Mauro Picotto (born December 25, 1966 in Cavour, Italy) is an Italian electronic dance music artist. Previously a member of Italian eurodance outfit Cappella, he became known as a solo artist with his trance tracks including "Komodo," "Iguana," and "Pulsar". He has collaborated with many popular trance musicians like DJ Tiësto and Mario Piu. He has moved in to nightclub promotion with his own touring club night, Meganite, …

Chris Fortier is an American DJ and founder of the Balance Record Pool as well as co-founder and owner of Fade Records. Fortier's DJ-ing covers a range of styles from dark progressive to minimalist techno. He is well known for being a central figure in the development of electronic dance music in the United States as both a DJ and founder of the Balance Record Pool. Chris Fortier grew up in Melbourne, Florida, moving to Orlando, …

The Stanton Warriors are breakbeat duo Dominic Butler and Mark Yardley. They are a DJ and producer team of Nu skool breaks, a style of electronic dance music. The pair are originally from Bristol, and now play high-profile sets at internationally-renowned clubs such as Fabric and Sankeys Soap in the UK, and also make several international appearances each year. Their style is sometimes described as a fusion of electro, breakbeat and 2-step UK garage.

Simon Reynolds (born 1963 in London), is an influential British music critic who is well-known for his writings on electronic dance music and for coining the term "post-rock". Besides electronic dance music, Reynolds has written about a wide range of artists and musical genres, and has written books on post-punk and rock. He has contributed to "Melody Maker" (where he first made his name), "The New York Times", "Village Voice", "Spin", …

Ville Virtanen (born July 17, 1975), better known by his stage name Darude is an electronic dance music producer and DJ from Eura, Hinnerjoki, Finland. Debuting in 1999 with the smash single "Sandstorm" and subsequent album "Before the Storm", Darude is known worldwide for his progressive/uplifting style.

Sasha (born Alexander Coe on 4 September 1969), is a Welsh DJ and record producer. Sasha began his career playing acid house dance music in the late 1980s, and became a central figure in the development and popularisation of electronic dance music. He partnered with fellow DJ John Digweed in 1993, touring internationally and producing a series of mixes (compilations of other artists work played in a continuous fashion).

Andy Hunter° is a British DJ and composer of EDM.

Annie MacManus (better known as Annie Mac) is a disc jockey who hosts an eponymous electronic dance music show on BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom which airs at 10pm (British time) on Friday evenings. Born on 18 July 1978 in Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland, Annie moved to Belfast at the age of seventeen to study at the Queen's University (QUB). While at QUB she regularly frequented Shine, a club within the university's student union.

Patrick Joseph Cowley (b October 19, 1950 Buffalo, New York - d November 12, 1982 San Francisco, California) was a Disco and Hi-NRG dance music composer and recording artist. He recorded in a similar style to Giorgio Moroder, and is often credited with pioneering electronic dance music. Born in Buffalo, Cowley moved to San Francisco in 1971, beginning an intensive study of the synthesizer. Working at the City Disco as a light technician, …

Kurtis el Khaleel (born September 4, 1965), known by the stage name Kurtis Mantronik, is an American hip-hop, electro funk, and dance music artist, DJ, remixer, and producer. Mantronik was the former leader, DJ, and keyboardist of the influential 1980s old school hip-hop and electro-funk group Mantronix. Currently, Mantronik lives in Britain, where he has produced and remixed house and techno music tracks by artists such as Kylie Minogue, Fatboy Slim, …

Stacey Q (born Stacey Lynn Swain) is a synthpop and dance-pop singer, dancer and actress. She is best known for her 1986 hit single "Two of Hearts".

DJ Roog is a Dutch DJ and house music producer. His real name is Rogier van Bueren. With his brother Gregor he forms the producer duo Hardsoul. On their own label, Hardsoul Pressings, they released among others two well known and succesfull mix CDs, in the 'The sound of love and dedication' series. The hit 'Back together' with Ron Carroll from 2003 finally meant the arrival at the international stage for Roog. He was voted the 'Number 1 house DJ of Holland' for three years in a row, …

K-Swing, real name Katie Kabel, is an American DJ/Producer specializing in electronic dance music, specifically "Rockbeat" (coined for being a mixture of rock and roll and breakbeat) and electro house. She is from New Jersey, USA. In 2004 she was nominated for the "Best Breakthrough DJ Award" at the 2004 "Dancestar USA: American Dance Music Award" show. In 2006 she was signed to Adam Freeland's Marine Parade record label.

BeXta (real name Rebecca Poulsen) is a female Trance DJ and producer currently based in Sydney. Originally from Brisbane, she studied classical music before turning to electronic dance music in the mid 1990's.

Marco Torrance, aka Marco Tust, is an ambient, chillout and trance musician based in Leipzig, Germany. He was born on January 15, 1981 in Leipzig (German Democratic Republic). Inspired by so called dancefloor era in the early 1990s, Marco began making his first electronic dance music by using simple sample tools and tracker related programs. Finally he found the way to the since then unemployed software synthesizers.

Mirwais Ahmadzai, more commonly known simply as Mirwais, is a Paris-based record producer and songwriter. He was born in Switzerland to an Afghan father and an Italian mother. Mirwais is a leader in the French style of progressive electronic dance music / Progressive electronica. A former member of the defunct 1980s group Taxi Girl, he was re-discovered by Madonna in the late 1990s when he submitted a demo to her then-record label Maverick Records.

Stephan Groth is the man behind Apoptygma Berzerk, an electronic dance music act that plays in styles such as synthpop and futurepop. Stephan Leonard Groth was born in Odense, Denmark but relocated with his family to his father's home town Sarpsborg, Norway in 1986. Along with Ronan Harris of VNV Nation and the members of Covenant, he is considered by many to be one of the pioneers of the futurepop genre of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Peter Harris (born 1961), popularly known as Blu Peter, is an electronic dance music record producer and disc jockey from South Wales who pioneered the Nu-NRG music genre in the late 1990s. In the early 1990s he served as resident DJ at major London nightclubs such as Heaven and Turnmills, and found international acclaim performing at raves and nightclubs throughout the world.

Bajka (pronounced "Biker") is B. Pluwatsch (born December 25, 1978) is a poet and singer, currently based in Munich, Germany. She is the daughter of J. Pluwatsch, a member of the German Krautrock band Embryo. She was born in India, and has lived in Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan and South Africa. She attended schools in Goa, Bangalore, Lagos, Portugal, Seattle, Durban and Cape Town. Bajka studied music in Prague.

Charles Michael Paugh (born July 25, 1967 in Valparaiso, Indiana) is an American record company owner who founded Party Til Dawn Productions in 1985. Chuck Paugh has served as the president of Party Til Dawn Productions since founding the company in October 1985. His exposure to the music industry began at an early age having been raised in Southern California amidst the peak of the 1970s punk rock scene, …

Steve Rodway (born in Cambridgeshire), also known under the alias Motiv 8 or Motiv8, is an Electronic dance music music producer and remixer. While known for many remixes, including those produced for The Doobie Brothers, Saint Etienne, Pulp, and Pet Shop Boys, as well as his own singles such as "Rockin' for Myself" and "Break The Chain", his highest-profile work was composing and producing the Gina G song "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit", …

Miriam Grey, known by her stage name, Mim, is a British electronic dance music singer who has worked with London-based DJ's/producers Lee Cabrera (2005 single/EP, "I Watch You") and Kurtis Mantronik (2003 single/EP "How Did You Know"), among others.

Simon Gray studied at Birmingham Conservatoire, initially under Andrew Downes and then principally under John Mayer. Under the influence of the latter, he developed a keen interest in all forms of musical fusions, working as the Musical Director of the Conservatoire's Indo Jazz Fusions ensemble for a time and coaching the Folk music ensemble there. He also served as the Director of the Conservatoire's community music programme sponsored by the Post Office, …

JT Castillo is an American dance music producer and DJ from Miami, FL. He has been making music for the progressive house/trance underground club scene since departing the game development industry in 2002. His tracks are often first heard as exclusives from DJ's and on college/underground radio stations before being released. In 2005 he founded the record label Redrush Records and began releasing electronic dance music from producers worldwide.

Wondress Hutchinson, also known as, Wondress, is an American electronic dance music and jazz fusion singer who has worked with old school hip hop/electro funk group Mantronix (1990 album "This Should Move Ya", where she sang lead vocals on the album's Top 10 British Singles hits, "Got To Have Your Love", and "Take Your Time"). In 1995, Hutchinson sang background vocals for jazz fusion group, Spyro Gyra (1995 album "Love And Other Obsessions").

Robotkid is the alias of Josh Randall, an electronic dance musician, video artist and video game developer from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Along with "PK", he was part of the mid-1990s synthcore band Institute of Technology. He is currently the Creative Director at Harmonix Music Systems, a video game studio responsible for such series as "Karaoke Revolution" and "Guitar Hero". Prior to Harmonix, Randall worked for Looking Glass Studios.

Alisha is an US electronic dance music singer from Brooklyn, New York who had several hits in the 80's. Her self-titled first album, produced by Mark Berry and released on Vanguard Records, included the hits "All Night Passion" (#4 Hot Dance US), "Baby Talk" (#1 Hot Dance US), and "Too Turned On" (#6 Hot Dance US) and sold over 2 million copies.

Jade Trini Goring, (born: 1972), formerly known by the stage name, Jade Trini, is an American contemporary gospel music singer. Goring was also briefly a member of the electronic dance/house music/old school hip hop group, Mantronix, in 1991.

Richard H. Kirk is a British musician specializing in electronic music. He first came to prominence in the 1970s as a member of the seminal industrial band Cabaret Voltaire. His first release as a solo artist, "Disposable Half Truths", came in 1980 and he maintained a career as a solo artist alongside Cabaret Voltaire until the band's dissolution in 1994. It was during the 1990s that his solo output increased considerably.