instrumental bands

Thanks for your suggestions guys, I will try them out.

If you have any more suggestions please post them!

I forgot to mention Krautrock ,in other words the german rock wave that was so popular in the 70's with groups such as:

Kraftwerk: the pionners in techno music.
Neu.
Faust.
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Some few parts are sung but overall the music is really essential.

And if you like ambient music I recommend the guy that started it all : Brian Eno.

Another good source of instrumental music can be soundtracks, from movies and television shows in particular. I don't recall the artist's name, but the Twin Peaks soundtrack got a lot of play when the show was out and still gets fairly regular rotation in my CD player.

And a lot of my younger students like things like the themes from The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Mission: Impossible, The Pink Panther and other shows or movies

Peace

Another good source of instrumental music can be soundtracks, from movies and television shows in particular. I don't recall the artist's name, but the Twin Peaks soundtrack got a lot of play when the show was out and still gets fairly regular rotation in my CD player.

And a lot of my younger students like things like the themes from The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Mission: Impossible, The Pink Panther and other shows or movies

Peace

Angelo Badalamenti scored Twin Peaks and most of David Lynch's movies. If you like him, you'd probably like Nino Rota, who scored most of Fellini's movies.

I'd second Tangerine Dream, and add Blue Man Group, Yeah those guys from the Intel commercials I have two of their albums and they kick it!!

Another good source of instrumental music can be soundtracks, from movies and television shows in particular. I don't recall the artist's name, but the Twin Peaks soundtrack got a lot of play when the show was out and still gets fairly regular rotation in my CD player.

Good point!! in this department I would suggest John Barry music, specially the James Bonds soundtracks of the 60's...cool stuff !

...and last but no least, the one and only Ennio Morriconne.

Here are a few I like

Acoustic Alchemy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKtHp8apkQA

Link Wray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pl_uTCM93M

Roy Buchanan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqRnaSRyELA&mode=related&search=

I'd highly recommend "Explosions in the Sky" and if you're interested in "instru-metal" I would superiorly recommend "Red Sparowes" and "Pelican".

Acoustic Alchemy is great others are
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Anything by Wes Montgomery
Miles Davis Sketches of Spain
Solo Para Ti by Ottmar Liebert
Djangology

Hmm, Joe Satriani anybody? The guy's a one man band!

i have an ipod full of tangerine dream and mike oldfield... it is background music for me while at work

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