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Today in niche requests: Does anyone have pointers to streaming electronic music (ideally trance / progressive trance, upbeat synthwave[0], or house) that has

Today in niche requests: Does anyone have pointers to streaming electronic music (ideally trance / progressive trance, upbeat synthwave[0], or house) that has absolutely no vocals? I listened to a lot of no-vocal electronica back in the 80s but I can't find anywhere to stream it now, even just as a long playlist on Apple Music or Spotify, without a vocal track being dropped in. Vocals are fine but I like non-vocal/just-electronics tracks upbeat music as ambient or to listen to while zoning out. I emailed SomaFM and di.fm to ask and they have one stream apiece that mostly fits the bill but maybe there are others out there? 0 - Upbeat because I know about "lofi beats to study by" and that's a bit too slow for what I'm after. :)

whompyjaw 3y ago
I would love this same exact thing. I have not found any source that doesn't have vocals. I produce on the side as a hobby and one of my goal albums is to create something like this. 1-2hrs of a mix style album that is upbeat with no vocals. The only thing that comes close are finding specific artist's that don't use vocals much in their mixes. Cercle has a lot of great mixes that come close. Sebastian Leger's mix might be one of those. But some parts of the mix are a little distracting.
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meisel 3y ago
Just search for “instrumental trance mix” on YouTube
- acchow 3y ago
  This is will get you very generic music. You'll need curators (DJs) to do the work to dig deeper for you.
m5g 3y ago
Try https://www.di.fm/ https://www.di.fm/ , they have a ton of different genres that stream 24/7. However, I'm not sure if you have to pay nowadays to access all the channels.
- rzzzt 3y ago
  Every day only a subset of them are unlocked for listening; you can also listen to the most recent episode of each recurring show. The Shoutcast-y playlists accessible by external players became pay-only quite a long while ago.
pehtis 3y ago
Try Digitally Imported (https://www.di.fm https://www.di.fm) Streaming since 1999!
snarfy 3y ago
I listen to a lot of rekt.network. Occasionally there will be a vocal, but not many. Depends on the station. https://rekt.network https://rekt.network
browningstreet 3y ago
I use a lot of licensed music from the usual suspects (Epidemic Sound, etc) for Youtube videos and you can filter by vocals/no-vocals. I've created my own playlists for personal listening off those services for this exact purpose. Wish I had a better suggestion/lead.
sctb 3y ago
Do you like techno? I find that—with the exception of certain subgenres—a stalwart chunk of techno has resisted the trend towards incorporating vocals.
bane 3y ago
Side idea: wouldn't it be great if somebody made a "vocal remover" for streams that have them?
- layer8 3y ago
  The fact that this is still a difficult problem makes me think we haven’t progressed that far yet with ML and AI.
  - Cthulhu_ 3y ago
    I don't believe it's a difficult problem - no need for ML/AI since removing vocals was / has been done decades ago already, see karaoke - it's just that nobody's bothered to build it. Plus, adapting a song like that has legal implications; iirc you can't just release a karaoke version of a song for example.
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cgrs 3y ago
I'm struggling to find some examples of contemporary electronic music around that genre, but I'd recommend listening to some of the tracks from This Never Happened [0] label. Lane 8, Le Youth, Massane, Jerro and a lot more have pretty nice and energetic tracks, some without vocals. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/@Lane8 https://www.youtube.com/@Lane8
asrael_io 3y ago
Does anyone know if Thinner's releases are archived somewhere? Here's some of their stuff (it was a netlabel from awhile ago that released free music): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygXNgC94ZUk&list=PLE77D1EF33D6FA004&index=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygXNgC94ZUk&list=PLE77D1EF33... There's also Deep Mix Moscow Radio (probably more around soundcloud etc): https://archive.org/details/DeepMixMoscowRadioJuly1120160729/Deep+Mix+Moscow+Radio_July_01_2016_20_32.mp3 https://archive.org/details/DeepMixMoscowRadioJuly1120160729...
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isoprophlex 3y ago
Maybe you will like Solar Field - Random Friday Not sure if it's exactly what you need tho, in terms of genre One of my absolute favorite albums to drive, code or run to.
- noSyncCloud 3y ago
  Great rec. Also Solar Fields - Earthshine is a tremendous album as well. I really like my beats and grimy basslines when I'm in the mood for that.
bob1029 3y ago
Append "Instrumental" to your search results and look for non Spotify playlists (i.e. community tended). I feel like every time I pick a "recommended" playlist that swears it is non-vocal, I wind up hearing some horrific voice samples ~30 minutes later. My go-to deep work music when I don't have time to think is "techno bunker" with random playback. Some genres do not lend themselves to vocals very well and I hide inside of these as appropriate. My other strategy with vocals is to listen to music in other languages, preferably stuff like German or Korean (you might even catch me listening to kpop while coding). Most romantic languages I can decipher enough to get distracted.
Given_47 3y ago
Prog house not trance, but Hernan Cattaneo’s Balance Presents Sudbeat Continuous Mix 2 [0] is my absolute go-to as a complement for focusing/thinking etc. Not his overall best work, but for my criteria for focus music it’s amazing (butter smooth transitions, no vocals, continuity throughout mix, ~120 bpm). [0]: https://open.spotify.com/track/1t7EJCFDDcJKBF129PvJan https://open.spotify.com/track/1t7EJCFDDcJKBF129PvJan
tern 3y ago
Youtube <genre-you-like + "mix">, Soundcloud mixes from labels you like, https://www.nts.live/ https://www.nts.live/ https://www.youtube.com/@hoer.berlin https://www.youtube.com/@hoer.berlin https://soundcloud.com/vitamin1000 https://soundcloud.com/vitamin1000 https://soundcloud.com/tank-magazine https://soundcloud.com/tank-magazine https://soundcloud.com/resident-advisor https://soundcloud.com/resident-advisor
acchow 3y ago
> Does anyone have pointers to streaming electronic music (ideally trance / progressive trance, upbeat synthwave[0], or house) that has absolutely no vocals? Gai Barone has hundreds of episodes of Patterns, most of it has no vocals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GPSqPjktuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GPSqPjktuo Same with John 00 Fleming (there is J00F sessions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1ye34nerFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1ye34nerFw and his monthly show J00F Radio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15QotV3QZvk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15QotV3QZvk , tho most of the episodes are on SoundCloud or any Podcast app). Vocals are pretty uncommon here too. I'd start there and when you find a track you like, go to the tracklisting to find the music label, then check out more of their releases.
matt_j 3y ago
Plugging my own mix 'cause I think it fits what you're describing pretty well. 3hrs of deep progressive and psychedelic trance. I've been collecting and playing records for a long time, I love old Sasha & Digweed style prog - especially the deeper cuts - and the reasonable (!) end of the psychedelic spectrum with the uncompromising groove. https://soundcloud.com/mattjarvisdjs/strange-loop https://soundcloud.com/mattjarvisdjs/strange-loop
wbxp99 3y ago
https://www.tm-radio.com/ https://www.tm-radio.com/ (but there are voices during the show transitions)
Zecc 3y ago
> upbeat synthwave I've recently discovered FM-84. Eg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5AuJF9v2Lw&list=OLAK5uy_lra8-mwygKvyjb6sq37hUj_Qve6mzhou4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5AuJF9v2Lw&list=OLAK5uy_lra... Edit: some of their songs do have lyrics though.

whompyjaw 3y ago

I would love this same exact thing. I have not found any source that doesn't have vocals. I produce on the side as a hobby and one of my goal albums is to create something like this. 1-2hrs of a mix style album that is upbeat with no vocals. The only thing that comes close are finding specific artist's that don't use vocals much in their mixes. Cercle has a lot of great mixes that come close. Sebastian Leger's mix might be one of those. But some parts of the mix are a little distracting.

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meisel 3y ago

Just search for “instrumental trance mix” on YouTube

acchow 3y ago
This is will get you very generic music. You'll need curators (DJs) to do the work to dig deeper for you.

m5g 3y ago

Try https://www.di.fm/ https://www.di.fm/ , they have a ton of different genres that stream 24/7. However, I'm not sure if you have to pay nowadays to access all the channels.

rzzzt 3y ago
Every day only a subset of them are unlocked for listening; you can also listen to the most recent episode of each recurring show. The Shoutcast-y playlists accessible by external players became pay-only quite a long while ago.

pehtis 3y ago

Try Digitally Imported (https://www.di.fm https://www.di.fm) Streaming since 1999!

snarfy 3y ago

I listen to a lot of rekt.network. Occasionally there will be a vocal, but not many. Depends on the station. https://rekt.network https://rekt.network

browningstreet 3y ago

I use a lot of licensed music from the usual suspects (Epidemic Sound, etc) for Youtube videos and you can filter by vocals/no-vocals. I've created my own playlists for personal listening off those services for this exact purpose. Wish I had a better suggestion/lead.

sctb 3y ago

Do you like techno? I find that—with the exception of certain subgenres—a stalwart chunk of techno has resisted the trend towards incorporating vocals.

bane 3y ago

Side idea: wouldn't it be great if somebody made a "vocal remover" for streams that have them?

layer8 3y ago
The fact that this is still a difficult problem makes me think we haven’t progressed that far yet with ML and AI.
- Cthulhu_ 3y ago
  I don't believe it's a difficult problem - no need for ML/AI since removing vocals was / has been done decades ago already, see karaoke - it's just that nobody's bothered to build it. Plus, adapting a song like that has legal implications; iirc you can't just release a karaoke version of a song for example.

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cgrs 3y ago

I'm struggling to find some examples of contemporary electronic music around that genre, but I'd recommend listening to some of the tracks from This Never Happened [0] label. Lane 8, Le Youth, Massane, Jerro and a lot more have pretty nice and energetic tracks, some without vocals. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/@Lane8 https://www.youtube.com/@Lane8

asrael_io 3y ago

Does anyone know if Thinner's releases are archived somewhere? Here's some of their stuff (it was a netlabel from awhile ago that released free music): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygXNgC94ZUk&list=PLE77D1EF33D6FA004&index=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygXNgC94ZUk&list=PLE77D1EF33... There's also Deep Mix Moscow Radio (probably more around soundcloud etc): https://archive.org/details/DeepMixMoscowRadioJuly1120160729/Deep+Mix+Moscow+Radio_July_01_2016_20_32.mp3 https://archive.org/details/DeepMixMoscowRadioJuly1120160729...

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isoprophlex 3y ago

Maybe you will like Solar Field - Random Friday Not sure if it's exactly what you need tho, in terms of genre One of my absolute favorite albums to drive, code or run to.

noSyncCloud 3y ago
Great rec. Also Solar Fields - Earthshine is a tremendous album as well. I really like my beats and grimy basslines when I'm in the mood for that.

bob1029 3y ago

Append "Instrumental" to your search results and look for non Spotify playlists (i.e. community tended). I feel like every time I pick a "recommended" playlist that swears it is non-vocal, I wind up hearing some horrific voice samples ~30 minutes later. My go-to deep work music when I don't have time to think is "techno bunker" with random playback. Some genres do not lend themselves to vocals very well and I hide inside of these as appropriate. My other strategy with vocals is to listen to music in other languages, preferably stuff like German or Korean (you might even catch me listening to kpop while coding). Most romantic languages I can decipher enough to get distracted.

Given_47 3y ago

Prog house not trance, but Hernan Cattaneo’s Balance Presents Sudbeat Continuous Mix 2 [0] is my absolute go-to as a complement for focusing/thinking etc. Not his overall best work, but for my criteria for focus music it’s amazing (butter smooth transitions, no vocals, continuity throughout mix, ~120 bpm). [0]: https://open.spotify.com/track/1t7EJCFDDcJKBF129PvJan https://open.spotify.com/track/1t7EJCFDDcJKBF129PvJan

tern 3y ago

Youtube <genre-you-like + "mix">, Soundcloud mixes from labels you like, https://www.nts.live/ https://www.nts.live/ https://www.youtube.com/@hoer.berlin https://www.youtube.com/@hoer.berlin https://soundcloud.com/vitamin1000 https://soundcloud.com/vitamin1000 https://soundcloud.com/tank-magazine https://soundcloud.com/tank-magazine https://soundcloud.com/resident-advisor https://soundcloud.com/resident-advisor

acchow 3y ago

> Does anyone have pointers to streaming electronic music (ideally trance / progressive trance, upbeat synthwave[0], or house) that has absolutely no vocals? Gai Barone has hundreds of episodes of Patterns, most of it has no vocals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GPSqPjktuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GPSqPjktuo Same with John 00 Fleming (there is J00F sessions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1ye34nerFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1ye34nerFw and his monthly show J00F Radio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15QotV3QZvk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15QotV3QZvk , tho most of the episodes are on SoundCloud or any Podcast app). Vocals are pretty uncommon here too. I'd start there and when you find a track you like, go to the tracklisting to find the music label, then check out more of their releases.

matt_j 3y ago

Plugging my own mix 'cause I think it fits what you're describing pretty well. 3hrs of deep progressive and psychedelic trance. I've been collecting and playing records for a long time, I love old Sasha & Digweed style prog - especially the deeper cuts - and the reasonable (!) end of the psychedelic spectrum with the uncompromising groove. https://soundcloud.com/mattjarvisdjs/strange-loop https://soundcloud.com/mattjarvisdjs/strange-loop

wbxp99 3y ago

https://www.tm-radio.com/ https://www.tm-radio.com/ (but there are voices during the show transitions)

Zecc 3y ago

> upbeat synthwave I've recently discovered FM-84. Eg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5AuJF9v2Lw&list=OLAK5uy_lra8-mwygKvyjb6sq37hUj_Qve6mzhou4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5AuJF9v2Lw&list=OLAK5uy_lra... Edit: some of their songs do have lyrics though.