List of electronic music artists and DJs
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A list of notable artists in different genres of contemporary electronic music. (For electronic artists and composers in a more "classical" or art music tradition, see electronic art music).
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[edit] 0–9
[edit] A
- Aa1 - Russia
- A Distant Signal
- Above & Beyond
- Ace of Base
- Acen
- Adam F
- Adamski
- ADULT.
- Adventure Kid
- Aes Dana (ambient trance morning, FR)
- Air
- Alice DeeJay
- AK1200(drum and bass, USA)
- Alkemia (Trance, IT)
- Alex Stealthy {Trance, RU}
- Eddie Amador
- Amber
- Anabolic Frolic (Happy Hardcore)
- Angel City
- AND'y (breakbeat, Brazil)
- Andy Hunter°
- Annie (synth pop, Norway)
- Antiloop
- Aphex Twin (early ambient, intelligent dance music, UK)
- Apotheosis
- Arling & Cameron
- Armand Van Helden (trance)
- Armin Van Buuren (trance)
- Art of Noise (proto techno, UK)
- Art of Trance (trance)
- Asyrah
- Astral Projection (trance)
- Assemblage 23
- Atari Teenage Riot (digital hardcore, Germany)
- Natacha Atlas
- ATB
- AQi Fzono
- Aqua
- Aquasky (drum and bass and breakbeats, UK)
- Audesi (electronica, USA)
- Autechre (IDM, UK)
- The Avalanches (cut-up electronica, Australia)
- Ayla
- Ayumi Hamasaki
[edit] B
- Baby D (House, UK)
- Babe
- Bad Boy Bill (various forms of house, USA)
- Bad Company (drum & bass, UK)
- Bailey
- Benza (psychedelic trance)
- Arthur Baker
- Afrika Bambaataa
- Banco de Gaia (world music-inflected electronica, trance)
- Thomas Bangalter (member of Daft Punk)
- Basement Jaxx (pop-slanted house, UK)
- Olav Basoski
- Beanfield
- Beastie (Collaborative effort by Bedrock Records, including Sasha and John Digweed. Progressive house.)
- Ashley Beedle, member of X-Press 2
- Beehive (band) duo
- Niko Bellotto
- Benny Benassi
- Binary Finary (trance Progressive electronica, electronica, UK)
- Alexandre Bischof (Ambient, Brazil / Germany)
- Björk (Björk is one of the most influential artists of the past decade. While she is impossible to categorize in one genre of music, her electronic art rock transmogrifies itself into what could be described as progressive ambient.)
- DJ Blac
- Black Sun Productions
- Black Sun Empire
- Black Star Liner
- Blame (drum and bass, UK)
- Blank & Jones
- Blood Axis
- Boards of Canada (IDM, electronic folk)
- Bomb the Bass
- Boom Boom Satellites (breakbeat, house)
- Boy George
- Brainclaw
- Bronski Beat
- Bruce Haack 1960s precursor to electronic music.
- Ronnie Bruno
- BT (Progressive Trance, Pop, Rock)
- Bugz in the Attic (Brokenbeat)
- Richard James Burgess
- Ray Buttigieg
- Bubbles (Super Troopers Song)
[edit] C
- Cabaret Voltaire (genre-crossing pioneers: early industrial, post-punk, evolving into techno with house influences, UK)
- Albert Cabrera
- Capitol J (drum and bass, Canada)
- Cappella, a project by producer Gianfranco Bortolotti
- Captain Jack
- Carl Cox (Techno, house music, & Trance, UK)
- Ceven Knowles (Techno, Electro, & Industrial, Germany)
- Coupdetat (Techno, Chillout, & electronica, UK)
- Wendy Carlos
- Ron Carroll
- Cause 4 Concern (drum and bass, UK)
- Cell (Chillout, Downtempo, FR)
- Cerrone
- The Chemical Brothers (breaks, big beat, funky breaks, breakbeat)
- Chicane (trance, house, chill out)
- Chris and Cosey
- Chris Cox (dj)
- Christ.(electronica), (ambient)
- Christopher Lawrence
- Cirrus
- Clan of Xymox
- Joe Claussell
- Clinton
- Clock DVA
- Cluster
- Coil
- Coldcut (breaks, electronica, UK)
- M.J. Cole, responsible for popularizing two-step and UKG
- Sandra Collins (breaks)
- Concord Dawn (drum and bass, NZ)
- Conjure One
- Cornershop
- Cultural Amnesia (post-punk, vocal electronica, UK)
- Cut Copy Australia
- The Crystal Method
- Cygnus X
- Cylob
- The Cynic Project
- Crimzon
- Holger Czukay (ambient)
[edit] D
- D.A.F.
- Daft Punk (French house, leaders in the late 90s Filter/disco sound)
- Dan the Automator (Underground hip-hop producer)
- Danny Tenaglia (House, producer, USA)
- Danny Lunchbeats America
- Darren Tate (trance, UK) (a.k.a. DT8 Project, Citizen Caned, Jurgen Vries, et al)
- Darude
- Datguy
- Dave Jonsen (a.k.a. Harvey Dent)
- Dead or Alive
- Death in Vegas
- Etienne de Crécy, famous for his Super Discount compilation
- Decoder (drum and bass, UK)
- Deep Blue (drum and bass, UK)
- Deep Dish
- Delerium
- De Phazz (electronic bossa nova and Latin rhythms)
- Depeche Mode (synthpop, UK)
- Dido (trip hop, pop)
- Dieselboy (One of the biggest names in drum and bass, USA)
- Dillinja (drum and bass, UK)
- John Digweed (progressive house, many collaborations with Sasha)
- DHT
- Dirty Vegas (techno rock crossover, UK)
- Divine
- DJ Baby Anne (breaks, florida breaks, US)
- DJ Bobo
- DJ Cotts
- DJ Dara (drum and bass, USA)
- DJ Doboy (trance)
- DJ Drag'nfly (trance and bass, USA)
- DJ Dean (trance/hard trace, Germany)
- DJ Digga (Hard House, USA)
- DJ Encore
- DJ Format (Hip-hop, UK)
- DJ Freezer
- DJ Garth,(House, US)
- DJ Hype, (drum and bass, UK)
- DJ Icey, (funky breaks, florida breaks, breaks, US]
- DJ leslie, (industrial)
- DJ MindX
- DJ Meridian, (Drum and Bass, USA)
- DJ Methodikal
- DJ Nimbus, (Mixtape, Florida Breaks, Down-Tempo, Hip Hop, Deep House), USA]
- DJ Pierre
- DJ Rap, (drum and bass and breakbeats, UK)
- DJ Sameo, (Minimalist, Dub and Ambient, NZ)
- DJ Sammy
- DJ Scotch Egg
- DJ Shadow (breakbeat)
- DJ Spen & Karizma, also known for their Jasper Street Co. project
- DJ Spooky (hip-hop and urban style, but has tints of trip hop in music)
- DJ Tatana (Trance)
- DJ Tiësto, (trance)
- DJ Tonka, one of the first house-DJs in Germany
- DJ Z-Trip, (trip hop and hip-hop)
- DJ X-Dream
- Boris Dlugosch, frequent collaborations with Mousse T
- Dogzilla
- Thomas Dolby (electro-pop)
- Dom and Roland (drum and bass, UK)
- Rob Dougan
- Dreamland
- Dreamlin
- dreamSTATE
- duran duran duran
- Dust Brothers (breaks, big beat)
[edit] E
- E-Smoove
- E-TYPE
- Eat Static
- Ebn Ozn
- Todd Edwards, responsible for popularizing two-step/UKG
- Eiffel 65
- Einstürzende Neubauten (avant-garde punk, industrial)
- Electrosexual
- Electrovoya (Trance, UK)
- Darren Emerson (techno, formerly 1/3 of Underworld)
- Alec Empire
- the Empty Quarter
- Emil 109
- Energy 52
- Enigma
- Brian Eno (ambient pioneer (also together with David Byrne of Talking Heads collaborated on an early sampling album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts).
- Jocelyn Enriquez
- Erasure (pop)
- Eric Ross
- EZ Rollers (drum and bass, UK)
[edit] F
- Fad Gadget
- Faithless
- Don Falcone
- Fatboy Slim aka Norman Cook (Breaks, big beat, house)
- Felix Da Housecat (house)
- Fergie
- Ferry Corsten
- Fevertech - founder of SonicRaider.com (Breaks, Electro, Trip Hop)
- Filteria (Goa trance music)
- Fluke
- Flyh (psychedelic trance)
- John Foxx
- Fragma
- Christopher Franke
- Frankie Bones (techno, USA. Responsible for essentially starting the rave scene in North America. Came up with the word "Rave". Came up with PLUR.)
- Freaky Flow (drum and bass, Canada)
- Freeloader
- Freezepop (Band)
- Freestylers
- Freq Nasty (breakbeats, UK)
- Freur
- Fritsch Eloy (electronic music, new age, BRA)
- Front 242
- Frontline Assembly aka Delerium aka Intermix aka Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb...
- Funk Function (Lucien Foort)
- Funker Vogt
- Future Sound of London
[edit] G
- Gabriel & Dresden
- Ganja Kru, (drum and bass), conglomeration of DJ Hype, DJ Zinc and Peshay.
- Laurent Garnier (French DJ and techno artist)
- Ghislain Poirier
- Ghostland Observatory
- Johan Gielen
- Donald Glaude (house, techno, USA)
- Goldie (drum and bass (a major progenitor of the genre), breakbeat, acid jazz, UK)
- Goldfrapp (leftfield pop, UK)
- Gorillaz
- Gouryella
- Kenny Dope Gonzalez, one half of MAW
- Max Graham
- Greens Keepers
- The Grey Wolves
- the Grid
- Gridlok (drum and bass, USA)
- Groove Armada (beats, UK)
- Grooverider (drum and bass, UK)
- Gus Gus
[edit] H
- Hammered (Breaks, electro, funk)
- Richie Hawtin aka Plastikman (Minimalist, techno)
- Paul Hardcastle
- Hardfloor
- Hardknox
- Heaven 17
- Hemstock & Jennings
- Hernán Cattáneo
- HiDef Productions
- Higher Intelligence Agency
- Hocico (aggrotech)
- Hooverphonic
- The Human League, (post-punk from 1977-1980, Electropop, Synthpop, UK)
- Hybrid (British progressive house, electronica outfit)
[edit] I
- IanVanDahl *IIO
- Indigo (progressive house DJ, Croatia)
- Infectator com
- Infected Mushroom (Psychedelic trance and Goa, Israel)
- Information Society
- Inner City
- Itch-E and Scratch-E (Australian techno and trance duo)
- ITOA
- Ken Ishii
[edit] J
- JDS (Breakbeats, UK)
- Jean Michel Jarre (ambient)
- Jason Roberts aka. Antik (Minimal, Detroit Techno, Electro House, US)
- Jaydee
- Jay Jay Johanson
- John B (drum and bass, UK)
- Joshua Ryan (Trance, United States)
- Joy Electric - (minimalist, Casio-ish)
- JuJu Eyeballs (ambient, Australia)
- Jungle Brothers (Jungle, Two-step, Tech-step, Breaks)
- Junior Jack
- Junkie XL (Better known since 2000 as "JXL" - had a massive chart hit with his Elvis-remix)
- Juno Reactor (Psychedelic trance, Goa trance music, Tribal)
- Judge Jules (trance, hard house)
- Just Jack (two step, downtempo, techno; takes after Streets, the)
[edit] K
- Karma(KarmicCrew) (Malaysian Psytrance / Full On / Morning DJ & Promoter)
- Finne Jager (trance, also known as Phynn)
- K.I.A. (electronica
- Keaton (artist) (drum and bass, UK)
- kemal (drum and bass, UK. He is 1/2 of Konflict. Most production is recorded under Kemal and Rob Data,
- Keoki (Progressive trance)
- François Kevorkian
- Kid 606 (IDM)
- Kitaro ambient
- Sander Kleinenberg (Dutch progressive house wizkid)
- The KLF - pioneers in the field of flagrant sampling
- the Klinik
- Klone (drum and bass, UK)
- Klubbheads
- the Knife
- Frankie Knuckles (Pioneered house music. Spun at a club called "The Warehouse", for which the genre was named.)
- Kode IV
- Kon Kan
- Kraftwerk (pre-techno early electronica, experimental, one of the most-sampled artists ever)
- Kraufte Raufte
- Krafty Kuts (Breakbeats, UK)
- Kristine W.
- Kruder & Dorfmeister
[edit] L
- Jonny L
- La Bouche
- Ladytron
- Laika
- Landscape
- Lange
- Paul Lansky
- Laraaji
- Lasgo
- Bill Laswell (ambient, electronica, electronic-influenced world music)
- LaTour
- James Lavelle
- Layo and Bushwacka!
- LCD Soundsystem
- Leftfield
- Lemon Jelly (Downtempo electronica duo)
- Les Rythmes Digitales aka Jacques LuCont aka Thin White Duke
- LFO (acid house) pseudonym under which Andy Weatherall released some of his best work.
- Oliver Lieb (techno, trance)
- Liquid Todd New York City
- Lo Fidelity Allstars
- Loop Guru
- Lords of Acid
- LTJ Bukem (Much of his work is described as "ambient music drum and bass")
[edit] M
- Timo Maas (progressive house, tech-house)
- Madonna
- Mariae Nascenti (dark ambient)
- M/A/R/R/S
- Massive Attack (trip hop pioneers)
- Masters At Work, or simply "MAW"
- Matt Darey
- Malcolm McLaren
- Maxx
- Maxx Klaxon
- Meat Beat Manifesto
- Melancolico Catrin
- Merzbow (avant-garde/noise)
- M.I.K.E. (trance)
- Robert Miles
- Jeff Mills (Detroit techno pioneer)
- Ministry (early albums: "With Sympathy"; "Twitch")
- Miss Kittin
- Moby (crossover techno)
- Modjo
- Modo (German Trance/Techno)
- Monkey Mafia
- Robert Moog
- David Morales
- Sin Morera
- Morcheeba
- Morgenstern
- Giorgio Moroder
- Morzh
- Motion-X
- Mousse T, frequent collaborations with Boris Dlugosch
- Mr. Pacman
- Mr. Oizo
- Mundo Muzique (New York City techno pioneer: Several styles, Hard Techno, Experimental, Acid House, Melodic, Breaks)
- Music Instructor
- My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult
- Mylo
[edit] N
[edit] O
- Paul Oakenfold (trance, early pioneer of the UK clubscene)
- Oceanlab
- Olive
- Omni Trio (drum and bass, UK)
- Optical (drum and bass, UK. Mostly collaborates with Ed Rush).
- Opus III(Techno, UK. Group famous for 1992 hit "It's A Fine Day"; Kirsty Hawkshaw was their lead vocalist)
- The Orb (trance, ambient, one of the earliest big names in the movement)
- Orbital
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
- Overseer
[edit] P
- Paulo Sacramento (Downtempo/Nu-jazz)
- Jochem Paap aka Speedy J (Atmospheric)
- Jose Padilla, former DJ of Cafe del Mar, responsible for popularizing downtempo in the early 90's
- Pan Sonic
- Pendulum(drum and bass)
- Mike Paradinas
- Pet Shop Boys
- Gilles Peterson
- Perpetuous Dreamer
- Phynn (trance)
- Mauro Picotto
- Larry Pignagnoli, Italian producer who puts Frank Farian to shame in the "fronting" department
- Plaid (IDM, UK)
- Planet Nimbus International (Global Remix) Animation and Production DJ's
- Ian Pooley, DJ Tonka's partner in their early years
- Panda, drum and bass producer
- Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble, from North Korea
- Popol Vuh, electronic ambient pioneers in Germany 1970-1971, but then went acoustic in 1972
- Portishead (trip hop)
- PPK
- Praga Khan
- The Prodigy (breaks, big beat)
- DJ Project (Drum & Bass,Philla-P.A-USA)
- Propaganda
- Propellerheads (breaks, big beat)
- Psyche
- Psychic TV
- Pierre K
- Pulsedriver
[edit] Q
- DJ Q-Bert (Scratch artist, three time world champion turntablist)
- QFX
- Q Project (drum and bass, UK. He is 1/2 of Total Science).
- Quadrophonia
- DJ Quixotic (turntablist/dj/producer)
- DJ Project (Drum & Bass /Philla-P.a USA)
[edit] R
- Ram Trilogy (drum and bass, UK. The group is made up of Andy C, Shimon, and Ant Miles).
- Radio Massacre International
- Radiohead (mixture of electronic and rock, have been compared to a mix of Aphex Twin and Pink Floyd)
- Rabbit in the Moon
- Ramasutra
- Rammstein (industrial)
- Randomajestiq (IDM and deep house)
- Rational Youth
- Real Heat
- Real McCoy, aka The Berman Brothers
- Red Reflection
- Redzone
- Renegade Soundwave
- The Residents (avant-garde, experimental electronic music)
- Bogdan Raczynski (IDM and drum and bass)
- Graeme Revell
- Richard X
- Richard Bone
- Rinôçérôse
- Robbie Rivera, tribal house
- Roni Size, (drum and bass), winner of the Mercury Music Prize in 1997
- Sandy Rivera, deep house
- Steve Roach
- Robert Miles
- Robert Rich
- Rollo (member of Faithless)
- Röyksopp
- RTI
[edit] S
- Paulo Sacramento (Downtempo/Nu-jazz)
- Scooter
- Soda Club
- Soul Slinger
- Sabres of Paradise
- Safri Duo
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Sasha (Progressive house, trance, many collaborations with John Digweed.)
- Scooter (Happy Hardcore)
- Klaus Schulze (ambient)
- Dave Seaman
- Severed Heads (Australian industrial, experimental synthesizer pioneers)
- Murat Ses
- S'Express
- The Shamen
- Sheep on Drugs
- Shinjuku zulu
- Shitmat
- Shpongle (Influential psychedelic downtempo project)
- Shulman
- Bob Sinclar, like Daft Punk, one of the proponents of the late 90's "French touch" house scene
- Skinny Puppy
- Luke Slater
- Snap!
- Sneaker Pimps (Mostly trip hop)
- Soft Cell
- Sonique (Female DJ who likes to sing live over records she plays)
- Soul II Soul
- Soulphonic Soundsystem (Brokenbeat, Nu Jazz, Downtempo)
- Sozo (Christian electronica)
- Speedy J
- Solid Slide
- SPK
- Squarepusher (IDM and drum and bass, rather experimental)
- St. Germain
- Statik Sound System
- Stendeck
- Stereo MCs
- the Streets (two-step, techno: very innovative)
- Sun Electric (techno, trance, ambient, IDM)
- Sunscreem
- Swayd
- David Sylvian (ambient)
- The Synthetic Dream Foundation
- SystemF(Trance)
[edit] T
- Talla 2XLC
- Tangerine Dream
- Technical Itch (drum and bass, UK)
- Technikal
- Technoboy
- Technotronic
- Télépopmusik
- Telex
- Danny Tenaglia
- Thievery Corporation
- ThirdTemple (http://www.third-temple.com)
- The Ronin Syndicate
- The Thrillseekers (trance)
- Throbbing Gristle (industrial pioneers)
- Todd Terry
- Tiga
- the Timelords
- Amon Tobin
- Isao Tomita
- Toy-Box
- Trance Dance Factory (Eno influenced trance music)
- Tricky
- Terminal Choice
- Tester (http://www.trilogysoundcrew.com)
- Trance Allstars (7 world-class DJs grouped as one)
- Transient Vortex(Malaysian Live Electronica Outfit)
[edit] U
- Uberzone
- Ultrabeat
- Ultravox
- Underground Bass Masters (techno bass, USA)
- Underground Sound Of Lisbon (Rui Da Silva and DJ Vibe)
- Underworld
- Usual Suspects (drum and bass, UK)
- Utah Saints
[edit] V
- Ian Van Dahl
- Paul Van Dyk (trance)
- Armand Van Helden, early experimentalist in the mixing of hip-hop and house
- Vangelis
- Edgard Varèse
- Sven Väth
- Little Louie Vega, one half of MAW
- Luke Vibert
- Vibe Tribe (psychedelic trance, melodic psy-trance)
- Vicious Pink
- Vidna Obmana
- Visage
- Vitalic
- Voice Industrie
- Venetian Snares
[edit] W
- Rick Wade
- Nick Warren
- Way Out West
- The Weathermen
- Weed
- Widelife
- Willam Orbit
[edit] X
- X-Press 2
- X-Ceed (http://www.wojciechpanufnik.com)
[edit] Y
- Yahel (psychedelic trance, trance)
- Yazoo
- Yello
- Yellow Magic Orchestra aka YMO (Pre-techno electronica, melodic)
- Yuma