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Engine-EarZ Experiment are a musical collective born out of the Dubstep scene in early 2009 centering around acclaimed multi-instrumentalist/scorer/dj/producer Prashant Mistry. Growing up in Britain with Asian roots, Prash had always sought to reconcile his varied musical influences from The Prodigy and Rage Against The Machine through to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Talvin Singh. Indeed, working towards Engine-EarZ’s debut album the focus is to smash Read more on Last.fm

Daniel Lopatin (born 25 July 1982), best known by the recording alias Oneohtrix Point Never, is an American experimental musician, composer, and producer based in Brooklyn. He began releasing electronic recordings under the OPN moniker in 2007, and received early acclaim in 2009 for the compilation Rifts. In subsequent years, he released albums such as Replica (2011) and R Plus Seven (2013) to critical praise and signed to British label Warp, while also taking part in a number of side-projects, collaborations, and film scores. Read more on Last.fm

Billy Mahonie formed in in London near the end of 1997 to play instrumental rock music. The original line-up was Gavin Baker (guitar), Howard Monk (drums), Hywell Dinsdale (bass and guitar) and Kevin Penney (bass). Their first release was a split-single on Fierce Panda with Rothko, followed by a single on Livid Meercat (a Fierce Panda offshoot). Their debut album The Big Dig was released by Too Pure in 1999. Despite good reviews for The Big Dig Read more on Last.fm

Nils Frahm (born 20 September 1982) is a German musician, composer and record producer based in Berlin. He is known for combining classical and electronic music and for an unconventional approach to the piano in which he mixes a grand piano, upright piano, Roland Juno-60, Rhodes piano, drum machines, and Moog Taurus. As well as his solo work, Frahm has released collaborations with such notable performers as Anne Müller, Ólafur Arnalds, F. S. Blumm and Woodkid. Read more on Last.fm

(See Fripp & Eno) Robert Fripp and Brian Eno are pioneers of what later became known as ambient music. Eno coined the term “ambient music” or at least is the first to release music under that name, and Fripp has worked extensively with guitar looping as textural “soundscapes”. Their collaborations have influenced many artists and sound engineers. Robert Fripp and Brian Eno have worked together on many projects over the last 30 years, and Read more on Last.fm

Richard Devine is an American electronic musician and sound designer whose music, characterized by complex rhythms and heavy use of DSP, gained popularity among IDM fans after remixing Aphex Twin's "Come To Daddy". He has released albums on Warp, Schematic, and Sublight and has done sound design work for Native Instruments and many other companies. Read more on Last.fm

Side project from German electronic producer Hendrik Weber, aka Pantha du Prince, along with Norwegian group The Bell Laboratory. Their first collaborative album, Elements Of Light, has been released on January 15th, 2013. Read more on Last.fm

Louisiana-bred, Brooklyn-based recording artist Julianna Barwick crafts ethereal, largely wordless soundscapes, all of which are built around multiple loops and layers of her angelic voice. Barwick, who credits a rural, church choir upbringing for her unique sound, begins most tracks with a single phrase or refrain, then uses a loop station and the occasional piano or percussive instrument to build the song into a swirling mass of lush, ambient folk. Read more on Last.fm

Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born 21 November 1965), known mononymously as Björk, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress. Recognised for her distinctive voice, three-octave vocal range, and unconventional public image, she has developed an eclectic musical style over a career spanning five decades, incorporating elements of electronic, pop, dance, trip hop, jazz, and avant-garde music. She is widely regarded as an influential figure in electronic and experimental music. Read more on Last.fm

Have you ever been up all night pushing your square, and feel that you need a sufficient dose of intelligent dance music, drum n'bass, and 300 beat-per-minute genius yet schizoid mania to keep your stroking on beat? Enter Squarepusher--the greatest electronic musician, bassist, and simply public figure alive. Squarepusher is a pseudonym of Chelmsford, Essex, England, electronic musician Tom Jenkinson (b. 1975), best known for his experimental drum and bass, with a heavy jazz fusion influence. Read more on Last.fm