Keyword artist , or band/group name. I'm not looking for a genre, I want to search artists. Tell me about someone you like listening to.

Would appreciate if it's Not symphonic/orchestral movie/videogame OST. I know there is a lot of really good music in this category but I'm trying to avoid recommendations like Hans Zimmerman or Jeremy Soule or Enya etc., since they are either really well known or fall into the orchestral and/or "epic music score" I'm not looking for.

It's OK if some tracks have vocals or even some lyrics/voice samples but I prefer to keep them at a minimum.

Any suggestions? TIA

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  • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Post rock post rock post rock post rock

    Explosions in the Sky

    Mogwai

    Sigur Ros

    The Album Leaf

    This Will Destroy You

    try these on for size and see if the genre takes you like it took me. I tried to include some stuff that is more traditional rock in form and instrumentation and some that is a bit more experimental in that regard.

    • Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      God is an astronaut

      If these trees could talk

      Maybeshewill

      Collapse under the empire

      Long distance calling

      Russian circles

      • Mothra@mander.xyz
        hexagon
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        1 year ago

        Damn I am digging these ones! The only I don't from this list is Maybeshewill. I think I liked Long Distance Calling and God is an Astronaut the most. Thanks for the suggestions :)

        • Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de
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          1 year ago

          GiaA are fantastic live. If you ever get a chance to listen to them, don't hesitate. My favourite concert experience ever

    • Mothra@mander.xyz
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      Hello! Thanks for the recommendations. These are nice and I've seen others suggesting them as well. I appreciate the diversity in style too.

      Out of these, Explosions in The Sky has made it to my playlist. I can't say I dislike the others but they also don't hook me when I listen. Not my vibe I guess?

      So far out of the recommended postrock over this thread I've really liked Plini. I still got a lot of recommendations to check out though...

      • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Wild, I would've expected Mogwai to hit a little closer because they have a bit more of a radio friendly structure and you said you wantwd to keep away from more orchestral stuff.

        Still, glad you dig it and thanks for creating a great thread. This is the first lemmy thread I saved

  • MtDewaholic@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I enjoy listening to The HU. They are a Mongolian Metal/rock band. Most of their songs have lyrics, but it’s all in Mongolian so I just treat the vocals as another instrument and it may as well be instrumental to me.

  • Silentletter@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Apocalyptica. Metal on the cello. They sometimes have s guest vocalist. I like their self-titled album.

    Phamie Gow. Pianist and harpist. Maybe too orchestral. I turn to the Beyond the Milky Way album oftenwhen working out studying.

    Mary Lattimore. Experimental harpist. I've been enjoying her latest album, West Kensington, with guitarist Paul Sukeena.

    Kelly Moran. Experimental pianist Can't recommend her album Ultraviolet enough.

    Burial. For some chilled, glitchy dubstep.

    The Comet is Coming. For some psych jazz.

    Moderat. For some house electronica.

    Uboa. For some droney, noisy, doomy metal.

    George Clanton. For some synthpop vapourwave. His latest album is great.

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      1 year ago

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    • milkisklim@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      If you like Apocolyptica, may I suggest checking out Judgement Day? It's another string metal group.

  • Guthix@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    Polyphia is great as was already suggested. If you want to go heavier, try Animals as Leaders. If you want to go jazzier, try Snarky Puppy.

  • radix@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I listen to Ghost Data and Porter Robinson lots. Both are electronic music, but I like them more than Zedd or Madeon because they sound more unique.

    Ghost Data's chord progressions are unique but repetitive (I don't know many other artists that have a chord progression or vocal idea like that of "Queen of Knives", so it's unique, but the main chord progression of "Queen of Knives" doesn't change all that much throughout the song, so it's repetitive). I like that there's sonic variety while exploring singular ideas fully, like how the main melody of "Thy Flesh Undone" repeats through different instrumentations.

    Porter Robinson stuff is pretty great because it sounds more emotional than most EDM I hear. It can sometimes have words, sometimes not. The Worlds album is more of an ambient and emotional/inspiring twist on EDM; specifically I'm thinking of "Goodbye to a World" and "Lionhearted" as uniquely happy songs.

    I give an honorary mention to "Antirrhinum" by MALO because its rhythms are pretty cool and confused me a lot at first. It was entertaining trying to figure them out.

  • Robaque@feddit.it
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    1 year ago

    In no particular order:

    Ryuichi Sakamoto (particularly Async, and his albums with Alva Noto)

    Aphex Twin

    Apparat (though he does also feat singers on some albums)

    Four Tet

    Squarepusher

    Ørdrop Wolkenscheidt

    MGMT

    Sevish

    Matt Elliott (very few sung bits)

    Paco de Lucía

    Guilhem Desq

    Jordi Savall

    Ledetraad

    Bremer & McCoy

    Athletic Progression

    Psykovsky

    Godspeed You! Black Emperor

    Kettel

    Secede

    R mccarthy

    Sungazer

    999999999

    Susumu Yokota

    Caravan Palace

    These do fall into the vg category but it's more edm / retro than "epic orchestral":

    Scattle

    Chris Christodoulou

    Toby Fox

    The Toxic Avenger

    Jake Kaufman

    • Mothra@mander.xyz
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      Haha great questions. My main objective was to avoid getting classical music recommended, which is not what I'm looking for (although I like a lot of it too).

      I like some Deadmau5, though I'm not a great fan. I do love EDM, Eric Prydz is probably my favourite artist in that very large umbrella of music, and I follow Defected Records if that tells you anything. I tend to prefer house over other subgenres and dubstep is probably my least liked subgenre. If you got any other suggestions, go ahead!

    • Mothra@mander.xyz
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      That's why I like electronica the most

      I'm liking this btw. I never heard of this artist before, there are some good tracks but the Animated Violence Mild album is going from start to finish into my playlist. Cheers

    • Mothra@mander.xyz
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      No, I haven't. Definitely some good tracks there and a lot of diversity even if many do have lyrics. Thanks for the suggestion