The Groove

The greatest instrumental artists of all time

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

No. 1

DJ Shadow

United States of America · 1972– · trip hop

5.113

Why this number?

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Jean‐Michel Jarre

France · 1948– · electronic 0.692

26 Ratatat

United States of America · 2001– · electronic 0.571

27 Fatboy Slim

United Kingdom · 1963– · big beat 0.551

Brian Eno

United Kingdom · 1948– · ambient 0.479

29 坂本龍一

Japan · 1952–2023 · ambient 0.475

30 UNKLE

United Kingdom · 1994– · electronic 0.440

31 Cannonball Adderley

United States of America · 1928–1975 · jazz 0.438

Amon Tobin

Brazil · 1972– · electronic 0.430

33 Anamanaguchi

United States of America · 2003– · chiptune 0.420

34 Earth

United States of America · 1990– · drone 0.418

The Alan Parsons Project

United Kingdom · 1975–1987 · progressive rock 0.400

65daysofstatic

United Kingdom · 2001– · post-rock 0.378

Venetian Snares

Canada · 1975– · breakcore 0.334

38 Nujabes

Japan · 1974–2010 · hip hop 0.326

The Prodigy

United Kingdom · 1990– · big beat 0.324

40 The Avalanches

Australia · 1997– · plunderphonics 0.322

Aphex Twin

United Kingdom · 1971– · idm 0.321

The Chemical Brothers

United Kingdom · 1989– · big beat 0.312

43 シートベルツ

Japan · 1998– · jazz 0.284

44 菅野よう子

Japan · 1964– · jazz 0.284

45 Everclear

United States of America · 1992– · alternative rock 0.227

46 Leftfield

United Kingdom · 1989– · electronic 0.215

47 The Future Sound of London

United Kingdom · 1988– · electronic 0.189

Boris

Japan · 1992– · drone 0.177