I thought this genre deserved its own thread, and its dedicated to all of those bands out there that are entirely (or at least mostly) completely lacking vocals, and focus just on the music. Be it techno, electro, ambient (my personal favorite), strings, drum and bass, or yes, for F3lix, even orchestra. Here are some of my favorite primarily instrumental bands of all time; At the very least its going to be impossible for you fuckers to call the shit emo.
Also, while we're at it, feel free to post specific songs from artists who
aren't primarily instrumental. I find that lots of times on albums I download, my favorite songs are those where there is no singing. Some bands can just really fuck things up with singing.
The Album Leaf - The Album Leaf is a band comprised mostly of Jimmy LaValle who hails from San Diego. Really,
really good chill out music. Very calming, and just nice. Very well done here.
Explosions in the Sky - Most of you are probably familiar with this one. Strings and Percussion. Very mellow.
Caspian - Another string/percussion, a little harder than EitS though.
Mono - This is a band that I found out entirely from
Pliedes in the Download of the Day thread. I've been trying to download their discography, unsuccessfully, but they are awesome. Props to Pliedes for this one, I'm hoping he has more to contribute to this thread.
Lunar - I really don't know how to classify Lunar. They list themselves as "Intelligent Dance Music" on myspace -- I found out about it through Stumbleupon, and they really only have one album "Wall of Sound", but its pretty awesome stuff. Very 'pump-you-up' kind of music, good for exercising, escape scenes, or beating the shit out of large amounts of people simultaneously like in the motion pictures. Has some very cool beats in the songs. I highly suggest at least checking them out.
RATATAT - One of my favorite instrumental bands of all time. Most of you might be familiar with them as well, but just...just awesome shit. If you click on any one of these links, it should be this one.
Those are a few to get started. Enjoy, bitches.