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I like to listen to synthwave when driving and I can recommend 'Rivera Rivera' and 'Inexdra' as well as 'Cartridge 1987'.
The latter has some great songs that tell a story without any words.
RATATAT has been a favorite of mine for a long time. Love almost every single song of theirs.
If you like proggy stuff I'd definitely check out Arch Echo, they're incredible. If you like acoustic stuff then Rodrigo y Gabriela are also a great listen, and so is Kaki King (though I mostly only know her older stuff)
Listened to these two albums today, both fantastic
https://youtu.be/5w6_D-jrt6s
https://youtu.be/2GhWimO54YE
Opiuo, Ott and Griz are probably my favorites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJj_4ir12-w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cjxNU0S17g
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Check out ENV -- Some of my favorite lyric-less music. There are a couple of playlists on YouTube with their albums. Firefrost is a good song to start with.
Little People
Rival Consoles
Maybe not quite contemporary, but
YYZ by Rush
Slabo Day by Peter Green
If you like solar fields, try Asura (also on ultimae records)! Also, hinkstep is pretty nice but has vocals some of the time.
GoGo Penguin is a jazzy trio from the UK that makes midern jazz that is really engaging. I'm really a progmetalhead, but this band is ficking epic.
Bersarin Quartett is another band that I love. It's is a bit tough to get into, but it's really rewarding if you like slowish dreamy complex music. All song titles are in German, but luckily there's no lyrics.
Khruangbin
If you like guitar, Tom Anello.
If the reason you want something without lyrics is so that you can focus on other stuff, you could consider songs in other languages. There's so much content out there to explore, and you might be able to find stuff in a genre that you already enjoy. I don't find it distracting, and it's fun finding new artists I otherwise would have never tried.
When I want pure instrumental, I usually go "instrumental {{genre}}" and just save the playlists.
HOME, the anthem of speedrunning is by them too.
Carpenter Brut. Though I only really listen to the trilogy from them.
Sure, just Odesza we were young Two feet just felt like playing the guitar and not singing Odesza kusangi Odesza koto Brock Berrigan Making Up (70s inspired music) Hippie Sabotage enlightened energy Hippie Sabotage smoke room Hippie Sabotage drifter
Not everyonea cup of tea, alternative/edm but yes let me know your thoughts
stuff i've been listening to lately:
- andy stott
- gas
- forest swords
- boards of canada
- tortoise
Los Bitchos
Rival Consoles
beastie boys have some really great instrumental tracks in their catalogue
I guess you might like ambient music. It's a huge genre, but since you have start somewhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJFai85mu8M&list=OLAK5uy_kK7tukxLd8mVVTU1LdBAqIuDQIIalolvU (he died 5 days ago btw, may he RIP)
Covet, Chon, Scale the Summit, Caspian, Mouse on the keys, God is an astronaut, Weekend Plans, DJ Williams projekt
vexento
Chapelier Fou, but kinda went into a "symphonic direction" over the years I guess, but maybe you still like the older stuff? My personal favorite.
I like Monster Rally a lot, they use a bunch of old tropical sounding music samples and put beats on it. Very good for relaxing and vibing.
The French 79 has some lyrics but is primarily electronic melodies