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I saw you said you like some electronic music, so I'll throw in Prefuse 73 (or really, any of Scott Heren's pseudonyms) and Infected Mushroom. Prefuse 73 has some voice samples but is largely electronic/trip-hop, while Infected Mushroom has a decent split between songs with lyrics and songs without, so I recommend just grabbing an album and picking out what works for you.

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.

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.

Check out DJ Ugly Katz!

Disclaimer: That's one of my own projects...

Infected Mushroom

Zircon

Eskimo

Maybe not quite contemporary, but

YYZ by Rush

Slabo Day by Peter Green

Listened to these two albums today, both fantastic
https://youtu.be/5w6_D-jrt6s
https://youtu.be/2GhWimO54YE

Rival Consoles

Khruangbin

Polyphia is a pretty incredible instrumental band.

https://youtu.be/9_gkpYORQLU?si=eiTMnGJSydj5TKQc

Lustre

Little People
Rival Consoles

Opiuo, Ott and Griz are probably my favorites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJj_4ir12-w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cjxNU0S17g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMGWXAitaK8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6pJs5wPfcw

If you like solar fields, try Asura (also on ultimae records)! Also, hinkstep is pretty nice but has vocals some of the time.

HOME, the anthem of speedrunning is by them too.

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

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)

Ever check out some jam bands? They all have vocals but stretch the music out in interesting ways.

moe, Umphrey’s McGee, Aqueous, Phish, etc

Onward & Upward (22:48) • Umphrey's McGee • 2017-07-23 • CEFCU Center Stage at The Landing, Peoria, Illinois https://relisten.net/umphreys/2017/07/23/onward-upward?source=67144

plini, an addition to all the rock/metal listed

beastie boys have some really great instrumental tracks in their catalogue

Little People

Carpenter Brut. Though I only really listen to the trilogy from them.

stuff i've been listening to lately:

• andy stott
• gas
• forest swords
• boards of canada
• tortoise

If you like guitar, Tom Anello.

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.

Daliborovo Granje (Epic Croate Psychedelia)

Tommy Guerrero

Estas Tonne

Covet, Chon, Scale the Summit, Caspian, Mouse on the keys, God is an astronaut, Weekend Plans, DJ Williams projekt

Meute is a "techno marching band" - they mostly do covers/reworkings but they have some original works too. My fave tracks atm:

• holy harbour
• you & me
• infinite
• endling

Peter Gundry, Adrian von Ziegler

I like listening to foreign language music when I don't want to be distracted by vocals.

The French 79 has some lyrics but is primarily electronic melodies

Zoe Keating https://music.zoekeating.com/album/into-the-trees

DJ Krush for some instrumental hip hop/trip hop.

When I'm working, I listen to Lydian Collective and Tennyson (some of his tracks don't have vocals). You might enjoy them as well!