
Top 100 Techno Artists of 2014
Here’s the countdown to this years Top Techno Artists of 2014.
100: Mike Dehnert
99: Paul du Lac
98: The Organ Grinder
97: Layton Giordani
96: Jewel Kid
95: Gel Abril
94: Sean Ray
93: Adriatique
92: Dataworx
91: Harvard Bass
90: Skiver
89: Tony Rohr
88: Recondite
87: Joseph Capriati
86: Audio kode
85: Marquis Hawkes
84: Shlomi Aber
83: Lutzenkirchen
82: DVS1
81: Dantiez Saunderson
80: Butch
79: Wehbba
78: Jonas Kopp
77: Sasha Carassi
76: Damarii Saunderson
75: Dj Boris
74: Patrick Zigon
73: Kenny Larkin
72: Super Flu
71: Stephan Bodzin
70: Gerd
69: Oliver Huntemann
68: Alden Tyrell
67: Pan-Pot
66: Laurent Garnier
65: Kevin Saunderson
64: Paul Woolford
63: Audion
62: Rolando
61: Gui Boratto
60: Pig&Dan
59: Hugo Bianco
58: Ramiro Lopez
57: Traumer
56: Ant Brooks
55: Dhyan Droik
54: Gregor Schwellenbach
53: Roman Flugel
52: Josh Wink
51: Kölsch
50: Christian Prommer
49: Miss Kittin
48: Doc Daneeka
47: Filterheadz
46: Radio Slave
45: Dubfire
44: Uto Karem
43: Derrick May
42: Mark Fanciulli
41: Robert Hood
40: Carl Cox
39: Alan Fitzpatrick
38: Gene Farris
37: Harvey Mckay
36: Klement Bonelli
35: Jay Lumen
34: Jerome Sydenham
33: Marc Romboy
32: Gary Beck
31: RAR
30: Harry Romero
29: Nathan Barato
28: Martin Eyerer
27: Gregor Tresher
26: Detroit Grand Pubahs
25: Sam Paganini
24: Nikola Gala
23: Mark Broom
22: Dense & Pika
21: Kink
20: Maceo Plex
19: Christian Smith
18: Adrian Hour
17: MATRiXXMAN
16: Carl Craig
15: Danny Daze
14: Trus’me
13: Nicole Moudaber
12: Anna
11: Mr. G
10: Coyu
After the success with “El Baile Alemán” the career of COYU keeps up at an unstoppable pace. He keeps surprising his thousands of fans with his releases on labels like Diynamic Music, Great Music, Saved, 2020 Vision, Trapez, Cr2, Get Physical Music, Rebirth, Noir Music or Tronic and has got the support of the most important artists of the international scene: Sven Vath, Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, Laurent Garnier, Luciano, Pete Tong, Ricardo Villalobos, DJ Hell, Joris Voorn, Mark Knight, Dennis Ferrer, Loco Dice & Axwell.
9: Dosem
For over 6 years now Dosem has been dropping big room house and techno bombs on labels such as Suara, Carl Cox’s Intec Recordings, Tronic, Bedrock, Break New Soil and more. With a mix of futuristic techno and soulful house approach to his productions, he definitely gives a unique sheen that he can call his own. Releases such as his Suara EP ‘Streetout’ and his remix for Hot Since 82’s “Planes & Trains” demonstrate this characteristic further and have garnered him wide support.
8: Adam Beyer
Alongside Stockholms Cari Lekebusch, Joel Mull and Jesper Dahlback, Adam Beyer has become synonymous with the techno sound of Sweden, which has quite literally shaken the world since the mid-nineties. From the driving percussive force of his Drumcode label to the more open electronic miasma on his current Truesoul and Mad Eye imprints, Beyer remains one of the biggest and most influential producer/DJs on the planet.
7: Ben Sims
From early formative days earning his stripes spinning hip hop, house and rave on pirate radio, and at parties around Essex and East London, through the 90’s as an ever more in demand DJ, and on into the new millennium as a label boss, producer and internationally recognised techno legend in his own right, Ben Sims has spent all his conscious life exploring all facets of underground dance music
6: Nina Kraviz
She’s a Russian techno DJ, an accomplished producer, one of dance music’s breakthrough names of the last five years. True enough, but there’s so much more to her story than that. She’s one of electronic music’s most interesting characters, someone who has stuck to her musical guns since day one, someone who has wide-ranging roots that run deep in the past, yet she’s also the embodiment of the future. Her signature sound is a raw blend of house and techno with a very acidic feel. If that feels very now, Kraviz has a lot to do with it.
5: Samuel L Session
Samuel has been in the electronic music scene since the 90’s with releases on Music Man, Figure, Soma, Klap Klap and Be As One to name a few.
4: Simian Mobile Disco
James Ford and Jas Shaw. Two men. Three letters. SMD. Electronic pioneers. DJs. Producers. They’ve been tearing up dance-floors around the world for the past few years.
3: Green Velvet
Green Velvet, initially created by house don Cajmere (AKA Curtis Alan Jones) as an outlet for his non-vocal productions and frequent DJing gigs, grew to become even more popular than the man himself, thanks to club singles like “Preacher Man,” “Answering Machine” and “The Stalker.” Each were infectious, undeniably fun records with simple vocal taglines and a wonderful sense of humor.
2: Tiga
The origins of Montreal born DJ-producer-incipient Teutonic legend Tiga lie to the vague and troubling East, where he was weaned on the nefarious milk of the notorious 1980s Indian club scene. Forward to the present and Tiga is seeing a lot of success with his music being picked up by well respect labels in the house sense such as Mad Decent, Turbo, Toolroom, Crosstown Rebels, Bedrock & Skint.
1: Floorplan
Floorplan is the alias on legendary Detroit Techno producer Robert Hood.
Floorplan releases on Traxsource.
