===== Genre: Electronic =====

^Decade^Style^Artist^Notes^
|1950s–60s|[[Style Experimental|Experimental]]|Karlheinz Stockhausen|Avant-garde pioneer; inspired electronic minimalism and ambient.|
|1970s|[[Style Experimental|Experimental]]|Brian Eno|Innovator of ambient and generative music.|
|1980s|[[Style Alternative Dance|Alternative Dance]]|New Order|Synth-driven post-punk icons, laid groundwork for alt-dance with “Blue Monday.”|
|1980s|[[Style Alternative Pop/Rock|Alternative Pop/Rock]]|Depeche Mode|Synth-pop with dark, emotional weight.|
|1980s|[[Style Experimental|Experimental]]|Throbbing Gristle|Industrial and noise pioneers.|
|1990s|[[Style Alternative Dance|Alternative Dance]]|The Chemical Brothers|Brought big beat to the masses; merged rock aggression with club energy.|
|1990s|[[Style Alternative Dance|Alternative Dance]]|Underworld|Famed for the rave anthem “Born Slippy .NUXX.”|
|1990s|[[Style Alternative Pop/Rock|Alternative Pop/Rock]]|Radiohead|Especially with Kid A (2000), blending IDM, ambient, and rock.|
|1990s|[[Style Alternative Pop/Rock|Alternative Pop/Rock]]|Beck|Albums like Midnite Vultures and Sea Change blurred genre lines.|
|1990s|[[Style Experimental|Experimental]]|Aphex Twin|Rewrote the rules of IDM and glitch-based experimentalism.|
|1990s|[[Style Trip Hop|Trip Hop]]|Massive Attack|Pioneers of the genre; Blue Lines and Mezzanine are cornerstones.|
|1990s|[[Style Trip Hop|Trip Hop]]|Portishead|Noir vibes and haunting vocals; Dummy is essential.|
|1990s|[[Style Trip Hop|Trip Hop]]|Tricky|Shadowy, raw fusion of rap, rock, and trip-hop.|
|2000s|[[Style Alternative Dance|Alternative Dance]]|LCD Soundsystem|Blended dance-punk, electronica, and New York cool.|
|2000s|[[Style Alternative Pop/Rock|Alternative Pop/Rock]]|The Postal Service|Electropop meets indie melancholia.|
|2000s|[[Style Experimental|Experimental]]|Autechre|Deconstructed rhythm and melody into abstract sonic art.|
|2000s|[[Style Trip Hop|Trip Hop]]|Morcheeba|Laid-back, jazzy approach to the genre.|
|2000s|[[Style Trip Hop|Trip Hop]]|Zero 7|Blended chillout, downtempo, and soul with a trip-hop aesthetic.|
|2010s|[[Style Alternative Dance|Alternative Dance]]|Hot Chip|Electro-pop grooves with indie sensibility.|
|2010s|[[Style Alternative Dance|Alternative Dance]]|Caribou|Psychedelic dance rhythms, emotional depth.|
|2010s|[[Style Alternative Pop/Rock|Alternative Pop/Rock]]|Grimes|DIY electronic futurism with pop instincts.|
|2010s|[[Style Experimental|Experimental]]|Arca|Gender-fluid sound manipulator fusing noise, pop, and emotion.|
|2010s|[[Style Trip Hop|Trip Hop]]|FKA twigs|Avant-R&B and electronica with clear trip-hop lineage.|
|2020s|[[Style Alternative Pop/Rock|Alternative Pop/Rock]]|Christine and the Queens|Fluid synth-pop with theatrical androgyny.|
|2020s|[[Style Experimental|Experimental]]|SOPHIE|Radical pop deconstructionist, reshaped PC Music and queer electronica.|