Instrumental music to study to

Lainabaina

Am looking for a replacement for my trusted study music, Explosions in the Sky. I usually can't listen to songs and read at once without getting distracted but things without lyrics work really well. I think I've worn out all thei EITS albums and I like Mogwai and Sigur Ros in the same vein but Mogwai are a bit moody and I'd rather something totally without lyrics, even if Sigur Ros' ones dont make sense enough to distract me from reading other words

Anyone got any suggestions?

PaulieC

Lainabaina wrote: »

Am looking for a replacement for my trusted study music, Explosions in the Sky. I usually can't listen to songs and read at once without getting distracted but things without lyrics work really well. I think I've worn out all thei EITS albums and I like Mogwai and Sigur Ros in the same vein but Mogwai are a bit moody and I'd rather something totally without lyrics, even if Sigur Ros' ones dont make sense enough to distract me from reading other words

Anyone got any suggestions?

God is an Astronaut ?

X-Calibre

Four Tet. Will inspire you to a new level of study

http://www.myspace.com/fourtetkieranhebden

duckmusic

Try super extra bonus party

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tztCv1_6rk

be warned though, a lot of their stuff wouldnt be the best study music !:p

ClayDavis

I've always like The Jimmy Cake.

lordgoat

Chopin.
Yann Tiersen.

Twee.

The Hours movie soundtrack by Philip Glass. Listen to some clips here
http://www.last.fm/music/Philip+Glass/The+Hours
and here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4NJjWmDlkM&feature=related

conti

Yndi Halda
Saxon Shore
Ulrich Schnauss
Set Fire To Flames
Godspeed You! Black Emperor

JLemmon

The Brian Eno Ambient Albums, i.e.
Airports, On Land.
Philip Jeck - Sand.

Lainabaina

Thanks for the replies everyone. I'd forgotten i have some Yann Tiersen, isn't he the Amelie soundtrack guy?

Not sure if I'll be inspired to new levels but I'll def give Four Tet a go on that promise! Makin a list and hitting the torrents

whodoo

metal machine music by lou reed

the hero game

for something quieter, all acoustic instrumentals, check out "turnstyles & junkpiles" by pullman if you can.. the amiina album "kurr" would be ideal too especially since you are into sigur rós..

Creamy Goodness

travesty that don cab haven't been mentioned yet until now.

Don Caballero

Madou

Have to second the Eno suggestion, especially Apollo

Fringe

Yeah definitely Don Cab. Battles is also good.

sock puppet

Rachel's are good too. Though if you start going through the back catalogues of all these bands you're not going to have much time to study.

flyswatter

Try some Lemon Jelly, Zero 7, Air and Bonobo. All mostly instrumental.

Rigsby

How about trying a little jazz ? Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" album would fit the bill perfectly IMO

raindog.promo

conti wrote: »

Set Fire To Flames
Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Jesus, What sort of madness are you studying?

Creamy Goodness

ohh i misunderstood the question, i thought the OP was looking for music to study, not music to listen to whilst studying.

Scubadevils

Another shout for Eno, especially Apollo and these two along with Harold Budd -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pearl-Harold-Budd-Brian-Eno/dp/B000025JS5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1236109873&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plateaux-Mirror-Ambient-2/dp/B0002PZVHA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1236109902&sr=1-2

There are endless good ambient recommendations, one other that springs to mind as I was just listening to it today is the latest 'Pop Ambient' Compilation - don't mind the Pop bit, it is completely ambient and of the highest quality...

This year's Pop Ambient pulls together quite a lineup - Tim Hecker, Sylvain Chauveau, The Fun Years, Klimek, Mint (aka Wolfgang Voigt!), Marsen Jules and Andrew Thomas to name just some of the 12 artists featured. Bringing the compilation to a predictably lovely start is Klimek, whose 'True Enemies & False Friends (Yesteryears Suite)' stitches together orchestral loops in a grandiose fashion reminiscent of Ekkehard Ehlers' epic 'Plays John Cassavetes'. Approaching classical instrumentation without the digital scalpel, Sylvain Chauveau arrives, slotting in beautifully among the likes of Mint, aka Wolfgang Voigt's broodingly atmospheric 'Hindemith' and Marsen Jules' Neil Young-referencing 'It's Only Castles Burning' which is another absolute treasure from this always absorbing artist. The Tim Hecker contribution inevitably turns out to be a highlight, setting off with what sounds like a piano recital caught in a typhoon and evolving into vast, distorted clouds of melodic noise, but the likes of Andrew Thomas, supplying the more purely electronic outings don't disappoint, and 'A Dream Of A Spider' might just be the most immersive thing here. The finest instalment in a while and another beautiful addition to what is already a fine, shimmering series. Highly recommended.
http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=160155

ball ox

Try The Penguin Café Orchestra or Chopins Stutgart Diaries

Lainabaina

Raindog and sock puppet, ive spent so much time looking up all these bands that I'm getting nothing done!

Some great finds though, I got the eno albums and some super extra bonus party, as well as the hours soundtrack, so far. Had a listen to lots of the other things too. I'll be totally chilled out by the end of the day!:D

Rigsby

Lainabaina wrote: »

Raindog and sock puppet, ive spent so much time looking up all these bands that I'm getting nothing done!

Some great finds though, I got the eno albums and some super extra bonus party, as well as the hours soundtrack, so far. Had a listen to lots of the other things too. I'll be totally chilled out by the end of the day!:D

Just out of curiosity ! I would have thought that any type of music would be a distraction when studying.

davylee

Rigsby wrote: »

Just out of curiosity ! I would have thought that any type of music would be a distraction when studying.

"they" say if your studying to music you may need the same music played to reproduce what you've learned.
reproduction by association

Rigsby

davylee wrote: »

"they" say if your studying to music you may need the same music played to reproduce what you've learned.
reproduction by association

Ok ! I hear ya !

It still puzzels me though, if someone likes heavy metal, how they can hear themselves think, let alone reproduce what they've learned. How ever "they" could be right.

Lainabaina

Rigsby wrote: »

Just out of curiosity ! I would have thought that any type of music would be a distraction when studying.

For me, its just to drown out chatter in the library, peoples accounts of the club last night or fights they had with their fellas or what they're doing later, or even my housemates' rubbish music through the walls!

If I can have something without words in the background, I sort of tune it out and hardly pay attention to it, and that kind of regular noise is much better than someone else's voice every now and then, I find

Rigsby

Lainabaina wrote: »

For me, its just to drown out chatter in the library, peoples accounts of the club last night or fights they had with their fellas or what they're doing later, or even my housemates' rubbish music through the walls!

If I can have something without words in the background, I sort of tune it out and hardly pay attention to it, and that kind of regular noise is much better than someone else's voice every now and then, I find

Ok. I see what you mean.

Demeyes

If you're going for some heavier stuff, you could try the following

Pelican
Cult of Luna
Callisto
Rosetta

A lot of these bands dont have lyrics or else they have long parts without. It's very similar to the likes of Mogwai but with some heavier moments and buildups. I'd recommend a listen anyway.

Kid V

Boards Of Canada
Some DJ Shadow tracks
Air
LCD Soundsystem's '45.33' (Its mostly instrumental)