Atlanta-based hip-hop duo Outkast succeeded in bringing an unorthodox rhyme style and quirky, P-Funk-influenced sound and presentation into the rap mainstream. Successful since their 1994 debut, Outkast have gotten progressively more idiosyncratic. T…

Depeche Mode (French for "hurried fashion") was one of the first and best of the British synth-pop bands, combining breathless, melodic pop with perky electronics. With main songwriter Vince Clarke's departure for Yaz, Martin Gore took the reigns, an…

The music of the Chemical Brothers, a pair of DJs who helped popularize the "Big Beat" electronic subgenre in the '90s, has the heft of rock, the groove of club music, and the spirit of experimentation that lifts all boats. Through their collaboratio…

Kevin Dellinger has many genres including electronica, dance, and techno. The best way to describe this music is mixing Depeche Mode with R.E.M.

AWAGOT produces electronic music which is a cross between uplifting melodic trance and atmospheric progressive house.

Diminutive, bald-headed Richard Melville Hall, better known as Moby, achieved greater mainstream success than any other electronica artist by virtue of his willingness to adapt electronic dance music to a well formed pop sensibility. From the '90s on…

Darkwave/Industrial.

Rob Zombie formed the New York City-based punk/metal band White Zombie in 1985. As frontman, Zombie also shaped the group's aesthetic, a bizarre blend of horror/sci-fi imagery, combined with a trashy go-go/hot-rod look. After numerous indie offerings…

Saskia is inspired by city lights, love lost and love won, lust, the essence of male and female, despair, and elation. She manages to touch on all of these emotions, yet leaves them digestible enough for the dancefloor. As a songwriter, she is a mis…

Electronica, Trip-hop, Folk-hop, Club, etc...

Eurodance

b. Anastacia Newkirk, 17 September 1973, USA. This Los Angeles, California, USA-based soul diva was raised in Chicago but relocated to New York as a teenager. She enrolled at Manhattan's Professional Children's School at the age of 14, but before too…

b. Brian Transeau, Maryland, USA. Arguably the most accomplished and recognizable of the largely anonymous trance set, Transeau made a huge mid-90s impact with releases such as "Loving You More" and "Embracing The Sunshine" for Perfecto Records. As w…

b. Melanie Jayne Chisholm, 12 January 1974, Merseyside, England. Amid a flurry of solo Spice Girls activity during 1999, Mel C's reinvention as a rock singer attracted the most criticism. Routinely described as the most talented member of the Spice G…

The Norwegian industrial band Apoptygma Berzerk is actually one Stephan Groth sometimes known as Grothesk Groth released his first single as Apoptygma Berzerk in 1991 and got his international break with an appearance on the Sex Drugs and EBM compila…

Sexy electro funk driven by massive Detroit beats and bass.

In the late 1990s, Madonna had long since become a mature artist, turning her back on the carefree dance-pop of her early days ("Like A Virgin," "Holiday," etc.). Teenage singer Britney Spears picked up on this specific Madonna era, albeit with a mor…

This dance music act first made their mark in the late 80s on Belgium's "new beat" scene, before successfully crossing over to enjoy a series of rave hits in the early 90s. Producer Praga Khan (b. Maurice Engelen) first collaborated with Jade 4U (b. …

Led by the flamboyant Jason "Jay" Kay, Jamiroquai is a U.K.-based funk group that emerged from London in the early 1990s. By combining bouncy soul rhythms with acid jazz, hip-hop, and world music, the group created a distinctive sound that elevates J…

Haitian-born and Brooklyn-raised Wyclef Jean joined the hip-hop supergroup the Fugees in the early 1990s with his cousin Pras and his friend Lauryn Hill. The trio went on to major success with THE SCORE. Wyclef didn't realize his full artistic potent…

b. Andreas Tanneberger, Freiberg, Germany. Recording under the abbreviation ATB, Tanneberger, who had worked as a remixer for acts such as the Outhere Brothers and Haddaway, came to fame in July 1999 when his melodic trance single "9pm (Till I Come)"…

This Los Angeles, California, USA-based nu-metal outfit comprises Wayne Static (b. 4 November 1970, Muskegon, Michigan, USA; vocals/guitar), Tony Campos (b. California, USA; bass), Koichi Fukuda (b. Osaka, Japan; keyboards, programming) and Ken Jay (…