The Groove

The greatest electronic artists of all time

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

No. 1

Nine Inch Nails

United States of America · 1988– · industrial

246.440

Why this number?

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KMFDM

Germany · 1984– · industrial 19.410

26 Ministry

United States of America · 1981– · industrial 18.860

Vangelis

Greece · 1943–2022 · electronic 16.000

28 The Future Sound of London

United Kingdom · 1988– · electronic 15.910

29 Crystal Castles

Canada · 2006–2017 · electronic 15.870

30 Machinae Supremacy

Sweden · 2000– · electronic 15.790

31 UNKLE

United Kingdom · 1994– · electronic 15.440

32 Aperture Science Psychoacoustic Laboratories

United States of America · electronic 14.770

33 Stereolab

United Kingdom · 1990– · electronic 14.460

34 Glass Animals

United Kingdom · 2010– · electronic 14.420

35 !!!

United States of America · 1996– · electronic 14.360

36 Flying Lotus

United States of America · 1983– · electronic 13.040

37 Clint Mansell

United Kingdom · 1963– · electronic 12.936

38 The Postal Service

United States of America · 2001– · electronic 12.450

39 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

United Kingdom · 1977– · electronic 12.180

40 Squarepusher

United Kingdom · 1975– · idm 11.640

41 M83

France · 2001– · electronic 11.600

Laibach

Slovenia · 1980– · industrial 11.180

43 Annie

Norway · 1977– · electronic 11.180

44 Leftfield

United Kingdom · 1989– · electronic 10.860

45 Röyksopp

Norway · 1998– · downtempo 10.740

46 Zero 7

United Kingdom · 1997– · downtempo 9.880

47 Emancipator

United States of America · 1987– · downtempo 9.800

48 Thom Yorke

United Kingdom · 1968– · electronic 9.480