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
- Airwave Belgian trance producer and DJ
- Alcyone Prophet (Trance, US)
- Alice DeeJay (Dance)
- 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)
- Antikue
- Antiloop
- Aphex Twin (early ambient, intelligent dance music, UK)
- Apotheosis
- Arling & Cameron
- Armand van Helden (House)
- 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)
- Awaken
- 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
- Benjamin Speed
- Benny Benassi
- Binary Finary (trance Progressive electronica, electronica, UK)
- Alexandre Bischof (Ambient, Brazil / Germany)
- Björk (ambient.)
- DJ Blac
- Black Sun Productions
- Black Sun Empire
- Black Star Liner
- Blame (drum and bass, UK)
- Blank & Jones(Trance)(germany)
- Blood Axis
- Boards of Canada (IDM, electronic folk)
- Bomb the Bass
- Boom Boom Satellites (breakbeat, house)
- Boy George
- Brainclaw
- Bronski Beat(Trance)
- 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)
- Buggles
[edit] C
- Cabaret Voltaire
- 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(Trance)
- Cornershop
- Cosmic Gate(germany)
- Cultural Amnesia (post-punk, vocal electronica, UK)
- Cut Copy Australia
- The Crystal Method(Electronic)
- Cygnus X
- Cylob
- The Cynic Project
- Crimzon
- Holger Czukay (ambient)
- Cymphonic Ambient
- Paul Anthony Cook, Pioneer in 3D mixing techniques
[edit] D
- D.Kay Austrian drum & bass producer
- 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)
- Darren Styles British happy hardcore DJ and producer
- Darude(Trance, Dance)
- Datguy
- Dave Jonsen (a.k.a. Harvey Dent)
- David Forbes (Trance)
- 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(Trance, Dance)
- Delerium(Chill-Out, Ambient)
- 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)
- digitalTRAFFIC (One of the biggest names in electronica industrial, UK)
- Dillinja (drum and bass, UK)
- John Digweed (progressive house, many collaborations with Sasha)
- DHT(Dance)
- 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 Dian
- DJ Encore(Dance)
- 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 Lex 28 CMK (House, Chicago, IL USA)
- 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(Dance)
- DJ Sasha, (House|Trance)
- 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)(Switzerland)
- DJ Tiësto, (trance)(the Netherlands)
- DJ Ton TB
- 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(Trance)
- Thomas Dolby (electro-pop)
- Dom and Roland (drum and bass, UK)
- Rob Dougan
- Dreamland
- Dreamlin
- dreamSTATE
- drill,the
- duran duran duran
- Dust Brothers (breaks, big beat)
[edit] E
- E-Smoove
- E-TYPE
- Eat Static
- Ergin V
- Ebn Ozn
- Todd Edwards, responsible for popularizing two-step/UKG
- Eiffel 65(Dance)
- 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
- enVias
- 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)
- EricM (trance, gold-selling South African DJ and producer)
- Eric Ross
- EZ Rollers (drum and bass, UK)
- Eric Pridz (Dance)
- Erik K (Dance)
[edit] F
- Fad Gadget
- Faithless
- Don Falcone
- Fatboy Slim aka Norman Cook (Breaks, big beat, house)
- Felix Da Housecat (house)
- Fergie
- Ferry Corsten(Trance)(the netherlands)
- Fevertech - founder of SonicRaider.com (Breaks, Electro, Trip Hop)
- Filteria (Goa trance music)(sweden)
- FISH (Psytrance)(Australia)
- Fluke
- Flyh (psychedelic trance)
- John Foxx
- Fragma(Dance)
- 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(Chill-Out, Ambient)
- Fyrah
[edit] G
- Gabriel & Dresden(Trance)
- Ganja Kru, (drum and bass), conglomeration of DJ Hype, DJ Zinc and Peshay.
- Laurent Garnier (French DJ and techno artist)
- Ghislain Poirier
- Ghostland Observatory
- Giorgio D'Angostino(Dance)
- Johan Gielen(the netherlands)
- Donald Glaude (house, techno, USA)
- Glasshouse Suicide (Industrial mixed with Shoegazing)
- Goldie (drum and bass (a major progenitor of the genre), breakbeat, acid jazz, UK)
- Goldfrapp (leftfield pop, Electro 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, house UK)
- Grooverider (drum and bass, UK)
- Grouch (progressive psy-trance, breakbeat, dub ,NZ)
- Guetta, David
- Gus Gus(Chill-Out, Ambient)
- Frou Frou
[edit] H
- Hammered (Breaks, electro, funk)
- Richie Hawtin aka Plastikman (Minimalist, techno)
- Paul Hardcastle
- Hardfloor
- Hardknox
- Heaven 17
- Hemstock & Jennings(Trance)
- Hernán Cattáneo
- HiDef Productions
- High Contrast Welsh drum & bass producer
- 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
- Ian Van Dahl(Dance)
- Ill.Skillz Austrian drum & bass duo *IIO
- DJ Indigo (progressive house DJ, Croatia, [1] www.djindigo.com)
- Infectator com
- Infected Mushroom (Psychedelic trance and Goa, Israel)
- Information Society
- Inner City
- Ken Ishii
- Itch-E and Scratch-E (Australian techno and trance duo)
- It's A Secret
[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(Dance, House)
- 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
- KAI - ****uk
- Karma(KarmicCrew) (Malaysian Psytrance / Full On / Morning DJ & Promoter)
- Kaskade(Dance)
- 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)
- Kid Kenobi (Mashups, Australian)
- 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(Electro)
- Laika
- Landscape
- Lange
- Paul Lansky
- Laraaji
- Lasgo(Dance)
- Bill Laswell (ambient, electronica, electronic-influenced world music)
- LaTour
- James Lavelle
- Layo and Bushwacka!(Chill-Out, Ambient)
- LCD Soundsystem
- Leama And Moor
- Leftfield(Chill-Out, Ambient)
- 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
- Lower Case K aka David Katz, see [Katzenhof]
- LTJ Bukem (Much of his work is described as "ambient music drum and bass")
- Kala (psychedelic trance)
[edit] M
- Timo Maas (progressive house, tech-house)
- Madonna
- Mariae Nascenti (dark ambient)
- M/A/R/R/S
- Massive Attack (Chill-Out)(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)
- M.I. Loki
- Robert Miles(Dance)(switzerland)
- Jeff Mills (Detroit techno pioneer)
- Ministry (early albums: "With Sympathy"; "Twitch")
- Miss Kittin(Electro)
- Moby (crossover techno)
- Modjo
- Modo (German Trance/Techno)
- Monkey Mafia
- Robert Moog
- David Morales(Dance)
- Sin Morera
- Morcheeba
- Morgenstern
- Giorgio Moroder
- Morzh
- Motion-X
- Mousse T, frequent collaborations with Boris Dlugosch
- M.O.V.E. (Eurobeat J-Pop)
- 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
- Narcotic Thrust(Dance, Trance)
- Nekokawa
- New Order
[edit] O
- Paul Oakenfold (trance, early pioneer of the UK clubscene)
- Obsil
- Oceanlab(Trance, Dance)
- 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
- Oval
- Overseer
[edit] P
- Jochem Paap aka Speedy J (Atmospheric)
- Jose Padilla, former DJ of Cafe del Mar, responsible for popularizing downtempo in the early 90's
- Pakito (French djs)
- Pan Sonic
- Pendulum (drum and bass)
- Mike Paradinas
- Paranoid (experimental electronica, IDM, ambient)
- Pet Shop Boys
- Gilles Peterson
- Perpetuous Dreamer
- Phynn (trance(the netherlands)
- Mauro Picotto (Progressive, Trance)(italy)
- 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)
- Progression Progressive/trance artists, the Netherlands
- Propaganda
- Propellerheads (breaks, big beat)
- Psyche
- Psychic TV
- Pierre K
- Public Domain
- Pulsedriver
- P Eye Eye
[edit] Q
- DJ Q-Bert (Scratch artist, three time world champion turntablist)
- QED (Electro House and Trance act)
- 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
- Rabbit in the Moon
- Bogdan Raczynski (IDM and drum and bass)
- Radio Massacre International
- Radiohead (mixture of electronic and rock, have been compared to a mix of Aphex Twin and Pink Floyd)
- Ram Trilogy (drum and bass, UK. The group is made up of Andy C, Shimon, and Ant Miles).
- 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)
- Graeme Revell
- Revolution Void (nu-jazz)
- Richard X
- Richard Bone
- Rinôçérôse
- Robbie Rivera, tribal house
- Sandy Rivera, deep house
- Steve Roach
- Robert Miles(Dance)
- Robert Rich
- Rollo (member of Faithless)
- Roni Size, (drum and bass), winner of the Mercury Music Prize in 1997
- Ronski Speed, German trance producer and DJ
- Ron van den Beuken, Trance producer and DJ from The Netherlands
- Rosko, rock/house
- Röyksopp(Dance, Chill-Out, Ambient)
- RTI
[edit] S
- Sabres of Paradise
- Safri Duo
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Sasha (Progressive house, trance, many collaborations with John Digweed.)
- Santiago Nino
- Science and Reason
- Schlock!
- Scooter (Happy Hardcore)(germany)
- Klaus Schulze (ambient)
- Dave Seaman
- Sean O’Neal
- Severed Heads (Australian industrial, experimental synthesizer pioneers)
- Murat Ses
- S'Express
- Shachar (ambient, electro house)
- 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)
- Soda Club
- Soft Cell
- Solar Stone
- Solid Slide
- Sonique (Female DJ who likes to sing live over records she plays)
- Soul II Soul
- Soulphonic Soundsystem (Brokenbeat, Nu Jazz, Downtempo)
- Soul Slinger
- Sozo (Christian electronica)
- Speedy J
- 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
- System F (Alias Ferry Corsten)
- Bioni Samp (Alias Andrew Smith, Pioneer in 3D mixing techniques )
[edit] T
- The Avalanches (cut-up electronica, Australia)
- The Demolition DJ
- Talla 2XLC(germany)
- Tangerine Dream
- Technical Itch (drum and bass, UK)
- Technikal
- Technoboy(italy)
- Technotronic
- Télépopmusik(Chill-Out, Ambient)
- Telex
- Danny Tenaglia
- TGSETH[2]
- Thievery Corporation(Chill-Out)
- ThirdTemple ([3])
- The Ronin Syndicate
- The Thrillseekers (trance)
- Throbbing Gristle (industrial pioneers)
- Todd Terry
- Tiesto (trance) (DJ/Producer/Remixer)
- Tiga
- Tilt (producers)
- 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
- U96
- Uberzone
- Ultrabeat
- Ultravox
- UK BEAT
- 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(Dance)
- Paul Van Dyk (trance)(germany)
- Armand Van Helden, early experimentalist in the mixing of hip-hop and house(USA)
- 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
- Warp Brothers German hard trance and house duo
- The Weathermen
- Weed
- Widelife
- Jake Williams (aka JX, Oblik, Rex The Dog)
- William Orbit
- Fonny De Wulf (aka Coco M, Foco, Plaza, R.T.Z., Rofo)
[edit] X
[edit] Y
- Yahel (psychedelic trance, trance)(israel)
- Yazoo
- Yello
- Yellow Magic Orchestra aka YMO (Pre-techno electronica, melodic)
- Yuma
[edit] Z
- Zero 7(Chill-Out)
- Zombie Nation
- Zany, hardstyle producer and DJ from The Netherlands
- Zetan Spore, one of the original Psytrance acts on the underground UK dance scene
[edit] See also
- List of house music artists
- List of ambient artists
- List of psychedelic trance artists