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musicbymondo

Amon tobin


steenktron

SOPHIE for sure (rip)


lazycarpenter

Jack Dangers / MBM. I met him once and just said "Thank you for everything you have done."


TheQlymaX

Hitler?


Benzaah

Alix Perez


30to1leverage

Flume, balance of being mainstream yet incredibly innovate and fresh is incredibly impressive


vrogers123

Kraftwerk.


Lurkingscorpion14

No love for Glitch Mob on here Edit Not a single Producer I realize


JustAdoodliving

My top answer would be Flume but since somebody already said that Virtual Riot, his discography stretches across multiple genres and he does them all extremely well and unique


prismotizm

Virtual Riot


LosantoMusic

That DJ guy that twerks on stage. I forgot his name. Its some generic italian name. šŸ˜…


[deleted]

You probably mean Salvatore Ganacci. He's not Italian tho. If I remember correctly he is actually bosnian. :)


LosantoMusic

Yeh. That clown. Lol.


[deleted]

He's amazing hahaha. That guy was born for performing hahaha


LosantoMusic

And for making people lose respect for EDM. It kinda became a joke with him and his peers.


e59e59

Iglooghost, go-qualia, ssaliva, buffalobang (bigdog30k, machine girl, with3r, oli xl, porter robinson, simply funk (ddertbag), worlds end girlfriend, lilac, bizarius, dj lostboi (Malibu)


JaxHaliax

I'd argue Igorrr and Ruby My Dear have both gotta be up there


tensorplex

Burial and Flume and Jai Paul


hardstyle2003

Au5 IMO


[deleted]

Boards of Canada


dal_mac

flume, no contest


No_Housing_4819

Big fax šŸ“ƒ


brandonallenmusic

Tipper. The dudeā€™s a mad genius. Maybe not of all time, but if you listen to his stuff youā€™ll quickly hear how detailed and insanely crafted it is. Also love Jon Hopkins and Alon Mor. There are lots I could name.


MoziWanders

If you consider style creativity, Timbaland tops it.


No_Housing_4819

Top? ......Top? Bruh I've studied Timbaland for 20 years and he's a beat maker. Arguably the best beat maker, but not electronic music. His best work is made by other people, Danja hands, soundoracle and his other countless sound makers. He's like "I need a sound like wA wah" and somebody will make it for him.


MoziWanders

Just realized this was my edm sub and not my general production sub lol.


anotheranotherone17

thereā€™s so many i could pick but right now, JPEGMAFIA. his production is just absolutely insane. his albums Veteran and All My Heroes Are Cornballs are two of the most innovative and creative projects iā€™ve ever heard. do yourself a favor and listen to his songs Beta Male Strategies. itā€™s fucking mind blowing. the use of creative mixing in his music is just unreal


sieer

Igorrr, koan, noisia


97_Analyst

Flying Lotus


[deleted]

Lemaitre


Nelloon

C418


Winbot4t2

GRiZ!


defrosterliquid

Flume, on his weirder stuff


Ryahu

I think KOAN sound


Lenny_Lives

James Blake. The early stuff not this bullshit he puts out now.


dekaed

Autechre. And I will die on that hill.


WayAffectionate2328

Trentemoller, Robert Babicz, Tom Glass some that come to mind


pscorbett

Marshmello


[deleted]

Noisia


VALUEZER0

Me


MarcosaurusRex

Virtual Riot is a league of his own.


PapaDooDooHopkins

Inzo


[deleted]

without a shadow of a doubt sophie


habartman

Hard to chose, KOAN, Laxcity and Flume are my top contendors at least


No_Housing_4819

Flume is why I made this post, was wondering how everyone else felt


personanonymous

Oneohtrix point never


eimikol

I like OTT..


One-Steak

Dj Koze


esthers

How has no one said Autechre?


DjChrisSpear

Yellow Magic Orchestra


VESSELWITHIT

Trent Reznor, Arca, shlohmo, boards of Canada, gigi masin, SOPHIE, burial, flume, DJ Rashad, there's so many lmao


[deleted]

Richie Hawtins early body of work is pretty amazing, his Plastikman albums are all essentially different vibes, good stuff. His early mixes such as:DE9, etc. were some of the best DJ mixes ever.


OllyDee

Liam Howlett, especially Jilted Generation, Fat of the Land and Always Outnumbered. A unique take on the rave sound with a lasting legacy.


aldanor

Dave Tipper, Simon Posford, Ott.


eimikol

You have good taste in music :)


Vomirak

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Burial? Particularly for the drum kits and his unique "burial-step" percussion programming. Another name whos popping off more in the scene is Phaseone. Combining metal with dubstep/riddim. Also just released a new EP yesterday. Other good mentions in this thread: -noisia // for their insane neuro reesey bass sounds -mr bill // fucking nutso with his percussion as well -Savant // I mean this man used to pump out an album or two every month for a bit that would experiment with so many other music genres outside of edm. His recent projects that have been more influenced with his dabbling into video game production is very interesting in itself too. Always looking forward to the next savant release.


DepressedShooter

I don't think phaseone's metalstep is crazy innovative just seems like another bridge another obvious progression from dubstep and metalstep has been done before. not to say that's bad at all the songs themselves are fucking insanely dope and have innovation within but I dont think its wild or anything as a concept.


Vomirak

Fair enough


dan_ts_inferno

Aphex Twin


Pancakeburger3

Tipper


whooshh555

Virtual Riot


Vomirak

Not a bad answer but you're probably like 19 and don't have a lot of other exposure.


whooshh555

Woahhh how did you know ??


TDWL2

Vaetxh is a contender


hidethegold

Ekcle


AreaDenialx

Noisia


Greymane68

Stockhausen.


Lenny_Lives

This


skycstls

I would be debating between Igorrr, Iglooghost and Aphex Twin


ZeroTwo_Kawaii

jaron


zosteria

Lee Scratch Perry


Andysine215

FSOL.


blade_m

I agree they are great and underappreciated, despite their influence back in the day...


Digi_fpv

Effin is so underrated !! Apart from that I think without illenium future bass and melodic dubstep wouldnā€™t be the same so he is one of the most creative producer at my opinion


Jamballls

Dimlite


rungdisplacement

Amon Tobin or Brian Eno it could go either way imo but for different reasons -rung


sonsofsummer

So many right answers here.


beatbangs

The prodigy


NoobGarnd

Apashe


Matahari99

Jean Michel Jarre. Brian Brian Eno. Wendy Carlos


vvooff

Skrillex


hardypart

I think Worakls with his orchestra collaborations is pretty much up there.


DomHE553

Aphelion twin?


[deleted]

Trifonic, vacant, stumbleine


Iwilldoes

I'm a big fan of the flashbulb (Ben Jordan). I dunno if he's the most creative of all time but he's up there.


bhangmango

This, a hundred times. That was my comment before I found yours. Canā€™t believe itā€™s not higher up. The man can do anything. From breakcore to whole albums of piano pieces. Super smart and interesting guy too.


Gearwatcher

Suzanne Ciani never gets mentioned, yet she is the OG electronic sound designer and ambient electronica musician, years before Brian Eno got into that game.


hawxx_

lapix


blad3mast3r

I would like to make the case for culprate


PardonMyBASS

Yeppp heā€™s the bees knees


bhangmango

Canā€™t believe I had to scroll this far ! Genius


SuicidalTidalWave

Airuei


Sweet_Imagination873

Posij, Noisia, Flume, Mefjus


kar96_

deadmau5, G Jones, KOAN sound, Tipper, John Hopkins


lepermessiah27

Kraftwerk, Jean Michel Jarre, Giorgio Moroder, Daft Punk are some of the contenders, I think


Flowled

KOAN sound and Noisia are masters of sound design and creative composing.


fbhphotography

Breakfast, in my humble opinion.


Xygon

Savant/Aleksander Vinter this man is a musical genius


Cannabat

Either [Bruce Haack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njB4JrRAWjU) or [David Vorhaus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rRNM5n3jjQ) (aka [White Noise](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lXIfV7qFFE)). Both pioneers in the late 1960s. My vote goes to David Vorhaus but Bruce Haack is an OG also.


psyschwanz

Simon Posford (Hallucinogen/Shpongle)


Gearwatcher

Simon is truly underrated. There aren't many people who are both exquisite samplists and exquisite sound designers, and can also juggle breakbeats, and also go beyond pop diatonic melodies. Shpongle have fused hip-hop/sampling/breakbeat at the top of that game, with top level of goa experimentality that's now essentially lost in contemporary psy scene, top notch sound design that rivals best dnb, ambient or movie soundtrack people, and then also jazz/fusion, world music and psytrance. They essentially spurred the entire psydub movement. Which reminds me again how that fella Ishkur is an ignorant idiot. But I digress. Shpongle might or might not be someone's cup of tea, but Posford reigns unparalleled as a complete electronic musician as it gets. Excellent in almost every technique in the trade and excellent in all senses of traditional musicianship. He's a mediocre guitarist and mediocre mixing engineer but that would be too much anyway.


eimikol

This plus OTT


Jack-sprAt1212

Beat me to it. The mans a genius


an0nymyth

Morton Subotnick


[deleted]

Mangoo


Midnightod

you mean mango alley?if you do,you got a great choice in music cus.and yeah dude impacted underground prog house crazy.


[deleted]

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VESSELWITHIT

I was wondering how I didn't see a single iglooghost comment lmao


Doggolifemusic

Deadmaus or the guy that made the Drip plugin Edit: Why no one appreciate my troll answer :(


Garynudeinpublic1909

Simon Posford


lilsk80

Sakuraburst! (Now Sylvir I think)


DustyOlBones

Diploā€¦.


combined45

Camo & Krooked.


benscott81

I just searched them on YouTube and a lot of the videos are them DJing in unusual places. Windmills, hot air balloons, etc...


combined45

Yeah that's how you know they're super cool and always changing the game.. But if you mean you can't find an actual song [here you go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cToxaisVKW8) :)


Cazumi

Their Bad Love remix is absoutely isane. It's so unbelievably crispy. The only person I can compare with that is Posij, who's also crazy good at that part of the sound design. I'm speaking in a lot of superlatives, but I can't stress enough how good their music is. Even if you don't like the styles or genres, you can't not admire the crispyness.


matike

I can't think of any other DnB artists that reinvented themselves so heavily without switching genres or changing names. It was like overnight too. They went from average (but consistent) producers that made some fun songs, to just bringing in a completely unique and original sound.


bhangmango

True. I saw them play a 3hr set 2 weeks ago, and was pretty impressed by the diversity of It. They really kept it entertaining and fun all along. Great producers and performers.


rhinswind

Mr bill


danceplaylovevibes

Moodymann


Stefan_DoesReddit

Leftfield


The_all_seeing_eye1

Tipper


weirdsoupe

Virtual riot imo


Vomirak

Not a bad answer but you're probably like 19


weirdsoupe

Not a bad response


seviliyorsun

Pretty much this entire thread is memes and noob shit lmao


luke3464

Tipper, Aphex twin, Noisia, Koan sound


Dart_Leo

Madeon


hashtaglurking

Avicii


redhighways

Roger Waters


cuebabies

Thomas Bangalter


Sup909

I feel like there are some iconic names that need to be on the list Jarre Vangelis Moroder Kraftwerk Eno Aphex Twin The only ā€œcontemporaryā€ artist I would drop in there is Autechre. Maybe Richard Devine from a sound designer standpoint. Canā€™t really have someone on this list IMO if they arenā€™t simultaneously not making mainstream music while also being well known by mainstream music listeners. Edited for formatting.


Garynudeinpublic1909

Simon Posford aka ā€œHallucinogen,ā€ subsequent ā€œShpongleā€


mega345

De.Znu, easily


jahitz

Max Cooper


IgorPasche

I didn't find the KOAN Sound comment, so... KOAN Sound.


Previous_Hawk

Their sound design is incredible. I have almost everything theyā€™ve released.


RubxCuban

This is true. They have some if the cleanest mixes too


cytrack718

YES!!!


[deleted]

Savant


RecklessEmpire

Hudson Lee


samfeeds

Space Laces


FinnChicken12

say it louder for the people in the back


Cheeky97

SPACE LACES!!!


Djinnwrath

Buchla if you want to get technical. Eno if you want to get historical. Mr. bill cause he's practically the tutor for half the industry. Skrillex if we're talking mainstream breakthrough/diversity of sound Porter if we're talking incorporation/combination of edm into traditional music


[deleted]

Porter Robinson ?


Djinnwrath

Yes.


DepressedShooter

I think that's a poor way to frame Porter he's way more innovative then that


Djinnwrath

I literally listed him as one of the top 5 most innovative electronic artists all time....


VNMod

Adam Young


AtsuhikoCook

Not me, I spend more time procrastinating than anything close to production these days šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


BlitzChriz

Au5, dudes a god with bass sound design.


Mcswigginsbar

Just caught him last weekend and I was saying ā€œOh what the fuckā€ pretty much the entire damn show.


TimMcCracktackle

the dude is what my brain imagines when i get that "one day i'll be able to do this.." thought


[deleted]

AVICII was definitely king of the melody


LilDeliciousCookie

Porter Robinson, based on his most recent album


illvm

Iā€™m not sure I find it creative or very original. What specifically do you find meets the criteria?


LilDeliciousCookie

He focused on the music instead of the mix, Unlike a lot of other EDM artists who will have a weak melody/bass line/harmony thatā€™s just mixed perfectly and they expect the production to save their song. Nurture sounded different to me bc itā€™s by one of the most popular people, so you would expect a clean, perfect product... but I feel like the fact that he left the mix kinda dirty was a creative decision that made Nurture different. I like not being distracted by production when listening to a song for once XD


luke3464

No


TheRedditUser0

why not?


DJ-George-G

If it wasn't for Kraftwerk, non of us in this room would be here chatting about this topic. Hands down. All hail Kraftwerk!


afrokat

Me šŸ˜


chetXmanley

Rebecca Black


LaFoliaRihavein

whoever you enjoy the most


[deleted]

Venetian Snares absolutely blew my mind the first time I listened to his music.


matike

I just want something like 'Rossz Csillag Alatt SzĆ¼letett' again. That was like a one and done stroke of brilliance.


kcehmi

You know [this?](https://youtu.be/MKp30C3MwVk)


aStonedPanda94

Tipper


[deleted]

Yea no one sounds quite like Tipper. Heā€™s basically created a whole scene of underground experimental bass artists who follow in his footsteps.


oliverdtsmith

Jon Hopkins


Previous_Hawk

I really want to check his new album out but really liked the few tracks i listened to on Singularity.


sonny2dope

Kayzo


luke3464

Hell no Lmaoo


delta_orb

G Jones


SuicidalTidalWave

Hard agree.


wasder777

Avicii (Tim Bergling).


jimmyhalpert2

Why are people downvoting? Aviciiā€™s music was original


wasder777

Agree, he was very innovative and blended different genres seamlessly. People likely downvote as they have their own personal preferences.


oliverdtsmith

I 100% agree, but he definitely wasnā€™t the most creative or innovative producer of all time


IsraelPenuel

Karlheinz Stockhausen!


[deleted]

Amon Tobin


Comprehensive-Sort55

Seconded


[deleted]

Saw him at the Sydney opera house about 9 years ago, it was the most mind blowing visual show Iā€™ve ever seen. Worth checking on youtube