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Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band members are Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, keyboards); the brothers Jonny Greenwood (guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood (bass); Ed O'Brien (guitar, backing vocals); and Philip Selway (drums). They have worked with the producer Nigel Godrich and the cover artist Stanley Donwood since 1994. Radiohead's experimental approach is credited with advancing the sound of alternative rock.
Massive Attack
British trip hop band
Portishead
English band
Clean Bandit
British electronic music group
Bastille
English indie pop band
The xx
British indie pop band
Ultravox
Ultravox (previously styled as Ultravox!) were a British new wave band, formed in London in April 1974 as Tiger Lily. Between 1980 and 1986, they scored seven top ten albums and seventeen top 40 singles in the UK, the most successful of which was their 1981 hit "Vienna".
Faithless
Faithless are an English dance music band that formed in 1995, with its core original members being Rollo, Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz. During the band's initial period of success, Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz contributed to studio recordings and toured frequently under the Faithless name, while Rollo served as a studio-only member, and has never performed live with the band. Their first album, Reverence, was released in 1996 and their most recent, Champion Sound, in 2025. They have sold millions of physical records, and their catalogue was uploaded to streaming sites in 2018. They average over f
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
English band
Morcheeba
thumb|Skye Edwards at the Zelt-Musik-Festival 2018 in [[Freiburg, Germany ]] Morcheeba are an English electronic band formed in the mid-1990s with founding members brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey who later recruited vocalist Skye Edwards. They mix influences from trip hop, rock, folk rock and downtempo, and have produced ten regular studio albums since 1995, two of which reached the UK top ten. Edwards left the band in 2003, after which the brothers used a number of guest singers before she rejoined in 2010. They recruit additional members for their live performances and have toured internation
London Grammar
British indie pop band
Throbbing Gristle
English musical group
Rudimental
Rudimental are a British drum and bass band and production team, signed to Asylum Records, Atlantic Records and Black Butter Records. The band consists of Piers Aggett, Kesi Dryden and Leon "Locksmith" Rolle.
Enter Shikari
British rock band
Above & Beyond
British electronic trio
VNV Nation
UK musical group
Asian Dub Foundation
British musical band
Happy Mondays
English alternative rock band
Bronski Beat
British synthpop trio
The Orb
English electronic music group
Q1024747
British electronic music group
808 State
British electronic music group
Shpongle
Shpongle is a psychedelic electronic music project from England that formed in 1996. The group includes Simon Posford and Raja Ram (one of three in The Infinity Project). The duo are considered to be one of the progenitors of the psybient genre — a genre combining world music with psychedelic trance and ambient. Their musical style combines traditional music from all over the world and vocals with contemporary western synthesizer-based psychedelic music. When asked to describe Shpongle's music, Posford has responded that it is "like nothing you've ever heard before."
Art of Noise
British band
Metronomy
Metronomy are an English electronic music band, formed in Totnes in 1999. Their lineup consists of founding member and leader Joseph Mount (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Oscar Cash (keyboards, backing vocals, guitar, saxophone), Anna Prior (drums, backing vocals), Olugbenga Adelekan (bass, backing vocals), and Michael Lovett (keyboards, guitar). Their music consists of vocal and instrumental electronic pop music.
Nitzer Ebb
British EBM band
Archive
British musical group
Stereo MCs
English hip hop/electronic dance group
Coil
English post-industrial band
Unkle
Unkle (often stylised as U.N.K.L.E. or UNKLE, occasionally known as UNKLE Sounds) is a British musical act founded in 1992 by James Lavelle. Originally categorised as trip hop, the group once included producer DJ Shadow and have employed a variety of guest artists and producers.
Juno Reactor
British band
The Cinematic Orchestra
British jazz and electronic music band
Kosheen
Kosheen are an Anglo-Welsh electronic music group based in Bristol. The group originally consisted of singer-songwriter Sian Evans, songwriter-producer Markee Ledge and producer-songwriter Darren Beale. Currently it consists of Evans, songwriter-producer Ron McElroy and drummer Mitchell Glover. The bandname Kosheen is inspired by the name of the North American Apache warrior, Cochise.
Sneaker Pimps
British Trip Hop band
Recoil
musical project created by English musician Alan Wilder
Broadcast
British electronic music group
The Beloved
English electronic dance music group
Jesus Jones
English alternative rock band
Psychic TV
British-American musical group; multimedia collective
Alabama 3
British musical group
MARRS
MARRS (stylised M|A|R|R|S) were a 1987 recording collective formed by the groups A.R. Kane and Colourbox, which only released one commercial disc. It became "a one-hit wonder of rare influence" because of their international hit "Pump Up the Volume", which was their only single.
Hadouken!
British rock/electronica band
Maybeshewill
Maybeshewill are an English post-rock band from Leicester, England. Their music is characterised by the use of programmed and sampled electronic elements alongside guitars, bass, keyboards and drums.
The Streets
English alternative hip hop music group
Crystal Fighters
British-Spanish electronic band
Dario G
UK musical group; trio
Fluke
English electronic music group
Foreign Beggars
UK musical group
Magnetic Man
British electronic music project
Zoot Woman
band
Olive
English breakbeat/trip hop group
Smoke City
band that plays jazz
OceanLab
OceanLab (or Above & Beyond presents OceanLab) is a vocal trance group formed in 2000 in London. The group consists of vocalist Justine Suissa and the three members of Above & Beyond: Jono Grant, Paavo Siljamäki, and Tony McGuinness.
Robots in Disguise
Electropunk band
Bad Company
stage name of British drum and bass producers Maldini, dBridge, DJ Fresh, and Vegas
Bass Communion
British musician
Whitehouse
British power electronics band
Clock DVA
English band
Meat Beat Manifesto
band
Fujiya & Miyagi
British group