Beatless Wonders

Message Bookmarked

Bookmark Removed

tracks that do not utilise percussion of any sort tho they may or may not keep some sort of time without the use of rhythmic drums:

Human 'Winter'
most Boards Of Canada 'interludes'
Cassius 'Protection'
Ben & Jason 'Air Guitar'
Vincent Gallo 'When'
Underworld 'Skym'
Doves 'M62 Song'
The Orb 'O.O.B.E.'
UNKLE 'Chaos'
Chemical Brothers 'Asleep From Day' and 'Dream On'
Spiritualized 'Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space'
Mercury Rev 'Holes' and numerous songs from their albums

loads of acoustic rock and abstract electronica obviously - in fact maybe best not post anything from before 1975 because there'd be such an abundance and they'd all overshadow a lot of the aforementioned tracks (Dylan etc.), so more recent stuff i guess - anyone have more obvious pop examples?

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 11:48 (twenty-three years ago)

forget that Ben & Jason one, i totally forgot about the drums, puh

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 11:48 (twenty-three years ago)

i'm thinking of one (or more) of their other ones no doubt

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 11:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Does Pole count? I'm not sure whether those crackles and chirps could be called "beats".

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 11:55 (twenty-three years ago)

yeh i'd say they count

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 11:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Spiritualized 'Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space'

this has some percussion as well, i really should listen to these songs sometime!

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 11:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Sabres Of Paradise 'Smokebelch (beatless mix)' - as used on that old Orange phones ad

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie & Clyde...just an occasional closing hi-hat sound carries the song along.

― Jez (Jez), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:24 (twenty-three years ago)

good one Jez

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:29 (twenty-three years ago)

"All is Full of Love"!

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 15:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Not exactly a "more obvious pop example", but Buckethead's recent Electric Tears album has no drums or rhythmic instruments on it whatsoever. Tis really a quite gorgeous album.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 16:03 (twenty-three years ago)

bjork - all is full of love (the original album version)

― j0e (j0e), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 16:09 (twenty-three years ago)

Lots, lots (but not all) of Cat Power. I think The Covers Album may be completely percussion-less. There's plenty of acoustic acts that mostly eschew drums (Kings of Convenience, Iron & Wine) -- but I've been surprised at how popular Cat Power has become with that sparse sound.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 17:05 (twenty-three years ago)

You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.