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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
13 Leftfield United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1989– · electronic 1.245
14 Air France flagFrance · 1995– · downtempo 1.188
15 Underworld United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1979– · techno 0.971
16 Ava Max United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1994– · pop 0.830
17 Moby United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1965– · electronic 0.782
18 James Blake United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1988– · dubstep 0.767
19 A$AP Rocky United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1988– · hip hop 0.746
20 Four Tet United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1977– · electronic 0.727
21 Kate Bush United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1958– · art rock 0.709
22 The Residents United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1966– · experimental 0.548
23 Animal Collective United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2000– · neo-psychedelia 0.515
24 Basement Jaxx United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1994– · house 0.480
25 Sweet Trip United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1993–2022 · idm 0.475
26 TV on the Radio United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2001– · indie rock 0.415
27 Madvillain United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2002–2020 · hip hop 0.387
28 Blur United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1990– · britpop 0.380
29 Crystal Castles Canada flagCanada · 2006–2017 · electronic 0.365
30 of Montreal United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1996– · indie rock 0.350
31 Soul Coughing United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1992–2000 · alternative rock 0.314
32 The Sugarcubes Iceland flagIceland · 1986–1992 · alternative rock 0.295
33 Goldfrapp United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1999– · electronic 0.274
34 Brian Eno United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1948– · ambient 0.273
35 David Byrne United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1952– · art rock 0.273
36 The Notwist Germany flagGermany · 1989– · indie rock 0.256
37 Happy Mondays United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1985–1992 · indie rock 0.249
38 LCD Soundsystem United States of America flagUnited States of America · 2001– · dance-punk 0.236
39 Mr. Bungle United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1985– · experimental rock 0.156