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Many DJ's * 2 Unlimited * 4 Hero * 4 Strings * 666 (band) * 808 State (techno, electronica) [edit] A * Aa1 (Russia) * Aaron Clark (Pittsburgh, PA) * A Distant Signal * Acen * Adam F * Adamski * ADULT * Adventure Kid * Aes Dana (ambient trance morning, FR) * Air * Airwave Belgian trance producer and DJ * Alpha 606 * Amber * Anabolic Frolic (Happy Hardcore) * Angel City * Andy Hunter° * Annie (synth pop, Norway) * 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 * 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) * 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 * 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) * Björk (ambient.) * Black Sun Productions * Black Sun Empire * 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) * Booka Shade * 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 [edit] C * Cabaret Voltaire * Cappella, a project by producer Gianfranco Bortolotti * Captain Jack * Carl Cox (Techno, house music, & Trance, UK) * Wendy Carlos * Ron Carroll * Cause 4 Concern (drum and bass, UK) * Cell (Chillout, Downtempo, FR) * Celldweller * 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 * Clan of Xymox * Joe Claussell * 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) * Cosmic Gate(germany) * Cultural Amnesia (post-punk, vocal electronica, UK) * Cut Copy Australia * The Crystal Method(Electronic) * Cygnus X * Cylob * The Cynic Project * 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) * 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) * 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 * Deep Blue (drum and bass, UK) * Deep Dish(Trance, Dance) * Deep Forest * Deepspace (Ambient) * 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) * Dillinja (drum and bass, UK) * John Digweed (progressive house, many collaborations with Sasha) * DHT(Dance) * digitalTRAFFIC(electronica industrial music artist from UK) * Dirty Vegas (techno rock crossover, UK) * Divine * DJ Baby Anne (breaks, florida breaks, US) * DJ Bobo * DJ Dara (drum and bass, USA) * DJ Dean (trance/hard trace, Germany) * DJ Encore(Dance) * DJ Format (Hip-hop, UK) * DJ Garth,(House, US) * DJ Hype, (drum and bass, UK) * DJ Icey, (funky breaks, florida breaks, breaks, US] * DJ leslie, (industrial) * DJ Meridian, (Drum and Bass, USA) * DJ Pierre * DJ Rap, (drum and bass and breakbeats, UK) * 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 Tonka, one of the first house-DJs in Germany * DJ Z-Trip, (trip hop and hip-hop) * Boris Dlugosch, frequent collaborations with Mousse T * Thomas Dolby (electro-pop) * Dom and Roland (drum and bass, UK) * Rob Dougan * Dreamland * Dreamlin * dreamSTATE * Dust Brothers (breaks, big beat) [edit] E * E-Smoove * Eat Static * Ebn Ozn * 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 * 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) Electromagnetic Impulses (Electronica)[http://www.myspace.com/somotitbee [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) * 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 * Freestylers * Freq Nasty (breakbeats, UK) * Freur * Fritsch Eloy (electronic music, new age, BRA) * Front 242 * Front Line Assembly aka Delerium aka Intermix aka Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb... * Funker Vogt * Future Sound of London(Chill-Out, Ambient) [edit] G * Gabriel & Dresden(Trance) Gant Garrard Gant-Man * Laurent Garnier (French DJ and techno artist) * Ghislain Poirier * Ghostland Observatory * Giorgio D'Angostino(Dance) * Johan Gielen(the netherlands) * Donald Glaude (house, techno, USA) * Goldie (drum and bass (a major progenitor of the genre), breakbeat, acid jazz, UK) * Goldfrapp (leftfield pop, Electro UK) * Gorillaz * Gouryella * Max Graham * The Grey Wolves * the Grid * Gridlok (drum and bass, USA) * Groove Armada (beats, house UK) * Grooverider (drum and bass, UK) * Gus Gus(Chill-Out, Ambient) * Frou Frou [edit] H * Richie Hawtin aka Plastikman (Minimalist, techno) * Paul Hardcastle * Hardfloor * Hardknox * Heaven 17 * Hernán Cattáneo * High Contrast Welsh drum & bass producer * Higher Intelligence Agency * Hocico (aggrotech) * Hooverphonic * Andrew H Trance DJ from York * 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 * 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) [edit] J * Jean Michel Jarre (ambient) * Jaydee * Jay Jay Johanson * John B (drum and bass, UK) * Joshua Ryan (Trance, United States) * Joy Electric - (minimalist, Casio-ish) * 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 The Streets) [edit] K * Kaskade (Dance) * Finne Jager (trance, also known as Phynn) * K.I.A. (electronica * Keoki (Progressive trance) * François Kevorkian * Kid 606 (IDM) * Kid Kenobi (Mashups, Australian) * Kitaro ambient * Kinetic Distortion (Trance, Jungle, Breakbeat, Down Tempo, Industrial, House) * Sander Kleinenberg (Dutch progressive house wizkid) * The KLF - pioneers in the field of flagrant sampling * the Klinik * Klone (drum and bass, UK) * the Knife * Knifehandchop * 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) * Krafty Kuts (Breakbeats, UK) * Kristine W. * Kruder & Dorfmeister [edit] L * Jonny L * La Bouche * Ladytron (Electro) * 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 * 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 * LTJ Bukem (Much of his work is described as "ambient music drum and bass") * Lyua Dust (Experimental Electronica, IDM) [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 * 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) * Morcheeba * Morgenstern * Giorgio Moroder * Mousse T, frequent collaborations with Boris Dlugosch * M.O.V.E. (Eurobeat J-Pop) * Mr. Pacman * Mr. Oizo * Music Instructor * My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult * Mylo [edit] N * Narcotic Thrust(Dance, Trance) * Nekokawa * New Order * Niki Belucci [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) * 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) * Ian Pooley, DJ Tonka's partner in their early years * Panda, drum and bass producer * Provate (IDM, Braindance, and Trance) * Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble, from North Korea * Polaroid Kiss * 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 * Public Domain * Pulsedriver [edit] Q * DJ Q-Bert (Scratch artist, three time world champion turntablist) * Quadrophonia