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John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
Buckethead
Mike Patton
American singer
Milton Babbitt
American composer (1916–2011)
Fred Frith
English musician, composer and improvisor
Charles Wuorinen
American composer (1938–2020)
Merzbow
is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by Masami Akita, best known for a style of harsh noise music. Since 1980, Akita has released over 500 recordings and collaborated with numerous artists.
Mono
Japanese instrumental rock band
Marc Ribot
American musician
Steve Lacy
American jazz musician (1934–2004)
Jim O'Rourke
American musician
Uri Caine
American pianist and composer (born 1956)
Derek Bailey
British guitarist (1930–2005)
Naked City
American band
Melt-Banana
Melt-Banana is a Japanese noise rock band that is known for playing extremely fast noise rock and hardcore punk mixed with experimental, electronica and pop-based song structures. Since forming in 1992 the band has released ten albums and toured worldwide extensively.
Christian Wolff
American composer and classicist (born 1934)
Joey Baron
American avant-garde jazz drummer
Trevor Dunn
American bassist
Henry Kaiser
American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver
Ikue Mori
drummer, electronic musician and composer
Luc Ferrari
French composer (1929–2005)
Earle Brown
American composer (1926–2002)
Maryanne Amacher
American composer and installation artist (1938–2009)
Tony Oxley
British drummer (1938–2023)
Otomo Yoshihide
Japanese composer, guitarist (1959-)
Keiji Haino
Japanese musician
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
American musician
Susie Ibarra
American musician
Perry Robinson
American musician (1938–2018)
Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist (1938-1995)
Milford Graves
American jazz drummer and percussionist (1941-2021)
Erik Friedlander
American musician
Steven Bernstein
American trumpeter, slide trumpeter, arranger/composer and bandleader
Elliott Sharp
American musician
Tom Cora
American cellist and composer (1953–1998)
Anthony Coleman
American musician
Gary Lucas
American musician
Painkiller
American band
Maja S. K. Ratkje
Norwegian composer
Wayne Horvitz
American musician
Ruins
Japanese band
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
Marty Ehrlich
American musician
Evan Lurie
American composer
Gordon Mumma
American composer
David Krakauer
American clarinetist
Anton Fier
American rock drummer and bandleader (1956–2022)
Jamie Saft
American keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound engineer and producer
Eyvind Kang
American musician
Alvin Curran
American musician and composer
George Lewis
American composer, performer, and music scholar
Steve Beresford
English musician
Ned Rothenberg
American composer
Craig Taborn
American musician
Scott Johnson
American composer (1952–2023)
Robin Holcomb
American musician
Lukas Ligeti
Austrian composer and jazz drummer
Cyro Baptista
Brazilian musician
Karl Berger
German jazz vibraphonist, pianist and composer (1935–2023)