Electronic Dance Music - TV Tropes

Producers or artists who perform all forms of Electronic Dance Music (EDM).

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• Aero Chord
• Aíron U - Brazilian born in the city of São Paulo music producer.
• Alesso
• Alok
• Alstroemeria Records
• Steve Aoki
• Apollo 440
• Avicii - Swedish remix DJ and record producer
  • 2013 - True
  • 2015 - Stories
  • 2019 - Tim
• Axwell Λ Ingrosso
• Bakermat
• Dan Balan
• Basshunter
• Beyoncé - Renaissance is a dance music album rooted in House music
  • 2022 - Renaissance (2022)
• Blackmill
• Blasterjaxx
• Jonas Blue
• Blümchen
• Boom Kitty
• Bossfight
• BT
• Burial
• Camellia
• Captain Jack
• Caravan Palace - French group that popularized the electro swing genre thanks to their impossibly catchy tunes.
• Carte Blanq - Known for their songs about Formula One drivers with Maxx Power.
• Cash Cash - EDM trio known for their work on the Sonic the Hedgehog games. They are considerably poppier than most.
• The Chainsmokers - New York DJ duo who first made their name known with the novelty dance song "#SELFIE" before reinventing themselves to become one of the biggest stars in EDM.
  • 2017 - Memories...Do Not Open
  • 2022 - So Far So Good
• The Chemical Brothers - Production duo from England, forming in 1991. They're one of the most popular electronic music acts of the '90s and '00s and continue to tour today.
  • 1995 - Exit Planet Dust
  • 1997 - Dig Your Own Hole
  • 1999 - Surrender
• Chicane
• Alex Christensen
• Clean Bandit - British trio that combines Classical Music with electronic.
• Ferry Corsten
• Daft Punk - Highly acclaimed French music duo, Trope Codifiers of house music.
• Deadmau5 - Canadian Electro House producer (don't call him a "DJ") well-known for his iconic mask and long-running songs.
• Dex Arson
• DJ Fresh
• Different Heaven
• Digital Farm Animals
• Honey Dijon - American House Music producer and DJ.
• Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
• Dirty Palm
• Disclosure
• DJ Shadow - Instrumental Hip Hop producer who dabbles with electronica. Popularized sampling with his debut album, Endtroducing......
• DJ Snake
• Doves (as Sub Sub)
• DROELOE: Future bass duo from the Netherlands and part of the Bitbird crew. Glockenspiels and golden skulls appear in their work with frequency.
• Duck Sauce
• Duke Dumont
• Electronic - Eurodance superduo composed of Bernard Sumner from New Order and Johnny Marr from The Smiths.
• EnV
• Example
• Excision - One of the heaviest dubstep artists, with Death Metal influences in his work.
• Exyl
• Fatboy Slim - One of the most popular big beat producers.
• TheFatRat
• femtanyl
• Fluke
• Flume
• Galantis
• Salvatore Ganacci - Also known for his bizarre youtube skits.
• Martin Garrix
• Cedric Gervais
• Goldie
• Ellie Goulding - British pop singer who is known for her signature mixture of pop, electronic and folk.
• grandson
• David Guetta - Massively popular house producer from France.
• Gunther
• Hardwell
• Hadouken! - Combines this with indie rock.
• Calvin Harris - Scottish producer, famous in his homeland since 2008 and finally broke through stateside after producing Rihanna's "We Found Love". Quite possibly the biggest DJ in the world at the moment.
• Oliver Heldens
• Hey Violet
• Icona Pop - Swedish female electro-pop duo best known for the song "I Love It". Their songs are about partying, and they swear a lot.
• INNA
• Felix Jaehn
• Jean-Michel Jarre - French composer and electronic pioneer. His albums Oxygene and Equinoxe are considered the Ur Examples of trance.
• Junkie XL - Dutch electronic musician prior of being a well known movie composer.
• K-391
• Knife Party - Electro house group formed by Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen of Pendulum fame.
• Kraftwerk - The very first electronic music band, hailing from Germany. They started in 1970, and still tour today.
• Krewella - American dubstep/glitch hop/trap duo (formerly a trio).
• KSHMR
• Kygo
• Labrinth
• Ladytron
• Lindsey Stirling - Uses dubstep with violins. Easily one of the most respected dubstep artists.
• Little Big
• LMFAO - Hip house duo who exploded on the scene in 2011 and scored a pair of massive #1 hits with "Party Rock Anthem" and "Sexy and I Know It".
• Madeon - French electropop wunderkind known for making pop-influenced nu-disco.
• Major Lazer - A project of Diplo made with the purpose of combining dancehall with EDM.
  • 2013 - "Bubble Butt"
  • 2015 - Peace Is the Mission
• Marshmello
• Edward Maya
• MDK
• Merk & Kremont
• Julia Michaels
• Mightyfools
• Devin Millar
• MK
• Moby
• Nero - One of the most acclaimed acts in brostep, though they would later commit a Genre Shift towards electro house with their second album, Between II Worlds.
• Alex Newell
• NIVIRO
• Noisia - Far and away one of the most influential drum and bass acts of all time, they are a Dutch trio who are known for their signature buzzsaw sound, rock-bottom heavy beats, and their fearlessness over experimenting with new ideas.
• Paul Oakenfold
• OMFG
• The Ones
• Ummet Ozcan
• Pakito
• Pendulum - Australian drum and bass group that would later mix their original sound with electronic rock.
• Kim Petras
• Mauro Picotto
• The Prodigy - British rave/big beat music act that has been active since The '90s.
• Eric Prydz
• Purple Disco Machine
• R.I.O.
• Rameses B
• Regard
• R3hab
• Manuel Reuter
• Rezz
• Porter Robinson - Started as a progressive house artist before moving to synthpop.
• Nicky Romero
• Mark Ronson
• Rudimental
• Roger Sanchez
• San Holo - Future bass/trap and indietronica. Stay vibrant.
• Sash!
• Sasha
• Markus Schulz - German trance artist most known for composing darker trance that rests on a minor chord.
• Robin Schulz
• Klaus Schulze - considered the Godfather of Trance
• Seeb
• The Shamen
• Skream - Trope Codifier of chillstep.
• Skrillex - Trope Codifier of dubstep and brostep, and EDM in general lately. World-famous for his appearance.
• Sigala
• Sigma
• Silva Hound
  • "ADDICT"
• SOPHIE
• Starstylers
• Stereo MC's
• Subwoolfer
• Swedish House Mafia - Prog house supergroup from Sweden. They broke in 2013, just after their biggest hit "Don't You Worry Child" became popular before reforming again in 2021.
• St. Germain
• Soulwax - A huge name in the world of techno.
• Vanessa-Mae - Neoclassical techno-pop, perhaps a spiritual precursor to Lindsey Stirling.
• Tangerine Dream
• Teminite
• Tiësto - First DJ to perform a set for the Olympics (specifically the 2004 Athens opening ceremony).
• Tiga
• Tobu
• Tones and I
• Timmy Trumpet
• Underworld
  • 1994 - dubnobasswithmyheadman
  • 1996 - Second Toughest in the Infants
• Armin Van Buuren - Huge name trance producer. Crowned "Number One DJ in the World" a record number of five times. His radio show A State of Trance has helped popularized himself and other artists in the Trance subgenre.
• Paul van Dyk
• Armand van Helden
• Vengaboys
• Vicetone
• Alan Walker
• XS Project
• Yello
• Zedd - German prog house producer best known for his Breakthrough Hit "Clarity," along with later radio successes like "Stay" and "The Middle."
  • 2012 - Clarity
• Zombie Nation
• Zomby

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• Dubstep
• Electronic Music
• Electroswing