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The greatest leftfield artists of all time

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

No. 1

Radiohead

United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1991– · alternative rock
4.378
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2 Massive Attack United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1987– · trip hop 4.248
3 Björk Iceland flagIceland · 1965– · electronic 4.063
4 Autechre United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1991– · idm 3.560
5 Amon Tobin Brazil flagBrazil · 1972– · electronic 2.530
6 Talking Heads United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1974–1991 · new wave 1.739
7 The Future Sound of London United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1988– · electronic 1.737
8 Aperture Science Psychoacoustic Laboratories United States of America flagUnited States of America · electronic 1.710
9 !!! United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1996– · electronic 1.646
10 Beck United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1970– · alternative rock 1.373
11 Depeche Mode United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1980– · electronic 1.265
12 Gorillaz United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1999– · electronic 1.248