Top 10 favorite prog albums without drums

[Zeuhlmate]

Paolo Tofani - Indicazzioni (guitarist from Area)
http://www.discogs.com/Paolo-Tofani-...elease/1476767

[bob_32_116]

There are probably many synth or mostly synth albums that don't have drums, not even synthesised drums. A bigger challenge might be to name albumsthat feature conventional instruments, except with no drums.

In many cases I hardly notice the drumming unless my attention is drawn to it, which I think is as it should be. that's not to say I am dismissive of drums or drummers, just that in most cases the drumming provides the background, or the atmosphere - a bit like the canvas employed by a painter, or camera techniques used by a movie director. they are esential to the work, but ideally they should hardly be noticed.

[3LockBox]

notta - zero

[bigbassdrum]

Synergy (Larry Fast) - Electronic Realizations, Sequencer

[Dusty Chalk]

There are probably many synth or mostly synth albums that don't have drums, not even synthesised drums. A bigger challenge might be to name albumsthat feature conventional instruments, except with no drums.

Yeah, I can think of songs, but not albums.

[Servo]

[Yaman Aksu]

Limiting it to one album per artist. Something like this:
(not in order)

daniel kane - on the street where you live
al di meola - cielo e terra
fripp, eno - equatorial stars
vangelis - soil festivities (pending on re-listening some of his other albums)
do'a - light upon light
enya - the celts (pending on re-listening her "watermark" and "shepherd moons")
kitaro - silk road
tony geballe - native of the rain
steve hackett - momentum
paco de lucia, al di meola, john mclaughlin - friday night in san francisco

special mention: tarık öcal- gitar alaturka [vol. 1]
sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhvYoOat1S0

[mnprogger]

Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola & Jean-Luc Ponty - The Rite of Strings
Peter Ostroushko & Dean Magraw - Duo
Brooke Waggoner - Go Easy Little Doves

[Progbear]

Ooo...I forgot about the first Jade Warrior! I’ll add that one, even if only a little over half of it is great.

[Koreabruce]

Celeste - Principe Di Giorno
Führs & Fröhling - Ammerland

[Scrotum Scissor]

Usually when someone asks for a "top 10", the problem seems to be that people are unable to limit their featured titles. Here, however, people seem content to list one or two.

Fave drumless progressive acts:

Conventum
Jade Warrior
Harmonium
Azahar
Julverne
Art Zoyd
Archaïa
Comus
Wapassou
ZNR

[NogbadTheBad]

Usually when someone asks for a "top 10", the problem seems to be that people are unable to limit their featured titles. Here, however, people seem content to list one or two.

My biggest problem would be knowing who is drummer less & who isn't. Trusting to other peoples lists my favorites would be:-

Aranis - Songs From Mirage
Julverne - le neuf
Klaus Schulze - X
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge
Harmonium - Les Cinq Saison ..
Art Zoyd - Symphonie Pour...
Archaïa - s/t
Comus - First Utterance
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene

[syncopatico]

Gryphon - first album

My favorite Gryphon record--but also their least *typically* progressive & most traditional!

David Oberle's percussion sounds great/well-recorded (and is way up in the mix which seems to be a rarity for *most* folk-based/traditional albums, and which adds much to the character of that album, imo (even though that first one was such a cheaply made/budget-type recording)!

[GuitarGeek]

Tangerine Dream was the first thing that came to mind, but thinking back, they had drums on Electronic Meditation and I think Zeit and Atem,

There's drums on Electronic Meditation, Alpha Centauri, Ricochet, and Cyclone. Zeit has only electric organs, synths (mostly EMS gear, though Florian Fricke did play his Moog on one track), electric organ, and that cello quartet one side one.

[Progbear]

There's drums on Electronic Meditation, Alpha Centauri, Ricochet, and Cyclone. Zeit has only electric organs, synths (mostly EMS gear, though Florian Fricke did play his Moog on one track), electric organ, and that cello quartet one side one.

There’s drums on Force Majeure as well (by Klaus Krieger, who also played on Cyclone). Zeit also has bass guitar, but the only percussion instruments on the album are cymbals.

[Mister Triscuits]

My favorite Gryphon record--but also their least *typically* progressive & most traditional!

Mine too...but then my second favorite is Red Queen, which is their most typically progressive and least traditional!

[Dusty Chalk]

Thanks for the follow-up, I knew it (drums in TD) faded quickly, and there were sporadic bursts after, just couldn't be sure without, you know, playing back everything.

And quite honestly, I would think electronic drums would count as well, but that leads me back to the question -- why? I love drums. It's certainly interesting, I'm just curious what the motivation was behind the thread, that would help solve the "do they or don't they" count question.

Klaus Schulze certainly had a lot of drum loops on a lot of his records (especially the half-hour sides of slabs of vinyl), and I'm not sure it matters whether anyone actually played them and whether or not I know whether or not anyone actually played them.

[bob_32_116]

enya - the celts (pending on re-listening her "watermark" and "shepherd moons")

I'm pretty sure "Storms In Africa", from Watermark, has plenty of drum.

[Progbear]

Also from Québec: L’engoulevent and Breche.

[Shadow]

[No Pride]

In many cases I hardly notice the drumming unless my attention is drawn to it, which I think is as it should be. that's not to say I am dismissive of drums or drummers, just that in most cases the drumming provides the background, or the atmosphere - a bit like the canvas employed by a painter, or camera techniques used by a movie director. they are esential to the work, but ideally they should hardly be noticed.

So the drummer is basically the bus boy of the band? I guess that works for some types of music, but not for 90% of the stuff I listen to.

[bob_32_116]

So the drummer is basically the bus boy of the band? I guess that works for some types of music, but not for 90% of the stuff I listen to.

Not being familiar with the expression "bus boy", I can't answer that.

[No Pride]

Not being familiar with the expression "bus boy", I can't answer that.

Okay, how about "janitor?"

[trurl]

Wow Bob, I guess Pink Floyd is your ultimate band then!

[bob_32_116]

Okay, how about "janitor?"

Well, it's not the expression i would use, but if you want to use it, go ahead. I'm not quite sure what point you're trying to make.