vocal-less

I do sometimes use loops with vocals, often because there are no good vocal-less loops to be had.

Mike Ragogna: Chatting With Stanley Jordan, Plus Lindsay Buckingham's ...Small Machine, "Pray For Sleep" With The Box Story, and Seven From Stevie Mike Ragogna 2011

I do sometimes use loops with vocals, often because there are no good vocal-less loops to be had.

Mike Ragogna: Chatting With Stanley Jordan, Plus Lindsay Buckingham's ...Small Machine, "Pray For Sleep" With The Box Story, and Seven From Stevie Mike Ragogna 2011

There was a scuffle recently when an vocal-less version of the song showed up in an ad for Coca-Cola and spread like wildfire across the internet.

Alicia Keys and Jack White's Bond Song - Another Way To Die « FirstShowing.net 2008

Using two turntables, he switched between the original mix and the vocal-less version, giving the master of ceremonies a lot more room to maneuver on the microphone and giving the crowd the space to sing along between verses, sending the whole dance crazy in the process.

The Pirate’s Dilemma Matt Mason 2008

On Perfectly Ordinary Recorded Noise, that results in slowly accruing, vocal-less pop songs built from rival currents of gadgety sound, not the clicks and whirs of microsonics, but the more substantial beats of trip-hop, as well as emotive skronks that suggest a tentative saxophone, and little bits of vocals that, while only occasionally intelligible, are ever-present.

Disquiet » Electric Body Music MP3 EP 2005

Of the four vocal-less tracks on Dust, this is the only one that is remotely unsatisfying, and then only because the guitar melody demands a vocal that never arrives.

Disquiet » Hip-Hop Producer Hides Electronica Album 2003

The statement suits a group whose vocal-less music seems built from steam tunnel ambiance, scraps of circuit board, and the whir of efficient machines.

Disquiet » More Songs About Buildings 1997

Mogwai is the first vocal-less rock group to maintain a devoted following since the mid-70s, when punk established the all-instrumental format as less of a rarity.

The Seattle Times 2011

Playing cuts from the entire length of their career, the instrumental threesome rage through some classics including a flawless (and vocal-less) version of 'Patty Hearst's Closet Mantra'.

The Music Fix 2010

Playing cuts from the entire length of their career, the instrumental threesome rage through some classics including a flawless (and vocal-less) version of 'Patty Hearst's Closet Mantra'.

The Music Fix 2010