top five instrumental bands

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1. Martin Denny
2. Les Baxter
3. Esquivel
4. Machito
5. Woody Herman's First Herd.

Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 11:33 am

Los Straitjackets
Herb Alpert/Tijuana Brass
Man or Astroman?
...I CAN ONLY THINK OF THREE?

Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 12:12 pm

balmorhea
do make say think
giants
if these trees could talk
mono
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the ascent of everest
el ten eleven
laura
the six parts seven
this will destroy you
té
vessels
yndi halda

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not even going to

Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 12:18 pm

i almost didn't post because it felt like a trap, but i figured i'd throw down a few anyways just in case cantlin really wanted them

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1. The Avalanches
2. Aphex Twin
3. Squarepusher
4. DJ Shadow
5. Future Sound of London

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i invented rain wrote:

i almost didn't post because it felt like a trap, but i figured i'd throw down a few anyways just in case cantlin really wanted them

but you still didn't post because it felt like a trap. i for one am interested in finding out more about them.

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The Charles Mingus Quintet of 1964
John Coltrane Quartet 1963-1965
Miles Davis Quintet 1955-1958
Charlie Parker/Dizzie Gillespie Group
and my darkhorse pick is Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra

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Ratatat
Monkey3
The Skatalites
The Mutants
Aavikko

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What Jhayes94 said minus Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra but instead:
Beastie Boys.

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RACHEL'S

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THE FUCKING CHAMPS
HELLA
RED SPAROWES
DURUTTI COLUMN

Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 4:24 pm

L'Ensemble Rayé
Henry Cow
Secret Chiefs 3
Estradasphere
Claudia Quintet

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Tom Meade wrote:

1. The Avalanches
2. Aphex Twin
3. Squarepusher
4. DJ Shadow
5. Future Sound of London

electronic music doesn't count

Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 4:46 pm

mogwai
neu!
cluster
balmorhea

and i am thinking maybe tortoise also?

this list is subject to change at a moment's notice

Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 4:47 pm

yeah if we're gonna include like beatmakers/djs and the like, then my list is one hundred per cent different

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aksak maboul

Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 5:03 pm

i invented rain wrote:

i almost didn't post because it felt like a trap

aw :33

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GentlemanGeek wrote:

What Jhayes94 said minus Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra but instead:
Beastie Boys.

if you're counting their voices as instruments than I agree

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just ignoring the words and listening to the tones

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Their last album was an all instrumental one. And there are about 4 instrumental tracks on Ill Communication I think.

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I kind of thought cantlin was just trying to get all of us dudes who take our instrumental music seriously all excited

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in no particular order

Do Make Say Think
Yoko Kanno & Seat Belts
Mogwai
GY!BE

Soft Rendition

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Sunn O)))

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Character and Saxon Shore were the only ones that I ever gave a damn about.

Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 10:19 am

This Will Destroy You
Explosions in the Sky
65DaysofStatic
Mono
The Avalanches

Wait a minute, am I allowed Mogwai? If I am, I trade Explosions in the Sky or 65Days... with Mogwai.

Also, I'm well aware that the first two there could basically be the same band, but that doesn't mean they're not fantastic.

Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 11:29 am

yeah they each do the loud/soft thing but they also each have a pretty different sound

Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 11:33 am

i invented rain wrote:

yeah they each do the post-rock thing but they also each have a pretty different sound

Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 11:36 am

there's a lot of post-rock bands that don't do the loud/soft thing