Electronic Music

early electronic music (30s to early 60s):

leon theremin

Alexandra stepanoff

clara rockmore

Milton babbit

john cage

pierre schaeffer

Stockhausen

halim el-dabh

daphne oram

elaine radigue

Pauline Oliveros

bbc radiophonic workshop

delia Derbyshire

brian Hodgson

late 60s-early 70s electronic music:

bbc radiophonic workshop

delia Derbyshire

brian hodgson

silver apples

white noise

wendy carlos

krafwerk

tangerine dream

jean michel jarre

brian eno

cluster

Isao tomita

vangelis

Eduard artemyev

early industrial/synthpop/electronic dance/ebm:

pierre schaeffer

Stockhausen

daphny oram

elaine radigue

steve reich

bbc radiophonic workshop (delia derbyshier/brian Hodgson)

white noise

silver apples

wendy carlos

Kraftwerk

faust

jean Michel jarre

cabaret Voltaire

throbbing gristle

boyd rice

suicide

the normal

Japan

Spandau ballet

Kajagoogoo

gary numan and tubway army

yellow magic orchestra

orchestral maneuvers in the dark

fad gadget

human league

Vice versa

ultravox

john foxx

Deutsch amerkanische freundschaft

einsturzende neubauten

nurse with wound

die krupps

the buggles

solid space

Depeche mode

dalek I love you

Abc

prince

Moon birds

blancmange

china crisis

Absolute body control

Oppenheimer analysis 

frankie goes to Hollywood

heaven 17

Clan of cymox

Eleven Pond

new order

bananarama

SPK

clock dva

23 skidoo

chris and cosey

yazoo

wham!

soft cell

front 242

art of noise

eurhythmics

foetus

tears for fears

bronski beat

culture club

boy george

monsoon

kmfdm

mark stewart

pet shop boys

erasure

dead or alive

psychic tv

coil

Colourbox

skinny puppy

front line assembly

death in june

A-ha

nitzer ebb

the young gods

portion control

the neon judgement

anne clark

a;GRUMH...

meat beat manifesto

justin broadrick (fall of because/godflesh/techno animal/head of David/god/ice/jesu)

scorn

ministry

neurosis

nine inch nails

pigface

Marilyn manson

rammstein

goldfrapp

noise/power electronics:

cabaret voltaire

throbbing gristle

boyd rice

nurse with wound

whitehouse

ramleh

current 93

gray wolves

con-dom

genocide organ

merzbow

80s-early 90s dance pop (including 80s r&b, hi nrg/freestyle/new jack swing):

donna summer

sylveter

prince

grace jones

the human league

the buggles

Depeche mode

wham! (uk)

man parrish

jellybean benitez

Arthur baker

john robie

John secada

Michael Jackson

laurie anderson

Madonna

Bananarama

Taylor dayne

Cyndi lauper

Shannon

janet jackson

rick Astley

Stacey q

kylie Minogue

pet shop boys

lisa lisa and the cult jam

expose

stevie b

Londonbeat

Boyz ii men

sweet sensation

whitney Houston

yazz

lisa stansfield

paula Abdul

la india

prince

Michael Jackson

luther vandross

lionel Richie

new edition

whitney Houston

milli vanilli

lisa stanfield

dido

early house/hip house/acid house/progressive house/tech house:

larry levan

peech boys

boyd Jarvis

charanjit singh

jesse saunders

vince larence

larry heard (mr fingers)

marshall Jefferson

frankie knuckles

MARRS

S'Express

coldcut

soul II soul

phuture

lil louis

tony humphries

beatmasters

psychic tv

wee papa girl rappers

humanoid

808 state

The beatmasters

Technotronic

Jungle brothers

Strike

guy called Gerald

baby ford

Adamski

m people

crystal waters

dj sasha

john digweed

xpansions

sasha & john digweed

nick muir

bedrock

Danny howells

danny rampling

paul oakenfold

carl cox

the shamen

mr. c

Fast eddie

Tyree cooper

Todd terry

Laurent garnier

k-klass

terry francis

Nathan coles

Charles webster

pure science

layo & Bushwacka!

Cuartero

Dave Angel

Herbert

Benny benassi

Terry Lee Brown Jr.

Funk D'Void

Ian O'Brien

Derrick Carter

Stacey Pullen

Ceefax acid crew

masters at work

leftfield

armand van helden

Lucas Rodenbush (E.B.E)

todd Edwards

klubbheads

Moodymann

basement jaxx

tiesto

armin van buuren

disclosure

mura masa

hard house:

andy farley

Martin Confusion

Alan Thompson

Smokin’ Jo.

Steve Thomas

DJ Malcolm Duffy

Daz Saund

Trevor Rockcliffe

tony de vit

the tidy boys

the handbaggers

lisa lashes

anne savage

lisa pin-up

electro & techno and their roots:

bbc radiophonic workshop (delia Derbyshire/brian Hodgson)

Kraftwerk

cabaret Voltaire

throbbing gristle

yellow magic orchestra

ultravox

the human league

orchestral maneuvers in the dark

Deutsch americanische freundschaft

chris and cosey

Depeche mode

soft cell

new order

front 242

die krupps

art of noise

afrika bambaata and the soulsonic force

warp 9

newcleus

I start counting/fortran 5

juan atkins (cybotron/model 500)

kevin Saunderson (inner city)

derrick may (rhythm is rhythm)

Blake baxter

Orlando voorn

The tek brothers

Anthony shakir

Eddie flashin fowlkes 

3mb

Mr. De’

Dj assault

Dj funk

Dj deeon

Aux 88

Los hermanos

Aaron carl ragland

808 state

Ritchie Hawtin

underground resistance

Jeff mills

Scan 7

joy beltram

Robert hood

lfo

orbital

aphex twin

mike dred (kosmik kommando)

sven vath

daz sound

Baby ford

Mick Harris (aka Fret, Lull)

global communication

dave clark

greater than one/technohead

Terrence dixon

the horrorist

underworld

C.j.bolland

monika kruse

the advent

sun electric

luke slater

dmx crew

Neil landstrumm

Cristian vogel

Basic channel

James ruskin

as one (kirk degiorgio)

drexciya/dopplereffekt

Dj t-1000

paul oakenfold

carl cox

carl craig

surgeon

Sheep on drugs

regis

female

british murder boys

Dj keoki

maas (ewan pearson)

Terrence dixon

Shackleton

Isolee

The field

Ben klock

Gui boratto

Luciano (dj)

Ricardo villalobos

Snd

Ellen allien

Omar s

nina Kravitz

Amelie lens

charlotte de witt

maya jane coles

ben bohmer

Actress

hardcore techno:

paul elstak

t99

lizad n'eliaz

la style

neophyte

lenny d

human resource

3 steps ahead

spiral tribe (stormcore/69db/crystal distortion/curley)

marc tauner

dj skinhead

disintegrator

dj the prophet

Rotterdam termination source

happy hardcore:

scott brown

marc smith

alchemist

Eurodance:

2 unlimited

ace of base

technotronic

alice deejay

aqua

haddaway

ice mc

n-trance

Strike

90s pop/dance pop:

Madonna

mc hammer

take that

New kids on the block

sinead O'Connor

spice girls

nsync

savage garden

backstreet boys

Britney spears

Illbient:

Raz Mesinai

We™

Byzar

Spectre

Techno Animal

Sixtoo

Odd Nosdam

idm and ambient:

808 state

lfo

the klf

the orb

orbital

nightmares on wax

aphex twin

future sound of london

Ritchie Hawtin

speedy j

global communication

black dog productions

b-12

u-ziq

plaid

luke vibert

autechre

broads of Canada

biosphere

squarepusher

cylob

global goon

jega

sweet exorcist

higher intelligence agency

irresistible force

sun electric

carbon based lifeforms

four tet

Dettinger

Modeselektor

Loscil

Jan jelinek

Jon hopkins

James holden

Rival consoles

Floating points

flying lotus

Vegyn

OTTO (uk)

1tbsp

glitch:

yasunao tone

ryoji ikeda

oval

elph vs. coil

autechre

trip hop/acid jazz/downtempo:

incognito

massive attack

tricky

Portishead

banco de gaia

sneaker pimps

lamb

bjork

jamiroquai

brand new heavies

faithless

uncle

req

Olive

Bomb the bass

lo  fidelity all stars

amon tobin

nightmares on wax

morcheeba

herbaliser

David holmes

Asian dub foundation

red snapper

smoke city

thievery corporation

bowery electric

air

kinobe

lemon jelly

goldfrapp

bonobo

bent

Groove armada

London grammar

ambient dub:

Dreadzone

Higher Intelligence Agency

the Orb

Gaudi

Ott

Loop Guru

Woob

Transglobal Underground

Banco de Gaia

Leyland Kirby

breakbeat hardcore/big beat:

wee papa girl rappers

meat beat manifesto

silver bullet

the prodigy

altern 8

Renegade soundwave

a guy called Gerald

2 bad mice

omni trio

Ratpack

4 hero

ltj bukem

SL2/slipmatt

top buzz

dj hype

origin unknown

rufige cru

krome & time

bizzy b

pugwash

ray keith

don scott

urban hype

noise factory

chemical brothers

agent

Freestylers

hackney hardcore

sonz of a loop da loop era

shades of rhythm

johnny l

baby d

2 kilos

blame

urban shakedown

liquid

kicks like a mule

ltj bukem

shut up and dance

rebel mc/congo natty

Lennie de ice

fatboy slim

David holmes

freestylers

Groove armada

jungle/drum and bass:

guy called Gerald

rebel mc/congo natty

tenor fly

general levy

top cat

ragga twins

4 hero

ltj bukem

goldie

smith and mighty

andy c

luke vibert

squarepusher

marvellous cain

aphex twin

Cycheouts

adam f

johnny L

dillinja

lemon d

boymerang

shy fx

total science

breakbeat era

klute

the dream team (bizzy b & pugwash)

London elektricity

sub focus

the ganja kru (dj zinc/dj hype/pascal)

konflict

dj krust

mc skibadee

shabba

stevie hyper d

soichi terada

Talvin singh

technical itch

amon tobin

Source direct

roni size and reprazent

Dynamite mc

Fabio and grooverider

Asian dub foundation

The third eye foundation

ed rush and optical

photek

Wilkinson

bad company (dnb)

Black sun empire

Dieselboy

Dj hazard

chase & status

Concord dawn

Noisia

Nia archives

Piri and tommy

breakcore/digital hardcore/speedcore:

Atari teenage riot

alec empire

EC8OR

Christoph de Babalon

squarepusher

aphex twin

nasenbluten

Cycheouts

bong-ra

sickboy

life4land

uk skullfuck

preassurehead

bad sekta

fff

venetian snares

doormouse

stunt rock

shitmatt

machine girl

undacova

sewerslvt

early trance:

the klf

dance 2 trance

metropolis

phantasia

resistance d

cosmic baby

jam & spoon

sun electric

Sonique

psychtrance:

shpongle

juno reactor

hallucinogen

man with no name

doof

astral projection

etnica

dimension 5

the infinity project

system 7

uk garage/2 step/ speed garage/ bassline:

groove chronicles

todd Edwards

double 99

187 lockdown

serious danger

A vs. B

industry standard

the dreem teem

dem 2

mj cole

restless natives

dj lewi

horsepower productions

architechs

steve gurley

el b/ghost

phuturistix

wookie

ms. dynamite

artful dodger

craig David

oxide and neutrino

dj luck and mc neat

groove armada

mis teeq

da click

true steppers

sweet female attitude

b-15 project

Stanton warriors

heartless crew

ladies first

pay as you go cartel

Jaimeson

Gemma fox

the streets

so solid crew

3 of a kind

h two o

platnum

shanks and bigfoot

flava d

t2

addictive

ts7

wideboys

disclosure

banghra-r&b/asian underground:

Apache Indian

Trickbaby

Bally Sagoo

Talvin singh

Asian dub foundation

Punjabi mc

rishi rich project

Jay Sean

Mumzy Stranger

Juggy D

Veronica Mehta

m.i.a.

2000s & 2010s

dubstep/post garage:

digital mystikz (mala, coki, loefah)

cluekid

benga

kromestar

kode9 & spaceape

burial

skream

rusko

james blake

zombie

caspa

Pinch

Jamie xx

broken beat:

bugz in the attic

afronaught

ig culture

footwork:

dj Rashad

future bass:

Rustie

Hudson Mohawke

Lido

San Holo

Cashmere Cat

Flume

Martin Garrix

Illenium

Louis the Child

Mura Masa

K-pop:

Seo Taiji and Boys

TVXQ

BoA

Sechs Kies

S.E.S.

Fin.K.L

NRG

Baby Vox

Diva

Shinhwa

g.o.d

SS501

Super Junior

BigBang

Wonder Girls

Girls' Generation

Kara

Shinee

2NE1

4Minute

T-ara

f(x)

After School 

psy

BTS

stray kids

ATEEZ

FIFTY FIFTY

experimental pop/hyper pop:

bjork

imogen heap

m.i.a.

grimes

mackintosh plus

pc music: (ag cook/sophie/charli xcx/Hannah diamond)

kero kero bonito

100 gecs

Nnamdi ogbonnaya

pink pantress

Nia archives 

Piri And tommy