Awesome Music / Electronic

Artists with their own pages:

• Afrojack
• Alesso
• Aphex Twin
• Aviators
• Basshunter
• Björk
• Calvin Harris
• Current 93
• Daft Punk
• David Guetta
• Devin Millar
• The Living Tombstone
• Nick Bertke
• Pendulum
• Perfume
• R3HAB
• The Prodigy
• Tangerine Dream
• Vangelis
• WoodenToaster

Miscellaneous:

• There's no better way to start off this playlist... than with an awesome Euro house song that reached memetic status in the Internet.
• Time to "Bring it On"!
  • Goose really likes this trope. "Synrise" and "Words", from their second album Synrise, are considered to be amongst their best songs.
  • However, none of their other stuff matches their first song from their first album, Bring It On. This epicness is called... BLACK GLOVES.
• Old-school Drum and Bass and jungle have produced some killer tracks:
  • "Dancer" by Tom & Jerry boasts fast-paced drum beats mixed with some downright gorgeous backing instrumentals.
  • "Coolin Out" by LTJ Bukem blends a relaxing ambient background with the frenetic drum beats typical of Drum and Bass.
  • "Links" by The Chameleon, while very long, also combines gorgeous ambient instrumentals with the fast drum beats typical in Drum and Bass, along with well-incorporated samples from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
• Also from B-Complex: the insanely beautiful "Girl With Flower". Who says electronic music doesn't have a soul?
• Kevin Johnson's eurobeat cover of "Never Gonna Give You Up" takes a song that's become meme status and makes it listenable.
• Hiroshi Watanabe, under the alias "cranky," puts outs some amazing rave music. Take for example, J219 "Ura-Rokkou mix", a remix of one of his own songs, or "R176". Or his collaboration with siromaru, "conflict", a song in a made-up language that has been featured in nearly 20 different Rhythm Games.
• Jean-Michel Jarre has galloped out of the shadow of his father, film composer Maurice Jarre, to become one of electronic music's most successful artists. In chronological order:
  • Oxygène was the artist's first commercial success for a very good reason. The fact that he recorded such an inspiring album in his kitchen (as he couldn't afford to rent a proper studio at the time) makes it all the more impressive. It was followed by not one but two sequel albums.
  • Jarre's follow-up album Équinoxe further developed his sound by employing more dynamic and rhythmic elements, particularly a greater use of sequencing on bass lines. Nowhere is this demonstrated better than on "Part 4". Its sequel album Equinoxe Infinity is just as awesome, with standout tracks including "Flying Totems (Movement 2)", "Infinity (Movement 6)", and "The Opening (Movement 8)".
  • Les Chants Magnétiques AKA Magnetic Fields was the composer's first album to employ primarily digital synthesizers, including what would later become his trademark instrument, the Fairlight CMI. In that regard, it certainly doesn't disappoint. The highlight of the album may be either the 18 minute long opening number or the insanely catchy "Part 2".
  • From The Concerts in China, "Arpeggiator" is possibly the greatest demonstration of the power of the titular synth feature. It's no surprise therefore that it found its way onto the soundtrack to 9½ Weeks.
  • From Zoolook, "Ethnicolor", which just might be his artistic peak and awesomest music. Especially after 6:20 or so. (The studio version is better, though.)
  • "Fourth Rendez-Vous" was an ethereal techno-dance song. Then the 1998 FIFA World Cup came to France, and now you have "Rendez-Vous '98", a song that captures all the thrill and bombast of a FIFA World Cup finale. Which of course was an Apollo 440 remix of the original "Fourth Rendez-Vous", which can't fail to uplift the spirits of anyone who hears it. There's a reason that Jarre still uses it in his live performances. After all, the first live performance in Houston, Texas in 1986 is still utterly awesome even now.^note  Though tinged with sadness, as it was originally intended to feature a saxophone performance by Ron McNair live from the Space Shuttle Challenger; McNair and his six crewmates were killed when the shuttle exploded shortly after liftoff in January 1986. From the same album (Rendez-Vous), we also have "Second Rendez-vous", especially live versions, and full length (as in nearly 12 minutes) live versions in particular: Awesome Music meets Epic Rocking.
  • Chronologie, according to the artist, was inspired by Stephen Hawking's cosmological treatise A Brief History of Time, with the sound being based on a new wave of electronic dance music that had been developing since the late 1980s. And it is all epic. "Part 1" is eleven minutes of pure awesome, while "Part 4" is a glorious ear worm.
  • His two-part album Electronica is an electronic music fan's wet dream, featuring Jarre collaborating with genre luminaries ranging from old fogies including Vince Clarke, John Carpenter, Gary Numan, and Yello, to new voices such as M83, Little Boots, Armin Van Buuren, and Julia Holter. All of it will blow you away.
• Anything on Venetian Snares' epic album Rossz csillag alatt született. Here's the most well-known track: "Szamár Madár".
• Boards of Canada. Music Has The Right To Children is just about perfect. As for tracks, the sublime and just about a Heartwarming Moment of its own, go with "Olson". Other than that, all their music could qualify.
• "Music Sounds Better With You" by Stardust. Well, what do you expect when you work with Thomas Bangalter?
• Orbital, the full 15-minute version of "Are We Here?". Also Lush 3/Impact/Remind trilogy ESPECIALLY live. "Belfast" is also good, but live it's unbelievable.
• "Rock Into the Future" by 1200 Micrograms.
  • Their entire first record is pure awesome. Every song maintains the psytrance but also does a good job reflecting the drugs in use. LSD is particularly epic and Mescaline uses samples from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas! Sweet!
  • "Acid for Nothing" is equally amazing. Who'd guess that Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing" would sound so awesome with a bass drum!
• Awesome Music with an Awesome Music Video to go with it: "DVNO" by Justice, featuring very professional parodies of Vanity Plates and other logos.
  • Even more insanely awesome by them? Their live mixing of "Waters of Nazareth" into "Phantom Pt 2"!
  • Movie logos and Vanity Plates not your thing? How about moving 80's pop shirts? For bonus points, it sounds like the Jackson 5 got with them!
  • From their first album, Cross: The aforementioned "D.A.N.C.E.", "DVNO", the original "Waters of Nazareth", the two part "Phantom", and their opener that's so awesome, it's the opener of EVERY LIVE ALBUM THEY'VE EVER DONE, "Genesis".
  • From their second album Audio, Video, Disco: "Civilization", "Canon", "On'n'On", "New Lands", "Helix", and the title track and closer "Audio, Video, Disco".
  • While they took a long break, their new single with Tame Impala, "One Night/All Night", is a great mix of all their styles, as well as "Generator".
• Darude. "Sandstorm". A fantastic euro-trance song, unfortunately overshadowed by the fact that it's used on Youtube to mislead people who ask the song on a video. And if the original is too short for your taste, better go with an extended remix.
• Regarding pioneers, Autechre has been arguably defining the very concept of electronic music since their debut LP Incunabula. They have changed styles several times and in the most unpredictable ways, ranging from the bizarre abstraction of Confield to the heavenly glory of Oversteps, all the way to the frantic, bloodcurling beats of Gantz Graf. Awesome Music? Try "Treale".
• "A Glorious Dawn", a remix of Carl Sagan's narration from Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. "If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." The Symphony of Science, by John Boswell, has produced fifteen songs so far including the preceding in the same style. "We Are All Connected" and "Our Place In The Cosmos" are also absolutely amazing.
• Moby:
  • "Raining Again". Everything from Moby's singing to the sliding guitar arpeggios in the chorus to the sassy female harmonization in the home stretch of the song.
  • And from his earlier works, "Next is the E". and "Electricity". And "Go". And "Thousand". As in, 1000 BPM.
  • Moby meant "Bodyrock" to be a "stupid song to jump up and down to." Mission accomplished.
  • Quite possibly the most sinister and haunting song in Moby's catalogue, "Alice". The video looks like something the Slender Man directed, so be warned.
• "Fan Service" by Glomag, one of the nicest examples of chiptunes.
• Prodigy's "Breathe" "Firestarter" and "No Good (Start the Dance)", to name a few epic songs by them.
  • Then there's "One Love" from their Jilted Generation era. Absolutely hypnotic.
  • "Spitfire" is roughly the audible equivalent to punching someone in the mouth.
• DJ Tiesto's "Elements of Life". Or anything else by the man, for that matter.
  • The whole Parade of the Athletes album, performed live on the opening ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympics for extra awesome. In particular, his mixes of Albinoni's and Barber's Adagios, "Heroes", and "Forever Today".
  • If "Silence" isn't Awesome Music, then nothing is.
• "Chicken on The Rocks" by Jean Jacques-Perrey & Dana Countryman. That combined with Randy Marsh and all of the South Park men bouncing on their testicular cancer-enduced ballsacks result in certain hilarity.
• Black Moth Super Rainbow has unleashed numerous instances of this: For example, "Drippy Eye".
• The whole Ladytron discography is awesome. If you like quality Synth-Pop you'll will love this band.
• Kraftwerk, anyone?
  • I'm the operator with my Pocket Calculator...
  • Meeeeeeeeeeeeetrooooooooooopoliiiiiiiiiiiisssss!!!
  • Not to mention the amazing Tour de France. Made even better by Francois Kevorkian.
• Klaus Schulze has had a massive solo career, but the organic, soaring, otherworldly Moondawn takes the cake. The sound and flowing rhythms from the original master still hold up today.
• Fuck Buttons. They have the ability to make music that is amazingly catchy, while being polyphonic AND quite often polyrhythmic. And they do it on fucked up kids toys.
• Ferry Corsten. Exhibit A: "Fire".
  • L.E.F., that and the album art.
  • Ferry's remixes aren't half-bad either. Here's one for Moby's "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" and another of William Orbit's cover of "Barber's Adagio For Strings".
  • And when Dutch artists combine, the result is exponentially more awesome. Ferry and Tiësto makes "Gouryella". Ferry and Armin Van Buuren makes "Exhale" and "Brute". Ferry and Vincent de Moor makes "Carte Blanche".
• Give it up for Industrial Music:
  • :WUMPSCUT:. Their sound molds Industrial with house music. It worked well! Examples: "We Believe We Believe", "Jesus Antichristus", "Mother","Wolf", "Fuckit".
  • Combichrist. Don't let their Nightmare Fuel thematics fool you. Their music WILL raise your blood pressure. Examples: "I Want Your Blood", "What the Fuck is Wrong with You", "Sent to Destroy", "Shut Up and Bleed" and "This is My Rifle".
  • Laibach. They have an incredibly distinctive sound, mixing booming industrial beats with folk music. Examples: "Yisrael", a mashup of the Palestinian and Israeli national anthems.
  • VNV Nation. The Trope Makers of the beautiful genre called Futurepop. Listen to them right NOW!!! Examples: "Industrial Love", "Arclight".
  • Covenant. Their music ranges from lovely tear-jerking futurepop songs, all the way to fistpump-friendly industrial dance. Examples: "Bullet", "We Stand Alone", "20 Hz", "Wir Sind Die Nacht".
  • mind.in.a.box. Want a journey in an amazing alternate reality? Go ahead and listen to them. Examples: "Identity", "Walking", "What Used To Be", "Change".
  • Centhron. Viking metal meets industrial music. Yes, it's awesome. Examples: "Tanz im Sternefeuer", "Asgard", "Einheit C".
  • Skinny Puppy. If you don't love them... You don't like industrial music in general. Examples: "Useless", "Worlok", "Testure", "Pro-Test".
  • Neuroticfish. Another awesome futurepop act, which crosses industrial with progressive trance. Examples: "The Bomb".
  • Assemblage 23. Their sound is incredibly cryptic, and will really enter in your mind in no time. Examples: "Damaged".
  • Xotox. Their sound is raw, aggressive, and no holds barred. Examples: "[Xo]toxic" and "Mechanische Unruhe".
  • Emika. Dark and eerie, just the way gothic industrial should be. Examples: "Double Edge (GeRM remix)".
• Industrial Metal is no slouch either.
  • Nine Inch Nails. Bypass their way too over-the-top thematics, and ANYTHING made by them becomes this. Examples: "The Hand That Feeds", "Discipline", "We're In This Together", "Head Like a Hole", "Closer".
  • Ministry. The Trope Makers of industrial metal. They have to be awesome! Examples: "Jesus Built My Hotrod"
  • Marilyn Manson. Examples: "This Is The New Shit".
  • Rammstein. Americans love them for a reason that should be obvious. Their industrial metal is truly overwhelming. Examples: "Du Hast", "Ohne Dich", "Feuer Frei!", "Ich Tu Dir Weh", "Mein Land".
  • Rob Zombie. A long career and he still makes the great industrial metal he's known for. Examples: "Dragula", "Never Gonna Stop".
  • Fear Factory. Easily the most hardhitting, relentless and pounding industrial metal band in the scene. Their music is amazing, but can be pretty inaccessible at first. Examples: "Shock", "Powershifter", "Cars", "Demanufacture", "The Industrialist".
• Classic industrial...
  • Foetus. SHOULDER TO SHOULDER TO DETONATOR, ENTER THE EXTERMINATOR
  • Throbbing Gristle. Ever since 'The Second Annual Report', TG have had a discography full of haunting, powerful tracks to scare the listener, including the classic "Hamburger Lady", which was based of a report about a woman's skin which was so burnt it looked like hamburger meat.
• The Birthday Massacre, one of the best bands ever, write incredibly catchy and well done music. Their style could be described as synthpop-industrial-alternative rock-metal. Also, they're Canadian.
  • Examples: "Happy Birthday", "Horror Show", "Blue", "Video Kid", "Red Stars", "Walking With Strangers", "Goodnight", "Looking Glass", "Shallow Grave", "In the Dark", "Down", "Calling".
  • Their live performances are amazing. Proof: these three concerts.
• The Knife. "Heartbeats", "Marble House", and "Pass This On" are examples of how awesome the Dreijer siblings are. And Karin is awesome in her own merit, each re-listen to the Fever Ray album yields new quirks in the songs.
• "Score (Original mix)" by Slyder. Especially the buildup at 3:42. Definitely a Moment of Awesome. Even more awesome when driving to it in Grand Theft Auto 3.
• "High" by Peter Moesser and Harold Faltermeyer. Just an upbeat electronic song from The '70s that's somewhat ahead of its time.
• "Biocandy" by Chi-A.D.. Merely listening to it will get you high without drugs.
• UNKLE's "Burn My Shadow" is just... epic. As is his remix of "No One Knows." Eerie, yet beautiful.
• Renard Queenston: One of his best tracks is "The Castle".
• Every remix by Skrillex. Especially "Cinema" (the second link).
• Hadouken!'s "Mecha Love" combines fast synth beats with great lyrics.
• A couple of years before Fatboy Slim, Norman Cook headed a trio with two producers to form a group called Pizzaman. They were awesome. Here's one of their hits.
• Nero - "Innocence".
  • Their masterpiece, and what is regarded to be the best song in Forza Horizon, "Me And You".
  • Their debut album, Welcome Reality, is considered by bassheads the new pinnacle of dubstep. Other than "Me And You" and "Innocence", there is "Crush On You", with its brutal-as-Death Metal drop.
• Blackmill, the master of chillstep, a sub-genre Dubstep which goes for a calmer, more relaxing feel. Any of his songs are awesome examples, but those that are especially outstanding include "Fortune Soul", "The Light", and "Let It Be (feat. Veela)".
• Future Perfect's second album, Escape is definitely awesome. Especially Paradise.
• Dan Deacon. If you've never heard his music before, this would be the best introductory song.
• Deadmau5 is called The King of Hau5 with good reason. Just listen to "Strobe", with its drop that can make a grown man cry. Or, if you're more a fan of hard, concentrated awesomeness, try "Animal Rights".
• "Discord" by Odessey, even non-bronies can enjoy the awesome music produced by bronies.
• Endtroducing by DJ Shadow. An hour of perfection, proving that sampling can be made to create outstanding music, and possibly the crowning example of beautiful music in all trip hop along with Mezzanine and Dummy.
• Andy Hunter proved that Christian music can be awesome, by making a disc of Christian Techno. and it is incredible. Two noteworthy tracks include "Sandstorm Calling", which managed to make it onto the mobile edition of [[Lumines]], and "Amazing", which is just plain epic.
• Phantom of the Opera, done in a Techno style. The video is a nice bonus.
• Goldfrapp, all the time. From their downtempo release Felt Mountain, to their Intercourse with You-filled electroclash gem Black Cherry, then the glamrock-influenced epicness called Supernature, then the Lighter and Softer Seventh Tree, and in the end the synthpop-influenced album Head First, where to start? They're amazing! Tales of Us continues the trend, this time going back to basics and returning to the band's outright ethereal Dream Pop sound in Felt Mountain. What to say other than... It's amazing and you must listen to it right now.
• "Falling Up" by Collide. If you can't stand waiting, skip to 3:27. It gets epic from there...
• The Chemical Brothers have produced several extremely awesome tunes, including Hey Boy Hey Girl, Galvanize and Do It Again. They are Britain's answer to Daft Punk. And "Star Guitar" will have you dancing in your desk chair.
• Like The Chemical Brothers? Then don't miss out the ones who are considered the United States's answer to them, The Crystal Method! "Name Of The Game", "Drown In The Now", "Weapons of Mass Distortion", and their Signature Song "Keep Hope Alive" are tunes that every true electronic music fan worships.
• If you're a fan of electronic music, it's impossible to listen to music from Monstercat and walk away unsatisfied. From soothing trance to moving Progressive House, from thumping fast hardstyle to soft slow dubstep, from drum and bass to drumstep and everything in between, this label of independent artists has it all. And then there's Hello.
• From Underworld, we have the immortal "Born Slippy", and "Dark & Long" from dubnobasswithmyheadman.
• DJ Cloud has some freaking amazing trance music. He can be found on Newgrounds and some of his videos can be found on youtube. For starters, Heaven and Escape.
• Nalepa's "Monday," as remixed by the Glitch Mob. Especially with a supercut of 100 sci-fi movies past and present.
• This one might be leaning on Hell Is That Noise territory, but it doesn't stop Reverse Engineering by Rockwell from being awesome. After all, it is a backwards drum and bass track.
  • More eerie awesomeness from Rockwell.
  • Also, BTKRSH. One of the better songs of WipEout 2048.
• "Screw Up" by Overseer, featured on the SSX 3 soundtrack.
• Todd Edwards is a very great Garage/House Music producer, and a sampling genius. "Come Unto Me", "Time to Care", and "Perfect Love" are all fantastic tracks. To say nothing of his remixes...
• Avicii:
  • "Levels" is considered the absolute gold standard in Big Room House. Listen to it for yourself, and prepare to shed a few Manly Tears. Also Skrillex's epic remix of it.
  • Wake Me Up and Hey Brother mix in soul and folk for a delicious electronic treat that must be heard to be believed.
• Debates over whether "Levels" is the gold standard become a lot tougher once you bring Swedish House Mafia into the equation, as almost all of their original songs can be classified as "awesome"
  • Their anthemic "Don't You Worry Child" and its monster drop. What makes it even more awesome is that it was their last single together. Catchy chorus? Check. Aforementioned monster drop? Check. Uplifting, hopeful lyrics that could arguably serve as some kind of message to their fans? All there. What an amazing way to go out.
  • Same goes for their signature song "Save the World". But then, when they bring a remix of said song by Knife Party and Arty's remix of "Punk" into the equation... During their final shows, just when you thought they couldn't top themselves, the One Last Tour finale segues it into the Sebastian Ingrosso/Tommy Trash collaboration "Reload" (along with a "Don't You Worry Child" reprise). This isn't just a monster drop, it's a monster slam it at the ground and watch it explode into a million pieces.
  • They remixed Coldplay's "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall", with pleasing results.
  • "Greyhound" is usually one of the opening songs SHM uses for their live shows, and for good reason - with its raving synths, pounding kickdrum and roaring bass, fists everywhere pumped in the air.
  • "Miami 2 Ibiza (ft. Tinie Tempah)" deserves a special mention, partly because of its Acronym and Abbreviation Overload lyrics. Which make the song even better.
  • Then Knife Party decided to collaborate with them to create "Antidote".
  • "Reload" now has a vocal version with John Martin (the same vocalist from the aforementioned "Save the World" and "Don't You Worry Child"). Just when you thought things couldn't get any more epic...
  • The ultra-ear-wormy One (Your Name) (ft. Pharrell).
• Going solo, Axwell's premiere of the then untitled Sick Individuals collaboration "I Am" caused quite a stir one New Year's Eve night in Dallas.
• The whole of Mind.in.a.box's R.E.T.R.O., especially the remixes of the themes from The Last Ninja 3 and Lightforce, and Chris Huelsbeck's Shades.
• VNV Nation has some incredibly beautiful tunes; soothing, uplifting and energetic all at once.
• From world-renowned Welsh electronic group Hybrid:
  • "Snyper" is on a whole new level of awesome.
  • Hybrid also made some awesome breakbeat-influenced trance songs. "Finished Symphony", "I Choose Noise" and "Disappear Here" are of indication.
  • Even better, they appeared in Saints Row: The Third, with another awesome piece, "Dogstar".
  • Like Hybrid? Are you a Playstation fan? Then rejoice: "Be Here Now", has been featured in the E3 trailer for Driveclub, a Playstation 4 launch title/exclusive.
• Searching for good trance music? Look no further than these three amazing labels: Armada, Coldharbour Recordings, and Anjunabeats. Here is a small appetizer of what these three labels have to offer:
  • Arty: "Together We Are", "Trio", "Must Be The Love" (alongside BT), "Rebound". The latter has also a few Drum and Bass influences. After all, Arty, for "Rebound", collaborated with another renowned electro house artist, Mat Zo, who has also made a few drum 'n' bass pieces.
  • Markus Schulz, who can seamlessly make soothing tracks and faster, harder dance tracks like second nature: "The Spiritual Gateway", "Scream", "The New World", "Caught", "Bayfront (Miami)", "Seven Sins" and "Destiny". For his Darker and Edgier alter ego Dakota, there's "Cathedral (Montreal)", "Sinners" and "In a Green Valley".
  • Armin Van Buuren: While his portfolio is very extensive, just to name a few, there's "Communication", "Not Giving Up On Love", "Status Excessu D", "The Expedition" (made in collaboration with Markus Schulz), and "Intense". At Ultra 2014, he did an entire set with Benno de Goeij under their "Gaia" persona; you haven't seen anything until you've heard two people playing trance In the Hood (literally).
  • London producer Ilan Bluestone, or simply just Bluestone, has a sound that blends trance with big room house, with his tunes "Frozen Ground", "Bigger Than Love" - both featuring singer Giuseppe de Luca, and the eye-wateringly beautiful "Sinai". He is capable of making some pure trance bangers too, especially "Spheres".
  • Jorn van Deynhoven, be it an original of his or a remix. His tracks are usually very energetic and are especially effective at hooking listeners right from the beginning of the song. Some noteworthy tracks are "Black Hole", "Still", and "Spotlight". There's even a 1 hour 42 minute mash-up of his different originals or remixes on youtube!.
  • Nitrous Oxide has a knack for bringing in more audio layers in an amazingly smooth and fluid manner. Memorable songs include "Dreamcatcher (Club Mix)", "Red Moon Slide", and "North Pole".
  • Above & Beyond, with their soulful, and incredibly energetic trance. "Thing Called Love", "You Got To Go", "On My Way To Heaven", "Walter White"^note Yes, they've done a Filk Song for Breaking Bad., "Tri-State"... Hell, we're better off not putting out too much examples or our brains will implode due to all the awesomeness A&B invokes in their songs.
  • Andrew Bayer, considered the unofficial fourth member of Above & Beyond, has blessed our ears and minds with the utterly incomparable "Once Lydian". There's a reason why A&B still play this in their sets to this day.
  • W&W have beats that would definitely put a smile on our face. There's "DNA", "D# Fat" (made with Armin!), "Moscow" and "Lift Off", just to name a few.
  • Tritonal, a duo from the Lone Star State, have combined trance with Electro House to make something beautiful. There's "Slave", "Electric Glow" and "Still With Me" to start off.
  • Omnia has some truly massive tracks that need no vocals to get the emotion across. We have "The Fusion", "Infina", "Immersion", and "Reflex".
  • RAM is all about taking the uplifting sound to new heights. " RAMplify", "RAMsterdam", and possibly his Signature Song, "RAMelia (Tribute to Amelia)", a Grief Song made as a tribute to his wife who had suddenly passed away. Amelia could not have asked for a better, more heart-touching tribute. Its follow-up, "Someone Like You" (particularly the remix between RAM and Standerwick) is also worth mentioning.
  • Move over, Armin van Buuren. Menno de Jong is in the house, and Set to Sail.
  • Grum makes some pretty genre-defying tunes. You can't tell if it's deep house, trance, or electro house, or all three at the same time, but you can definitely say that it's awesome.
• John O'Callahan is a Genre Buster within trance, a style best described as a blend of uplifting, progressive, and tech, and brings that distinct style into both his original productions and remixes. "Pyramid", his remix of Mike Foyle's "Shipwrecked", "The Forging of Steel".
• Silk Music: An incredibly underrated Los Angeles-based label that produces some seriously atmospheric progressive trance that is almost impossible to not be satisfied by. Standout tracks include: "Breathe" by David Broaders & Density Fuzion, "Timbo" by Rainbow Addict, "Sweet Surrender" and "Aurora" by Vintage & Morelli.
• Zerothree: Established in the United Kingdom in 2014, Zerothree focuses on the punchier, synth-driven side of trance. Try out "Accelerate" by Capa, "Meteor" by Luke Chable, "Motion" by Tinlicker, and especially "Obsidian" by Soundprank, which is on the Wipeout Omega Collection soundtrack, and it's a perfect fit. The second drop will make you feel like you're flying through the air at the speed of sound.
• Wolfgang Gartner became the Trope Maker for modern electro house, and it's not hard to see why with awesome songs like "Redline", "Undertaker" "Wolfgang's 5th Symphony", "Illmerica". He's also done crazy-awesome collabs with deadmau5 and Tommy Trash, among others.
• Netsky is a word that has two meanings: 1) an evil computer virus; 2) a young Belgian producer, real name Boris Daenen, who makes absurdly awesome drum and bass tunes. "Come Alive", "Love Has Gone", "The Lotus Symphony" and "Iron Heart" are universally considered amongst the best drum and bass songs of this decade. "Memory Lane" and "Prisma" are also unbelievable.
• Finding a new drum and bass producer which can still bring some beautiful old school rave vibes? Then Danny Byrd is spot-on. Check out his official Youtube playlist by Hospital Records to hear his great rave-influenced sound.
• Speaking of Hospital Records, this label is just plain perfect if you want to hear some great drum and bass music. Other than Netsky and Danny Byrd (who also did a song together, called "Tonight", another great tune merging Netsky and Danny's signature styles (vocal, loud d-n-b for Netsky; old-school rave influences for Danny Byrd) into an epic song), check out also these artists, with a few tunes of them to get started!
  • Camo & Krooked: "Make The Call", "Cross the Line", "Watch It Burn", "History of the Future", "Climax", "Move Around".
  • Nu:Tone: "The Feeling", "Coming Back", "Roundabout".
  • Logistics: "Follow That Star", "The Trip", "Toytown", "Somersaults"..
  • Mistabishi: "Millwall", "I Feel LOL", "She Lied", "Talk Me Down", "RWD the Revolution".
  • Fred V & Grafix: "Major Happy", "Long Distance", "Vanishing Point" and "Purple Gates", "Forest Fires".. Recently, Fred V began providing his own vocals to the duo's music, this has resulted in gems such as "Drowning Without You" and "Hurricanes (Wild Love)".
  • High Contrast: "If We Ever", "Racing Green", "The Agony & The Ecstasy", "The Road Goes On Forever", "The First Note Is Silent"
  • Metrik: "Human Again", "Break Of Dawn", "Slipstream", "Believe".
  • S.P.Y.: "Cold Harsh Air", "Dusty Fingers", "What The Future Holds".
• Three words. THE GLITCH MOB. Even one of the members's side project, called "Pantyraid", makes amazing tunes. Their sound is much different compared to The Glitch Mob (Pantyraid makes Skream-influenced dubstep, The Glitch Mob draws many influences from Aphex Twin), but it still kicks ass. Take, for example, their latest album, the Concept Album Pillowtalk. The video edit of the album's first song "That's The Spot", combined with "Jokes From The Backseat" can make everyone... Let's just say, reach the climax.
• How to Destroy Angels has already in its short history produced several wonderful tracks — Ice age, How long?, and A Drowning in particular stand out.
• Flux Pavilion, real name Joshua Steele, a kick-ass, white-haired Pretty Boy who makes probably the most brutal dubstep around. If you think you can handle such epicness, then go forward. "I Can't Stop", "Double Edge", "Blow The Roof" and "Bass Cannon" have been reported to literally blow away unprotected listeners by its savage awesomeness.
• If you think Flux Pavilion was brutal, then you haven't heard KILL THE NOISE. His dubstep is so brutal, heinous and ferocious he makes the other artists of the genre look like crybabies. You want to hear how it's brutal? Then listen to his most well-known song "Kill The Noise (Part 1)". The good part starts at 1:11. Now that's brutal dubstep!
  • Yes, his dubstep is so brutal, edgy, technical, and everything in between he can be instantly regarded as the Technical Death Metal of the genre.
  • And then there's the equally awesome and equally brutal "Black Magic (Kill The Noise, Part 2)". This one, instead of sounding like the tech-death of dubstep, this one has a very definite and blatant Black Metal aura. The first part doesn't sound really brutal, but when you arrive at 1:40... We can best describe it as Black metal gone dubstep, with the screeching basses, very akin to the harsh screams and the screeching guitars which are part of black metal's sound, and a continuously pounding and complex drum pattern, similar to the blastbeats used in both death and black. And it's awesome.
  • Wow, what have we got here? This is Kill The Noise's remix of "Under and Over It" by Five Finger Death Punch. This time, it's Groove Metal gone dubstep! Another time, awesome song by an epic band, remixed by the brutal dubstep maker known as KILL. THE. NOISE.
• Evil Nine takes electronic music to a whole new level of perfection with their get-up-and-dance breakbeat. Try out "Restless", "Twist The Knife", and especially "No Manners" (with its NSFW video).
• If you like Aphex Twin, then it's impossible to not like Squarepusher. This great drum and bass producer did underrated works which all languished in the shadow because of Aphex Twin's extreme popularity.
  • Just listen to "My Red Hot Car", "Come On My Selector" (with its respective music video, which mixes Nightmare Fuel with really hilarious scenes) or "Dark Steering"!
  • "Steinbolt" is about as brutal as the likes of the hardest death/black metal and grindcore.
• Alpinestars were a British duo which made fantastic electronic rock music with some ambient influences. Despite being on the scene for 7 years only, they released 2 great albums: BASIC and White Noise. Both albums are truly underrated gems, and their songs kick ass. Take, for example, "NuSEX City", "Snow Patrol", "Jump Jet", or their amazing Signature Song (which had massive coverage in videogames) "Carbon Kid" (featuring, guess who? Brian Molko!)
• LCD Soundsystem is the artist of choice for some great dance-punk. They aren't critically acclaimed for no reason. "North American Scum" and "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House" are among their most well-known (and greatest) songs.
• Darkwave veterans The Frozen Autumn have many examples, such as "This Time" and "Dusk is Like a Dagger".
• I wanna... I wanna... I wanna... I wanna! Be!! TRASH!!! The Whip is another amazing dance-punk band, and even though they're not as massively active as other Electronic Music artists, whenever they make a song, it's awesome. Take for example the aforementioned Signature Song "Trash".
• Anything done by Krewella, such as "Come & Get It!" (NSFW COVER ART), "One Minute", "Alive" and so much more.
• New Order. That's right. The sons of Joy Division can't be left out from this list at all, as it's blasphemy up to eleven. "Blue Monday", "Bizarre Love Triangle", "The Perfect Kiss" and "Krafty" are all gems of this genre. And that isn't even a fraction of the awesome songs they've done.
• La Roux's "Tigerlily", which is extra-catchy. "In For The Kill" is pretty sweet, too.
• Skream, all the time. He's the Trope Maker of dubstep, and artists like Skrillex and Rusko couldn't ask for a better one. "Midnight Request Line", "Exothermic Reaction" and "Listenin' To The Records On My Wall" are all songs that every true dubstep fan should know and appreciate before jumping to the second wave dubstep/brostep (NOTE: term not used in an offensive way).
• Despite starting as a straightforward rap crew, the Foreign Beggars have officially proven that rap and dubstep work very well together. "Contact", "Apex" (made in co-production with Knife Party) and "Crep Hype" will make Your Head Asplode, possibly. They now have made a collaboration with Noisia, who are longtime partners of them, called I AM LEGION. "Make Those Move" is right now the only song they've made under this alias, but is a great start for a collaboration that will be big someday.
• Milkways' "Galactic Reaction" and "Unknown Flight", despite being older tracks, do have a good listen value. "Galactic Reaction" has a happy-sounding rhythm to it. "Unknown Flight" doesn't sound positive in the beginning, but it gets more uplifting in its last quarter.
• Oh so much of Infected Mushroom. This is the psytrance group. "Becoming Insane", "U R So Fucked", "Deeply Disturbed" and "Mambacore" qualify definitely as awesome psytrance, although "U R So Fucked" and "Mambacore" have both electro house and dubstep influences, which however don't stop them from being awesome.
• Everything made by Asian Dub Foundation. This British jungle group has been constantly cherished by the drum and bass fanbase, which regards them as one of the best dnb bands of all time. "Flyover", the opening track of their album Tank, is the go-to song if you want to put the pedal to the metal (which makes its inclusion in Burnout Revenge all the more fitting). "Fortress Europe" is their Signature Song, and it kicks ass so much your feeble mind can't even think.
• Nicky Romero's "Toulouse", with its respective video, is one of electro house's modern staples. FEEL THAT BASS!!!!
• STOP THE ROCK, CAN'T STOP THE ROCK, YOU CAN'T STOP THE ROCK, CAN'T STOP THE ROCK. Apollo 440's "Stop The Rock" is an electronic music anthem, played at a solid 440 hertz.
• Disclosure's music is almost always awesome. "F for You", "When a Fire Starts to Burn", "Latch" and "You & Me" (the music video is Not Safe for Work, however) are songs that come to mind. What makes Disclosure more awesome is the fact that Guy and Howard Lawrence (the two brothers that are Disclosure) are 22 and 19, respectively. They make music that can compare with songs done by producers who've been at it for decades longer.
• Merzbow. Sure, his musical output may border on Hell Is That Noise, but what sets him apart from other Harsh Noise and Industrial artists is his amazing skill in musical improvisation - he is considered a near-virtuoso in his home country and has had his music widely recognized in underground Electronic Music scenes around the world. Also, would you believe that sons such as 1930: Part 1 are recorded with frightening clarity as opposed to most noise artists who go for massive brickwalling? And he's done some pretty awesome ambient songs.
• Castaway by Seabound. Soothing and understated but uplifting and powerful as well.
  Take this ray of light.
  Veil the moon, and hold the tide.
  Calm the wind. You might control the sea.
• Midnight Resistance: "Recall These Days", "Second Skin" and its 2012 remix, "A Tear in Every Moment", "Wastelands", "Mirror Cage", among others.
• Mac n' Cheese, an incredible mashup by Shawn Serrano, comprised of over 130 sound samples, ranging from a plethora of artists and bands such as Avicii, Earth Wind, & Fire, Daft Punk, and Justice to sound effects pulled from video games such as Super Mario Bros. and Pac-Man!
• Australian producer Flume makes some killer records.
• And just when you thought brostep couldn't get any more mlg... Here comes Excision, the dubstep demon hailing from Canada, to prove you wrong with its 1337 mlg dubstep influenced by brutal death metal, first-wave industrial and Harsh Noise.
  • "X Rated", "Headbanga", "Before The Sun", "Deviance"... Don't listen to these songs if you're faint of heart. You might just get a stroke.
  • The entirety of Destroid: The Invasion counts, being a musical account of aliens taking over the world. Sounds detailed enough for someone to make a movie out of it. Special mention goes to Raise Your Fist, Wasteland, and Annihilate. The following single Get Stupid ain't too shabby either.
  • Just the demo song he made to demonstrate his 2015 sample pack sounds awesome enough to be a full song.
• Kavinsky, anyone? Lest we forget his biggest hit Nightcall, everything he does is excellent. Have some more.
• Trap music may be pretty well known in certain circles, but hadn't had its mainstream breakthrough until 2014, when producer DJ Snake teamed up with crunk's favorite hype man Lil' Jon for one of the biggest, loudest, and most ridiculous hits of the year, spawning a popular catchphrase in the process. Behold, "Turn Down for What?!" Other than "Turn Down For What", DJ Snake had already done two other trap anthems which achieved instant popularity amongst its followers: "Bird Machine (feat. Alesia)", which popularity was further boosted by its inclusion in Saints Row IV, and his remix of AlunaGeorge's "You Know You Like It".
• The hauntingly beautiful "Wir sind wir" by Paul van Dyk featuring Peter Heppner of Wolfsheim, a rallying call for Germany and a damn good song on musical merits alone. Speaking the language isn't necessary to enjoy, but it certainly does help.
• Paul van Dyk's "For an Angel" may have been released in the nineties, and not only does it still hold up well over twenty years later, it can blast a great deal of other current hits out of the water.
• Most anything by Philadelphia-based Dark Wave diva Void Vision is awesome, but especially "Everything Is Fine", "Hidden Hand", and "The Source".
• Tennyson, a Canadian teenage brother-sister duo that has created some entrancing music that's so aesthetically and atmospherically unique that calling it just "electronic" seems like a disservice. They've done everything from mesmerizing chillwave ("Delta", "With You", "Lay-By", and more) to downtempo dance tracks ("Aphasia Rewinding") and heartstring-pulling piano pieces ("To the Moon (And Back)", "In One Piece"). They've even done some work with trap ("Blamer").
• John Keating's "The Unknown Planet" from the album "Space Experience" sounds like every awesome classical sci-fi theme rolled in one.
• Galantis' "Runaway (U & I)", an energetic upbeat house song that perfectly captures the sensation of crazy, wild, rebellious freedom inflicted by love.
• Feed Me is a Genre-Busting producer whose music runs between Drum and Bass, Dubstep and Electro House, with some very unique and experimental sounds to set it apart from the rest of EDM. "Far Away" (made with Kill the Noise), "One Click Headshot" (which famously samples Pure Pwnage), "Spilt Milk" and "Grand Theft Ecstacy" are just some of the highlights.
• Music Instructor: "Super Sonic" or, if you want more vocals, "Get Freaky" (featuring Abe and the Lunatics) and "Super Fly (Upper MC)" (featuring just Dean).
• Goa trance is a mixture of Trance music and traditional Indian music (particularly from Goa, hence its name). For a track that embodies the spiritual and energetic build up all in one, here is Teleport by Martin Freeland, aka Man With No Name.
• "Move Your Feet" by Junior Senior is so fun and energetic that you can't help but dance to this song.
• Cruzo's awesome remix of "Epic Sax Guy", which manages to take a 6 second sample from a live performance and turn it into its own damn song.
• Italo Disco. Catchy melodies and everything else that makes true 80s music.
  • Diviacchi's "Waiting for Heaven", a song dramatic for its time.
  • Stage's "Ocean of Crime" for those who want a rock feel, as well as this related song, "Voodoo Dance".
  • Anyone willing to find an awesome train song in 80's synths? Listen to Wish Key's "Orient Express" to make yourself wondering why Italians made great 80's music.
  • Time - "Shaker Shake". Its heavy synths and the bass made it an 80s equivalent to some of today's music. There's also the Dub mix that brings the song up to eleven.
  • Kano's "Another Life" has such a futuristic feeling to it.
  • "Agent of Liberty" by Mike Mareen, especially the 9-minute original version.
  • "Right by the Moon" by K. Barré, a faster-paced Italo-disco track. You would want to "go cruising by a silver moon".
• The Rockets:
  • The longer version of "Future Woman", especially for the disco section in the last minute-and-a-half.
  • The calm but bittersweet "In The Galaxy", particularly the second half's anthem of legendary.
• Laserdance. Songs such as "Fear" beat any other space synth song, and rank among the top space electronic instrumentals.
• "Laser" by the artist of the same name as the track, is another electronic disco gem.
• "Remember" by Vivien Vee, which will remind some listeners of the video game adaptation of The Warriors.
• Seven Lions is a metal drummer turned DJ and producer who mixes trance (uplifting with touches of psy), dubstep, electro house, and drum and bass together into a very melodious and harmonious composition. "Keep It Close" (featuring Kerli), his remix of Above and Beyond's "You Got to Go", "Lucy", and "Isis" are here for the sampling.
• Basically any composition by Porter Robinson, especially on his album Worlds. Particular ones which stand out are "Sad Machine", the jaw-dropping "Sea of Voices" and the astoundingly epic "Fellow Feeling". You WILL tear up on the second drop.
• American synth expert Larry Fast has contributed to projects by such rock music luminaries as Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Foreigner, and Daryl Hall & John Oates. He's also produced several solo albums under the name Synergy, and the results are epic. For just a sample of his greatness, here's "Legacy", made famous by its appearance in Cosmos: A Personal Voyage.
• Genre pioneer Suzanne Ciani was already a classically-trained pianist when she discovered the synthesizer and decided to put her instrumental skills to use in order to create electronic music. Her compositions are among the most beautiful and transfixing in the genre. For a sample, here's "The Seventh Wave", from her 1982 album Seven Waves.
• Many of Swedish Eurodance musician E-Type's songs, when they're not simply good, such as: "Rain", "True Believer" and "Like A Child", due to the soaring choruses, powerful synths and structures and generally imaginative (if fairly cheesy) lyrics.
• Looking for trance on the Darker and Edgier spectrum which mixes with techno? To start off, here's a sample of tech trance's finest:
  • Sean Tyas' remix of John Askew's "Shine", a high energy anthem that even dabbles in the old "acid" sound.
  • "Access" by Jordan Suckley, which almost feels like a throwback to the synth sounds of the 80's.
  • "Brush Strokes" by Simon Patterson. An eerie yet energetic piece that uses the old school acid sound to add a bouncy feel.
  • "Benzin" by Tempo Guisto, spacey sounding yet hard.
  • "Vengeance" by Mark Sherry, a fast banger of a track guaranteed to energize the crowd.
• She Moves, despite being considered a One-Hit Wonder with "Breaking All the Rules", also produced the little-known dance gems "Just For Tonight" and "Let's Keep It Going On".
• Obscure Canadian Eurodance act YBZ have "Now That I Found You", a driving hi-NRG track with catchy synth hooks that's excellent for workouts. "Love is Calling" is also great.
• Are you looking to take a journey through a perfect unison of dubstep and trance? Well, say hello to Au5, the Ensemble Dark Horse of the new '10s wave. His seamless blend of entrancing soundscapes and melodies with his signature heavy, technical bass design makes any track of his stand out from the rest of the dubstep crowd. For best results, start with his breakout hit, his remix of "Days to Come" by Seven Lions. Next, carry on to his countless bangers produced with Monstercat, such as "Blossom", "Snowblind", and "Atlantis". Cap off your journey through the ages with "Freefal"l, "Arise", and "Lush".
• Thought that EDM is only a thing in the West? Think again. These producers from the Middle and Far East have gained recognition from well-known European and American EDM labels, and are starting to gain a foothold in a Western-dominated sect of the music industry:
  • Justin Oh, from South Korea, (recognised by A State of Trance and Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto Records): "Reach for the Sky (with Estiva & Abby Rae)", "Under the Stars", "City Lights".
  • Shingo Nakamura, from Japan (also recognised by Armin van Buuren): "Always", "Roro", "Mauve", "Linear Light"
  • LTN, from Indonesia (recognised by ABGT): "Illusions", "Let Me Go", "Haven Place".
  • Masoud, from Iran: "My Dreams", "Goodbye".
  • Reimu, from China: "Wonderland", "Lunarfall".
• Really, Silentroom's entire Youtube channel (except the UNDERVEIL tracks) fits the bill here, but special props go to "Nhelv", a submisssion for the Japanese online music event "BMS of Fighters 2017", often shortened down to "BOFU 2017".
• NoCopyrightSounds, a British record label responsible for the electronic Public Domain Soundtrack in various YouTube videos, has packed some songs that an ear cannot resist, such as "Entropy", "Hope", "Candyland", "Energy", "Eclipse", "Adventure", and "Let's Go!". Really, we could say that all of these jamming electronic tunes are this.
• The little known UK electroclash band Add N To (X) are underrated, but their best known album, Avant Hard, stands out well in terms of experimental music, containing a lot of epic tracks including "FYUZ", "Revenge of the Black Regent", "Metal Fingers In My Body" and "Machine Is Bored With Love". The opening track for the aforementioned album, "Barry 7's Contraption", sets the tone of the album in a fun way, combining circus sounding music with glitches.
• Hyper, a breakbeat/industrial producer whose music has been featured in The Leftovers and the trailer for Cyberpunk 2077, has some strong and energetic beats. Examples: "Spoiler", "Clockwork", and "He Rises".
• Want some industrial techno dripping with darkness? Try out "Gone" by Sierra. Hell, the whole EP is pure sonic bliss. It's what cyberpunk would sound like as a music genre.
• NINA is commonly known as the "Queen of Synthwave", a title she definitely lives up to in tunes such as:
  • "Empire of Love", a driving arena anthem that starts modestly but builds to an orgasmic finale.
  • "Runaway", a fast-paced tune about unity in bad times with a sing-along chorus, co-written and produced by Ricky Wilde, brother of '80s superstar Kim Wilde.
  • "Nightfall", from the Darker and Edgier Control EP, is nonetheless an energetic dancefloor filler or workout jam.
  • "Berlin", a tribute to her hometown, which she moved back to at the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic, produced with Swedish synth master The Secret Chord.
• Thunder Porpoise regularly cranks out amazing synthwave, but one particular standout is "Until The End of Time", a Suspiciously Similar Song to the Space Harrier theme, but 20% cooler! This would make a great end credits theme to a retraux video game.
• With Swedish model-singer Madleen Kane calling it quits in 1985, her Hi-NRG synthpop album Cover Girl was the perfect swan song. Guaranteed to set you On Fire, take you to Ecstasy, and steal your heart like a Love Bandit.
• Juno Reactor is a British goa and psytrance group who is best known for composing the music for The Matrix and its sequels. Unsurprisingly, they have some truly amazing pieces.
  • Zwara is a spine tingling fusion of African tribal drums, electronic beats, fierce tribal chanting, all ending with a sustained scream that evokes religious ecstasy. The live version is actually explicit about the religious overtones as the lead vocalist, Mabi, actually performs a sangoma (traditional South African healer) intro.
  • Conquistador is in two contrasting parts. The first part is a soft, melodic piece with Spanish-style guitars in the background and a soft female voice singing the lyrics to "Dies Irae". It then seamlessly transitions into thundering drum beats with harsh male vocals.
  • Control, which they made in collaboration with Traci Lords (an instrumental version makes appearance as the battle theme in Mortal Kombat: The Movie where Liu Kang fights Reptile), is a bit different from their usual goa trance offerings, being a stomping techno beat with buzzing synths overlaid with spoken lyrics about a woman nursing a broken heart.
  • Hotaka has an ethereal voice singing vowel tones over a steadily rising electronic buzz, which then hits a crescendo and transitions into a pounding beat with rough male vocals and electric guitars.

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