Online Encyclopedia
List of electronic music artists and DJs
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).
Contents: 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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- 2 Many DJ's
- 2 Unlimited
- 4hero
- 4 Strings
- 808 State (techno, electronica)
A
- Acen
- Air
- Eddie Amador
- Amber
- Aphex Twin (early ambient, Intelligent dance music)
- Art of Trance (trance)
- Altern-8 (Acid house, UK)
- Assemblage 23
- Atari Teenage Riot (digital hardcore, Germany)
- ATB
- Autechre (IDM, UK)
B
- Baby D (House UK)
- Bad Boy Bill
- Olav Basoski
- Banco de Gaia (world music-inflected electronica, trance)
- Thomas Bangalter (member of Daft Punk)
- Basement Jaxx
- Bedrock (Collaborative effort by Bedrock Records, including Sasha and John Digweed. Progressive house.)
- Ashley Beedle , member of X-Press 2
- Benny Benassi
- Bini & Martini
- 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 best be described as progressive ambient.)
- Boards of Canada (IDM)
- Bruce Haack 1960s precursor to electronic music.
- BT
C
- Cabaret Voltaire (industrial, post-punk)
- Albert Cabrera
- Cappella, a project by producer Gianfranco Bortolotti
- Captain Jack
- The Chemical Brothers (breaks, big beat, funky breaks, breakbeat)
- Christ.(electronica), (ambient)
- Joe Claussell
- Coldcut (breaks, electronica)
- M.J. Cole , responsible for popularizing two-step and UKG
- Carl Cox
- The Crystal Method
D
- Daft Punk (French house - leaders in the late 90ies Filter/disco sound)
- Darude
- Etienne De Crecy , famous for his Super Discount compilation
- De Phazz (electronic bossa nova and latin rhythms)
- Depeche Mode
- Dieselboy (One of the biggest names in drum and bass)
- Dillinja (drum and bass)
- John Digweed (progressive house, many collaborations with Sasha)
- Dirty Vegas
- DJ Bobo
- DJ Encore
- DJ Hype, (drum and bass)
- DJ leslie, (industrial)
- DJ Pierre
- DJ Rap, (drum and bass, Jump-Up)
- DJ Shadow (breakbeat)
- DJ Spen & Karizma , also known for their Jasper Street Co. project
- DJ Tiësto, (trance)
- DJ Tonka , one of the first house-DJs in Germany
- Boris Dlugosch , frequent collaborations with Mousse T
- Thomas Dolby (electro-pop)
- Rob Dougan
- Dust Brothers (breaks, big beat)
E
- Todd Edwards , responsible for popularizing two-step/UKG
- Einstürzende Neubauten (avant-garde punk, industrial)
- Darren Emerson (techno, formerly 1/3 of Underworld)
- Alec Empire
- Enigma
- Brian Eno - (also together with David Byrne of Talking Heads collaborated on an early sampling album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts).
- Jocelyn Enriquez
- Enya (ambient, trip hop)
- Erasure
F
- Faithless
- Fatboy Slim aka Norman Cook (Breaks, big beat, Happy Hardcore)
- Felix Da Housecat
- Fluke
- Frankie Bones (Happy Hardcore, Funky breaks, Goa. Responsible for essentially starting the rave scene in North America. Came up with the word "Rave". Came up with PLUR.)
- Freestylers
- Frontline Assembly aka Delerium aka Intermix aka Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb...
- Funk Function
- Funker Vogt
G
- Ganja Kru , (drum and bass), conglomeration of DJ Hype, DJ Zinc and Peshay .
- Laurent Garnier (French DJ and techno artist)
- Johan Gielen
- Donald Glaude
- Goldie (drum and bass (a major progenitor of the genre), breakbeat, acid jazz)
- Goldfrapp
- Kenny Dope Gonzalez , one half of MAW
- Groove Armada
- Grooverider
H
- Ritchie Hawtin aka Plastikman (Minimalist, techno)
- Hardfloor
- Higher Intelligence Agency
- Hocico (Mexican electronic music , EBM, Industrial)
- Hybrid (British progressive house, electronica outfit)
I
- IIO
- Ken Ikeda ambient
- Itch-E and Scratch-E (Australian techno and trance duo)
J
- Jean Michel Jarre (ambient)
- Jaydee
- Jay Jay Johansen
- Joy Electic - (minimalist, Casio-ish)
- Jungle Brothers (Jungle, Two-step, Tech-step, Breaks)
- Junkie XL (Better known since 2000 as "JXL" - had a massive chart hit with his Elvis-remix)
- Judge Jules (trance, hard house)
K
- Keoki (Progressive trance)
- François Kevorkian
- Kid 606 (IDM)
- Kitaro ambient
- Sander Kleinenberg (Dutch progressive house wizkid)
- KLF - pioneers in the field of flagrant sampling
- Frankie Knuckles (Pioneered house music. Spun at a club called "The Warehouse", for which the genre was named.)
- Kraftwerk (pre-techno early electronica, experimental, one of the most-sampled artists ever)
- Kristine W
- Kruder & Dorfmeister
L
- La Bouche
- Lange
- Paul Lansky
- Laraaji
- Lasgo
- Bill Laswell (ambient, electronica, electronic-influenced world music)
- Leftfield
- Les Rythmes Digitales
- LFO (acid house) psedonym under which Andy Wetherall released some of his best work.
- Oliver Lieb (techno, trance)
- Line Noise (melodic Electro/IDM [1])
- Lo Fidelity Allstars
- LTJ Bukem (Much of his work is described as "ambient music drum and bass")
M
- M.I.K.E. (trance electro techno edged)
- Timo Maas (progressive house, tech-house)
- Mangabros (aleatoric cut-up electronica/text)
- Massive Attack
- Masters At Work, or simply "MAW"
- Merzbow (avant-garde/noise)
- Robert Miles
- Jeff Mills (Detroit techno pioneer)
- Moby (Does just about everything) - http://www.moby.com
- Modjo
- Monkey Mafia
- David Morales
- Mousse T, frequent collaborations with Boris Dlugosch
O
- Paul Oakenfold (trance, early pioneer of the UK clubscene)
- The Orb (trance, ambient, one of the earliest big names in the movement)
- Orbital (Funky breaks, Tech Step, Happy Hardcore)
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
P
- Jochem Paap aka Speedy J (Atmospheric)
- Jose Padilla, former DJ of Cafe Del Mar, responsible for popularizing downtempo in the early 90's
- Mike Paradinas
- Pet Shop Boys
- Gilles Peterson
- Larry Pignagnoli , italian producer who puts Frank Farian to shame in the "fronting" department
- Plaid (IDM, UK)
- Ian Pooley , DJ Tonka's partner in their early years
- Portishead (trip hop)
- The Prodigy (breaks, big beat)
- Propellerheads (big beat)
Q
- DJ Q-Bert (Scratch artist, three time world champion turntablist)
R
- Real McCoy, aka The Berman Brothers
- The Residents (avant-garde, experimental electronic music)
- Bogdan Raczynski (IDM and drum and bass)
- Richard X
- Robbie Rivera , tribal house
- Roni Size, drum and bass), winner of the Mercury Music Prize in 1997
- Sandy Rivera , deep house
- Robert Rich
- Rollo (member of Faithless)
- Steve Roach
- RTI electronica [[2]]
S
- Sasha (Progressive house, trance, many collaborations with John Digweed.)
- Scooter (Happy Harcore)
- Klaus Schulze (ambient)
- Dave Seaman
- Severed Heads (Australian industrial, experimental synthesizer pioneers)
- Murat Ses
- Bob Sinclar , like Daft Punk, one of the proponents of the late 90's "french touch" house scene
- Luke Slater
- Snap!
- Sneaker Pimps (Mostly trip hop)
- Sonique (Female DJ who likes to sing live over records she plays)
- Sozo (Christian electronica
- Squarepusher (IDM and drum and bass, rather experimental)
- Sun Electric (techno, trance, ambient, IDM)
T
- Tangerine Dream
- Taucher
- Tech Itch
- Technotronic
- Telepopmusik
- Danny Tenaglia
- Todd Terry
- Throbbing Gristle (industrial pioneers)
- Isao Tomita
- Tricky
- Truby Trio
U
- Underground Sound Of Lisbon (Rui Da Silva and DJ Vibe )
- Underworld
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
W
- Nick Warren
- Way Out West
- Widelife
- Yellow Magic Orchestra aka YMO (Pre-techno electronica, melodic)
- Zed Bias
X
- X-Press 2
Z
- Zero 7
See also: List of house music artists, List of ambient artists
Last updated: 01-22-2005 01:27:34