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The greatest experimental artists of all time

172 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Björk

Iceland flagIceland · 1965– · electronic
14.582
Why this number?
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73 This Heat United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1975–1982 · experimental rock 0.846
74 フィッシュマンズ Japan flagJapan · 1987– · neo-psychedelia 0.844
75 Battles United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2002– · math rock 0.840
76 Mike Oldfield United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1953– · progressive rock 0.820
77 Thirty Seconds to Mars United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1998– · alternative rock 0.797
78 The Flashbulb United States of America flagUnited States of America · electronic 0.794
79 The Caretaker United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1974– · ambient 0.790
80 Porcupine Tree United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1987– · progressive rock 0.774
81 Vladimír Hirsch Czechia flagCzechia · 1954– · dark ambient 0.767
82 ROSALÍA Spain flagSpain · 1992– · art pop 0.746
83 Steve Roach United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1955– · ambient 0.735
84 The Beach Boys United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1961– · pop 0.730
85 Faith No More United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1983–2021 · alternative rock 0.730
86 alt‐J United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 2007– · alternative rock 0.710
87 Moby United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1965– · electronic 0.700
88 KIDS SEE GHOSTS United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2018–2022 · hip hop 0.700
89 Sonic Youth United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1981–2011 · alternative rock 0.690
90 deadmau5 Canada flagCanada · 1981– · progressive house 0.677
91 Garbage United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1994– · rock 0.667
92 Alanis Morissette Canada flagCanada · 1974– · rock 0.660
93 Igorrr France flagFrance · 1984– · breakcore 0.650
94 Laibach Slovenia flagSlovenia · 1980– · industrial 0.633
95 Negură Bunget Romania flagRomania · 1995–2017 · black metal 0.617
96 Poppy United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1995– · nu metal 0.615