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Oct 10 2012

11 Instrumental Albums I Currently Work To

It’s one of my favorite days: music sharing day.

Here are 11 instrumental albums I am currently using to “get things done” (one of them is free if you look hard enough).

At the end of the post, I want to hear yours. Enjoy!

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Question: What are your “getting things done” music choices? I always look forward to this. Let the recommendations fly.

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Written by David Santistevan · Categorized: Music

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  1. Chad says

    October 10, 2012 at 7:45 am

    David, thanks for sharing and turning me on to new music to work and relax to. I’ve created a playlist of all these albums on Spotify. Instrumentals Albums To Work To: http://open.spotify.com/user/chadritchie/playlist/4jXjdQ1USTh0GId1zLYVvC

    • David Santistevan says

      October 10, 2012 at 8:19 am

      Nice! Great idea.

    • Cameron Hunt says

      October 11, 2012 at 7:00 am

      I was just about to do the same thing. Nice work!

  2. Drew Brown says

    October 10, 2012 at 9:24 am

    Hey David: I’m a BIG fan of all of the albums listed above. They are always on steady repeat at home or at the office during creative or even devotional times.

    Check out music by Bonobo (a bit more on the ambient beats side like St. Germain) and Johann Johannsson. Both a bit “newer” to me in the last 4 months. Really great stuff. But Helios still tops them all. πŸ˜‰

    • David Santistevan says

      October 10, 2012 at 11:56 am

      Will do, Drew! Listening now πŸ™‚

  3. Ryan Gordon says

    October 10, 2012 at 3:57 pm

    Any album by This Will Destroy You.

    So good.

    • David Santistevan says

      October 16, 2012 at 7:12 am

      Agreed!

  4. Sean Gasperetti says

    October 10, 2012 at 9:11 pm

    I made a fat playlist for this exact purpose. πŸ™‚

    http://open.spotify.com/user/1218150179/playlist/0EQja7p95GB6DFpy8klRzi

    • David Santistevan says

      October 16, 2012 at 7:12 am

      Fat playlists are awesome.

  5. Starr says

    October 11, 2012 at 6:03 am

    Deepspace is great. You can get some free music from his site – http://deepspacehome.com/index.php?p=discography

    Nest is also superb and atmospheric – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Nest/

    Carl Sagan’s Ghost is also great – http://carlsagansghost.bandcamp.com/

    • David Santistevan says

      October 12, 2012 at 9:41 pm

      Sweet! Thanks for this.

  6. Jonny Shepherd says

    October 11, 2012 at 6:14 am

    Try Port Blue (from Adam Young of Owl City), and not strictly instrumental though some of it is, and still one of my favs Journeys of Life from Kevin Prosch

    • David Santistevan says

      October 16, 2012 at 7:13 am

      Perfect! Thanks Jonny. I wasn’t aware of Port Blue.

  7. Shane Grant says

    October 11, 2012 at 7:58 am

    anything by tycho (http://tychomusic.com/)

    • David Santistevan says

      October 16, 2012 at 7:13 am

      Love this stuff. Thanks.

  8. Starr says

    October 11, 2012 at 10:50 am

    I guess I can suggest the music I make too. πŸ™‚ Although not as ambient as the rest of the music here my songs move around the ambient melodic electronica ./ downtempo / triphop realms.

    My project is called The X-Structure. All the music can be download from here – http://thexstructure.com/

    I hope it inspires you. πŸ™‚

    • David Santistevan says

      October 16, 2012 at 7:13 am

      Awesome. Thanks!

  9. Randy D. Marble says

    October 14, 2012 at 9:39 pm

    Thanks for the list…Just made a Spotify playlist of all these…looking forward to listening to them. I am a high school band director (in addition to worship leader) and some of my students had already told me about Explosions in the Sky.

    • David Santistevan says

      October 16, 2012 at 7:14 am

      Explosions is incredible. My favorite album is “This Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place”

  10. Cliftonb says

    October 16, 2012 at 12:18 am

    Long time reader, first time commenter!

    A huge chunk of my music collection is instrumental, but most recently the albums that have left the biggest impression are:

    Rudresh Mahanthappa – Kinsmen
    Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma
    Karl Hector & The Malcouns – Sahara Swing
    Messiaen – Chronochromie Pour Grand Orchestre
    David Torn – Prezens

    • David Santistevan says

      October 16, 2012 at 7:15 am

      Welcome to the comments! Hope to see you here more often πŸ™‚ These are all new for me. Thanks.

  11. Nick H says

    February 15, 2013 at 4:21 am

    Thanks for the choices of Instrumental Music

    Some albums to listen to when working from my playlist – Enjoy….. bit eclectic in taste but always something i want to listen to!

    A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Mauraders
    Adele – 21
    Augustus Pablo – King Tubby Meets Rock
    Buena Vista Social Club
    Bon Iver – Bon Iver
    Cafe Del Mar – anything from them
    Dido – Life for Rent
    Gnarls Barkely – St Elsewhere
    Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells
    Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
    Moby – Play
    Morcheeba – Big Calm (or anything else from them)
    Mumford & Son – Babel
    Orb – Cydonia
    Orbital – Insides
    Robert Johnson – King of The Delta Blues
    Seal – Seal 2
    Mike Oldfield – Tubular bells
    Vangelis – 1492 Conquest of Paradise

    • David Santistevan says

      February 15, 2013 at 9:06 am

      Nice! Definitely an eclectic mix here.

  12. Ryan Gordon (@itsryangordon) says

    March 14, 2013 at 2:36 pm

    Ok, so, this post by David is a few months old, but it really inspired me. After reading it I decided I needed to piece together a real masterpiece collection of instrumental music. Over the past few months, I’ve spent something like 50 or 60 hours making this playlist and I feel it’s finally time to share it with people.

    The goal wasn’t to have a playlist that was just a great instrumental collaborative, but rather a playlist that took you on a glorious musical journey. I wanted something I could listen to while living my life – everything from working, reading, sleeping, praying, and relaxing with the fam – and not feel like it was obtrusive or distracting.

    If you’re a fan of instrumental music, then this 28-hour playlist will take your listening experience to a whole new level. Set your Spotify playback to a 12 second crossfade, and listen as each song blends perfectly and seamlessly into the next, by both key and feel. You can literally start on any song in the playlist and let the music do its work. (Often times I’ll go through 5 or 6 tracks without even noticing!)

    Give it a listen, and of course, if you have feedback (or new artists I should add to it when the time comes), feel free to let me know.

    Enjoy πŸ™‚

    http://open.spotify.com/user/1236448834/playlist/70MpukdmiaOB8pbo5iqJcv

    • David Santistevan says

      March 15, 2013 at 9:41 am

      Bro! I need an rdio playlist!

      • Ryan Gordon (@itsryangordon) says

        March 15, 2013 at 9:52 am

        Sorry dude, the UI change last summer did me in and I migrated to Spotify. Plus Rdio doesn’t have a crossfade option πŸ™

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  15. debbe says

    January 30, 2015 at 3:57 pm

    http://digitalk7.com/mus/World/Celtic/Lifescapes%E2%88%B6%20Celtic%20River/

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  16. Jake says

    April 9, 2015 at 3:10 pm

    Most anything by Two Steps from Hell

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