTS album. Trent and Atticus Ross work so well together. They create Dark, moody music that makes you think. :) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: July 25 2013 at 23:15
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I'd also add the 1st Shadowfax album, Watercourse Way (though 1 song does have minimal vocals). ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Takeshi Kovacs
Date Posted: July 28 2013 at 13:42
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The first (s/t) album by Days Between Stations.
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: July 28 2013 at 13:43
Bainbridge album is a KILLER!   ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Rando
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 02:44
SCHICKE, FUHRS, & FROHLING (SFF) "Symphonic Picture" ('76) "Ammerland" ('78) ------------- - Music is Life, that's why our hearts have beats - |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: July 29 2013 at 23:02
I'd also recommend SFF's 2nd album "Sunburst" ('77). Along with "Symphonic Pictures" they make a great pair. ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Rando
Date Posted: July 30 2013 at 02:30
Absolutely. Thanks, and that's the one missing from my collection. Great album! Next on my "to buy" list. ------------- - Music is Life, that's why our hearts have beats - |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: July 30 2013 at 23:35
In the 90's I bought a great 2CD set which included Symphonic Pictures, Sunburst, Ticket to Everywhere and a couple live bonus tracks...don't know if it's still available. ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: August 01 2013 at 10:30
| Finch.....Glory of the Inner Force.......Beyond Expression |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: August 01 2013 at 11:34
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Goblin--Back To The Goblin (2005.)
Incredible instrumental album filled with beautiful crescendo, arpeggios and haunting bass lines by Fabio Pignatelli. :) Look out for tracks like Japanese Air, Dlen Dlon and Lost In The Universe. Beautiful album. ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Wolfhound
Date Posted: August 01 2013 at 12:20
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Chinese Beard - Shades of Tomorrow
Gifts From Enola (any album by them)
Pomegranate Tiger (if you care for some great prog metal)
Talc
The Inner Road - Ascension
SoulenginE - Mind Colours (two shorter songs on the album have vocals, but the vocals are decent and everything else is instrumental
The Ocean - Pelegial (well there is two versions of the album, one with vocals and an instrumental version. I only listen to the instrumental version because I just don't like the death metal vocals)
Tale of Diffusion - Adventures of Madnorious (The Bird)
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Posted By: Katowjo
Date Posted: August 16 2013 at 23:01
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CHON - NEWBORN SUN (THE SONG FLUFFY SHOWCASES TALENT)
ANIMALS AS LEADERS EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY |
Posted By: King Manuel
Date Posted: August 16 2013 at 23:48
Ephemeral Sun- Harvest Aorta 
Odyssice- Silence ------------- Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: August 17 2013 at 10:13
Animals as Leaders is a fantastic recommendation, especially their self-titled debut album. ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: jayem
Date Posted: September 14 2013 at 21:10
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Wanana-Bani Garden (warning: one of my happiest discoveries ever...But raw renderings ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-R5nCloLJQ" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-R5nCloLJQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL8QupNz2SM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL8QupNz2SM Chance Machine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCFbc1ZG4_Q" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCFbc1ZG4_Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K78ldXiY8L0&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K78ldXiY8L0 Tiemko http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYUYHuz9BTY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYUYHuz9BTY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYUYHuz9BTY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYUYHuz9BTY Aviva Omnibus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIuLEKY8XvI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIuLEKY8XvI |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: September 14 2013 at 23:18
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It may have been mentioned but I like jazz fusion that's melodic so I'll recommend Kenso and Ain Soph.....and Brand x. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: September 15 2013 at 02:27
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Exivious
Bondage Fruit Canvas Solaris Nebelnest Chimp Spanner Univers Zero Happy Family Fantasmagoria (Japan) Hiromi Korekyojinn Salle Gaveau Ohm Guapo Dysrhythmia ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: wowie
Date Posted: September 15 2013 at 07:09
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instrumental music .... at some point you have to laugh about it. is the voice an instrument? - i think so. is the voice not as listenable at times then other instruments? - i guess so. is there more (musical quality or just action) concentration and intensity in the other instruments if there is no voice "over" them? - maybe. my most influential non-vocal music (still containing vocal music partially): a lot of symphonic and folk music all over the place, the birth of music and instruments (just saying Peter and the Wolf) but definitely visit all great composers of symphonic music!! One of my (and a lot of others peoples) faves is Debussy. a lot of rock, jazz n electronics. King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant, Genesis, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, Frank Zappa and Brian Eno are still Kings of music and have a lot to explore. Of course Yes is also a bright, bright shining star and also Spocks beard and The Flower Kings have masses of extremely good non-vocal stuff with an amazing interplay, fantastic sounds, melodys and rhythms. they all have massive instrumental sh*t!!! Its of course not easy to navigate throu the masses as not all is high quality. And sometimes you just have to "over" listen the voices. some uniques of mine: Liquid Tension Experiment (rock) Rypdal Vitous DeJohnette 1979 ECM (jazz classic) Bill Evans with Symphony orchestra (jazz) Chet Baker and Strings (jazz) Charles Mingus (let my children hear music) (jazz) Brand X (Moroccan Roll) (fusion) Thomas Newman (The Horsewhisperer) (symphonic/ambient/folk) Jade Warrior (Way of the Sun, Breathing the Storm, Floating World) (fusion, highly underrated!!!) David Sylvian/Nine Horses (fusion/electronic/folk/songwriter) Pat Metheny Group (The Way Up) (jazz/fusion) Talk Talk (Spirits of Eden) (new wave/jazz) Mum (mostly everything - electro analog fusion) Spaced Out (amazing sound and rhythms) Sebastiaan Cornelissen (some of the smoothest and at the same time trippy stuff around) Hardscore (amazing proggy jazz) Amon Tobin (highly creative electro) Four Tet (analog sampling) Grails (Black Tar Symphony) AMAZING!!! SO SO GOOD!!! The Ulver that works ;) some more stuff: L'Artichaut Orchestra (symphonic folk) Five Storey Ensemble (symphonic folk) Eyvind Kang (fusion) Build an Ark "Love" (jazz) Ecstasy Project Hanne Hukkelberg (analog electro fusion) Stringpuree Band (small, tight and creatvie jazz power trio from finland) Annuals (great electroacoustics) Indie Revenge (free jazz) The Books/Nick Zammuto (indie/electro) btw pekka pohjola is great! so the most instrumental music isnt rock!!! world - mind - dont be so restricted! |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: September 16 2013 at 00:30
| Serbian intrumental prog http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=79149&KW=Serbian+instrumental+prog&PID=4199761#4199761" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=79149&KW=Serbian+instrumental+prog&PID=4199761#4199761 |
Posted By: AreYouHuman
Date Posted: September 16 2013 at 22:01
| John G. Perry – Sunset Wading. Four tracks have vocals but they’re minimal. If you like his work with Caravan, Quantum Jump and Aviator you’ll like this. A great ensemble cast including Geoff Richardson, Michael Giles, Rupert Hine, members of Nova. |
Posted By: Bkbutler
Date Posted: September 27 2013 at 07:27
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If you fancy some instrumental stoner rock with prog tendencies in the vein of Sabbath/Kyuss/Isis/Earthless, etc. try some Mothertrucker.....
http://mothertrucker.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://mothertrucker.bandcamp.com/
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Posted By: theandies
Date Posted: September 29 2013 at 15:17
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SInce no one has mentioned some of these oldies but goodies and metioned a lot on my list:
Bill Bruford - One of a Kind
Frob - Frob
Modry Efekt - Blue Effect
BTW - My first post. Been coming here for years but never noticed there is a forum. My horizon has expanded!
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: September 29 2013 at 15:27
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Frob's pretty cool.
Anyone like Kaseke? A good Rush-styled instrumental trio is Blue Drift. I like their CD Mariner. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: October 08 2013 at 14:40
| Practically any Mike Oldfield albums and Rick Wakeman's. |
Posted By: Talbot
Date Posted: October 08 2013 at 14:55
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Don CabaIlero 2 Irepress - Samus Octology |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 08 2013 at 15:17
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Awwwww yea a Don Cab fan!
My favorite is prolly What Burns.. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 08 2013 at 15:50
Yes, lots of good stuff with those two. Oldfield: Tubular Bells Hergest Ridge Ommadawn Amarok The Killing Fields (film score) Wakeman: Six Wives Of Henry VIII Criminal Record White Rock (film score) The Burning (film score) G'ole (film score) Night Airs (one of his best solo piano albums) Family Album Themes 2000 A.D. Into The Future (this and Themes are his most electronic albums) Revisited Retro / Retro 2 (there are songs on those two, but the instrumentals on both are corkers) ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: schizoidman
Date Posted: October 08 2013 at 16:29
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Mahavishnu Orchestra - "Birds of Fire"
Rick Wakeman - "The Six Wives of Henry the VIII"
Weather Report - "Procession", "Heavy Weather" and "Black Market"
Philip Glass - "Low Symphony"
Ian Anderson - "Divinities: 12 Dances with God"
Bill Bruford's Earthworks - "Footloose and Fancy Free"
Al DiMeola - "Elegant Gypsy"
Art Zoyd - "Phase IV" and "Le Mariage Du Ciel Et De L'Enfer"
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - "Signs of Life"
Rabih Abou-Khalil - "Blue Camel"
Charles Mingus - "This is Jazz - Volume 6"
Behold...The Arctopus - "Arctopocalypse Now...Warmageddon Later" and "Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning"
------------- Making the useless useful 24/7. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 09 2013 at 01:07
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Jon Hiseman, Gary Moore, Don Airey (and some other guy) BTW I found something remarkable about this band on the PA database. Their 3 albums have virtually an identical rating. WEIRD! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=785" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=785 anyway an excuse to put this album cover up   |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: October 09 2013 at 07:59
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Valley Of The Giants" by Valley of the Giants
Very Godspeed like. Classic. :) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 09 2013 at 10:14
------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: October 09 2013 at 14:14
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Snarky Puppy--More jazz than prog, but generally fairly fusion-y. (Their latest is actually a collaboration with various jazz vocalists, but their others are all instrumental) Blotted Science--Instrumental tech death metal. Pomegranate Tiger--Djenty metal. You'll probably hear influences from Animals as Leaders, Opeth, Gojira and other metal bands in them. Intervals--Decent djenty metal. Humanoid--Psych/Space (Only got one rating in the archives!) Tosin Abasi's and Misha Mansoor's recent two song collaboration--Nothing special, but worth a listen. Just YouTube it. |