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  Date / Time: 10/26/2009 5:35 AM UTC

  Notable artists and DJs
  

  With the explosive growth of computers music technology and consequent reduction in the cost of equipment in the late 1990s, the number of artists and DJs working within electronic music is overwhelming. With the advent of hard disk recording systems, it is possible for any home computer user to become a musician, and hence the rise in the number of "bedroom bands", often consisting of a single person. Nevertheless notable artists can still be identified. Influential musicians in industrial, synth pop and later electronic dance styles include the Silver Apples, A-ha, Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, New Order, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, The Human League and Kraftwerk. In Hardcore, Happy Hardcore, Trance, and Gabber there are Angerfist, Neophyte, Endymion, Scott Brown, DJs Brisk and Ham, DJ Hixxy, Darren Styles, Mark Breeze, and Ferry Corsten. In hardstyle, Headhunterz, The Prophet, Zany, Blutonium Boy, Dark Oscillators, Showtek, Deepack. In house, techno and drum and bass pioneers such as Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Goldie, A Guy Called Gerald, LTJ Bukem and Frankie Bones are still active as of 2008. The only electronic music album to reach number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart is The Prodigy's The Fat Of The Land.
  Commercially successful artists working under the "electronica" rubric such as Fatboy Slim,3OH!3 Faithless, The Chemical Brothers, Groove Armada, Basement Jaxx, Daft Punk, The Crystal Method, Massive Attack, Madonna, The Prodigy, Orbital, Propellerheads, Lady Gaga, Underworld and Moby continue to release albums and perform regularly (sometimes in stadium-sized arenas, such has the popularity of electronic dance music grown). Some DJs such as Paul Oakenfold, ATB, John Digweed, Sasha, Paul van Dyk, David Guetta, Armin van Buuren, Sandra Collins and Tijs Verwest (aka Tiësto) have reached true superstar status and can command five-figure salaries for a single performance. They perform for hours on end. Some DJs have world wide radio, and internet broadcasted shows that air weekly, such as A State of Trance, a show mixed by Armin van Buuren.
  In the late 90's and 00's artists considered Indie Electronic grew in popularity. Often blending synth-pop, krautrock, and electronica genres with others. Radiohead, Air, Stereolab, Simian Mobile Disco, Komeda, Broadcast, Royksopp, Hot Chip, Lcd Soundsystem, Caribou, Nite Club and Junior Boys are a few notable groups.
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