Festival No. 0000065 · Est. 1999
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- Empire Polo Club
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- 81-800 51st Ave. 92201
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- Indio, US
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About the artists
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2manydjs (DJ Set) formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 1998. Plays breakbeat. -
A$AP Rocky was born in Harlem, United States, on 3 October 1988. Plays cloud rap, east coast hip hop, experimental hip hop, hardcore hip hop, hip hop, pop rap, trap.
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AC Slater was born on 9 November 1979. Plays bass house, g-house, house, jackin house, techno.
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Adam Beyer was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on 15 May 1976. Plays acid techno, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, edm, electronic, electronica.
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Alessia Cara was born in Mississauga, Canada, on 11 July 1996. Plays alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, pop, pop rock, pop soul, r&b, soul.
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Algiers formed in London, United States, in 2007. Plays experimental rock, indie rock, noise pop, post-punk, soul.
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AlunaGeorge formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2009. Plays electronic, uk garage.
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Alvvays formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2011. Plays alternative rock, chamber pop, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, jangle pop, power pop, rock.
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Anderson Paak was born in Oxnard, United States, on 8 February 1986. Plays alternative hip hop, alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, hip hop, r&b, soul.
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Ardalan plays bass house, breakbeat, breaks, deep house, deep tech, drum and bass, edm, electro.
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Autograf formed in Chicago, United States, in 2013. Plays dance.
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Autolux formed in 2000. Plays alternative rock, dream pop, indie rock, noise pop, pop, shoegaze.
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Baauer was born in Philadelphia, United States, on 30 April 1989. Plays electronic, grime, hip hop, trap, trap edm.
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BadBadNotGood formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2010. Plays hip hop, instrumental hip hop, jazz.
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Bat For Lashes was born on 25 October 1979. Plays alternative pop, ambient pop, art pop, dream pop, folktronica, indie rock, indietronica, pop.
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Beach House formed in Baltimore, United States, in 2004. Plays dream pop, indie pop, pop, shoegaze, slowcore.
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Bedouin formed in 1997, and split up in 2003, after 6 years. Plays space rock.
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Big Wild plays electronic, electropop.
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Black Coffee was born in Durban, South Africa, on 11 March 1976. Plays edm, house.
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Black Madonna plays alternative dance, electro-disco, house, techno.
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Bob Moses formed in Vancouver, Canada. Plays deep house, electronic, house, jazz.
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BØRNS was born in Grand Haven, United States, on 7 January 1992.
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Calvin Harris was born in Dumfries, United Kingdom, on 17 January 1984. Plays club, complextro, contemporary r&b, dance, dance-pop, disco, edm, electro house.
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Carla Morrison was born on 19 July 1986. Plays electronic, indie pop, pop, singer-songwriter.
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Cassy was born in London, Austria.
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Chris Stapleton was born on 15 April 1978. Plays bluegrass, country, outlaw country, singer-songwriter, southern rock.
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Christine and the Queens was born in Nantes, France, on 1 June 1988. Plays alternative pop, art pop, electropop, indietronica, pop.
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Chronixx was born on 10 October 1992. Plays reggae.
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CHVRCHES formed in Glasgow, United Kingdom, in 2011. Plays dance, electronica, indie pop, indietronica, pop, rock, synth-pop.
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Claptone plays dance, edm, electronic, house, tech house.
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CLOVES was born in Melbourne, Australia, on 25 February 1996.
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Cold War Kids formed in Fullerton, United States, in 2004. Plays blue-eyed soul, blues rock, indie rock, rock.
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Courtney Barnett was born in Sydney, Australia, on 3 November 1987. Plays alternative rock, folk, indie folk, indie rock, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Crystal Fighters formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays dubstep, electronic, folk, punk, techno.
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Cut Snake plays deep house, house, progressive house.
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Deafheaven formed in San Francisco, United States, in 2010. Plays atmospheric black metal, black metal, blackgaze, post-metal, shoegaze.
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Death Grips formed in Sacramento, United States, on 21 December 2010. Plays abstract hip hop, alternative hip hop, digital hardcore, electronic, electropunk, experimental, experimental hip hop, glitch.
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Deerhunter formed in Atlanta, United States, in 2001. Plays ambient, indie rock, lo-fi, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, noise rock, post-punk, shoegaze.
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Disclosure formed in Reigate, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays afro house, bass house, bassline, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, dance-pop.
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DJ Ez plays uk garage.
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DJ Koze was born in Flensburg, Germany, in 1972. Plays deep house, electronica, house, melodic house, melodic techno, microhouse, minimal techno, peak time techno.
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DJ Mustard was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 5 June 1990. Plays contemporary r&b, hip hop, ratchet music, trap.
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DMA'S formed in Sydney, Australia, on 5 July 2013. Plays indie rock, rock.
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Drifter formed in 1981. Plays heavy metal, thrash metal.
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Dubfire was born in Mashhad, United States, on 19 April 1971.
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, rock, stomp and holler.
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Ekali was born on 22 September 1991. Plays electronic, future bass, trap edm.
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Ellie Goulding was born in Hereford, United Kingdom, on 30 December 1986. Plays club, contemporary r&b, dance, dance-pop, dream pop, edm, electropop, indie folk.
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Epik High formed in 2003.
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Ex Hex formed in 2013. Plays garage punk, garage rock, indie rock.
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Flume was born in Sydney, Australia, on 5 November 1991. Plays alternative pop, alternative r&b, chillout, edm, electronic, experimental electronic, future bass, glitch pop.
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Foals formed in Oxford, United Kingdom, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, art rock, dance-punk, indie rock, math rock, new wave, rock.
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G-Eazy was born in Oakland, United States, on 24 May 1989. Plays hip hop, trap.
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Gallant was born in Washington, D.C., United States, on 14 November 1992. Plays alternative r&b, alternative rock, electronic, r&b.
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Gary Clark Jr. was born in Austin, United States, on 15 February 1984. Plays blues, blues rock, contemporary r&b, hard rock, rock and roll, soul.
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George Fitzgerald was born in Watford, United Kingdom. Plays electronic, house, techno.
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Ghastly was born in Arizona, United States, on 23 October 1989. Plays dance, dubstep, electronic, house.
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Gilligan Moss was born in Chicago, United States.
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Girlpool formed in 2013, and split up in 2022, after 9 years. Plays folk punk, lo-fi, pop.
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GoGo Penguin formed in Manchester, United Kingdom, in 2009. Plays electronica, jazz, jazz fusion, nu jazz, post-rock.
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Grimes was born in Vancouver, Canada, on 17 March 1988. Plays alternative rock, ambient, art pop, avant-garde, avant-garde pop, chillwave, contemporary r&b, dance.
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Guns N' Roses formed in Los Angeles, United States, in March 1985. Plays aor, arena rock, art rock, folk rock, glam, glam metal, glam punk, hard rock.
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Halsey was born in Washington, United States, on 29 September 1994. Plays alternative pop, alternative r&b, alternative rock, art pop, contemporary r&b, country, dance, electropop.
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HEALTH formed in Los Angeles, United States, in April 2005. Plays alternative rock, electro-industrial, electronic rock, experimental rock, neo-psychedelia, noise rock, post-industrial.
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Hudson Mohawke was born in Glasgow, United Kingdom, on 11 February 1986. Plays electronic, hip hop.
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Humans formed in Vancouver, Canada, in 2010.
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Hælos formed in 2014. Plays trip hop.
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Ibeyi formed in 2012. Plays contemporary r&b, downtempo, electronic, experimental, leftfield, soul.
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Ice Cube was born in Crenshaw, United States, on 15 June 1969. Plays gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop, hip hop, political hip hop, west coast hip hop.
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Ida Engberg was born in 1984.
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Jack Ü formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2013, and split up in 2016, after 3 years. Plays club, dance, edm, electro, electronic, future bass, pop, trap.
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James Bay was born in Hitchin, United Kingdom, on 4 September 1990. Plays alternative rock, indie pop, pop, soul.
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JayKode plays electronic, future bass, trap, trap edm.
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Jerry Folk was born in Oslo, Norway.
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Joey Bada$$ was born in Flatbush, United States, on 20 January 1995. Plays boom bap, conscious hip hop, east coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, hip hop, jazz rap.
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John Digweed was born in Hastings, United Kingdom, on 1 January 1967. Plays electronic, house, progressive house, techno.
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Joywave formed in Rochester, United States, in 2010. Plays indie rock.
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Justin Martin plays bass house, bassline, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, deep house, drum and bass.
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Kamasi Washington was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 18 February 1981. Plays bebop, contemporary jazz, jazz, jazz fusion, spiritual jazz.
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Kraddy was born in 1974.
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KRANE plays electronic, future bass.
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KSHMR was born in Berkeley, United States, on 6 October 1988. Plays big room house, edm, electro house, electronic, house.
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LCD Soundsystem formed in New York, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative dance, dance-punk, electronic, indietronica, new wave, post-punk revival, synth-pop.
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Le Youth plays dance, downtempo, electro, house.
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Lemaitre formed in Oslo, Norway, on 20 July 2010. Plays electro house, electronic rock, electronica, french house, indietronica.
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Lido was born in Tysvær, Norway, on 26 October 1992.
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Lord Huron formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2010. Plays indie folk, indie rock.
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Lost Frequencies was born in Brussels, Belgium, on 30 November 1993. Plays dance, deep house, edm, house, pop.
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Louis the Child formed in Chicago, United States, in 2012. Plays bass house, club, dance, dubstep, edm, electronic, electronica, future bass.
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Lush formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1987, and split up on 25 November 2016, after 29 years. Plays dream pop, indie rock, rock, shoegaze.
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Låpsley was born in York, United Kingdom, on 7 August 1996. Plays alternative r&b, art pop, electronic, electropop, pop, singer-songwriter.
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M83 formed in Antibes, France, in 2001. Plays ambient, ambient pop, dance, dream pop, electro, electronic, electronic rock, electronica.
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Major Lazer formed in Los Angeles, Jamaica, in 2008. Plays art pop, dance-pop, dancehall, downtempo, dub, edm, electro, electronic.
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Marco Carola was born in Naples, Italy, on 7 February 1975. Plays minimal techno, tech house, techno.
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MATOMA was born in Åsnes, Norway, on 29 May 1991. Plays edm, house, tropical house.
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Matt and Kim formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2004. Plays indie pop.
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Matthew Dear was born in Kingsville, United States, on 4 April 1979.
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Mavis Staples was born in Chicago, United States, on 10 July 1939. Plays gospel, soul.
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Meg Myers was born in Nashville, United States, on 6 October 1986. Plays alternative rock, art pop, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock.
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Melody's Echo Chamber formed in 2012. Plays dream pop, indie pop.
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Miami Horror formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2007. Plays dance, disco, electro, electronic, house, indietronica, new wave, pop.
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Miike Snow formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2007. Plays alternative dance, festival progressive house, indie pop, indietronica, progressive house, synth-pop.
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Moon Taxi formed in Vestavia Hills, United States, in 2006. Plays funk rock, jam band, progressive rock, psychedelic rock.
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Mr. Carmack plays afro house, alternative r&b, bass house, bassline, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance.
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Nathaniel Rateliff was born in Hermann, United States, on 7 October 1978. Plays folk rock, rock, soul.
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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats plays folk rock.
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Nic Fanciulli was born on 25 August 1979.
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Nicole Moudaber was born in Ibadan, United Kingdom, on 19 January 1977. Plays electronic.
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Nina Kraviz was born in Irkutsk, Russian Federation, on 15 September 1989.
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Nina Las Vegas was born on 18 December 1984.
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Nora en Pure was born in Johannesburg, Switzerland, on 20 July 1990. Plays afro house, dance, deep house, disco, downtempo, edm, electronica, house.
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Nosaj Thing was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 27 January 1985. Plays ambient, ambient pop, chillwave, dance, deep house, downtempo, edm, electro.
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Of Monsters and Men formed in Keflavik, Iceland, in 2010. Plays folk, folk pop, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, pop, rock.
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Pantyraid formed in 2009.
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Paper Diamond was born in Colorado, United States.
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Parov Stelar was born in Linz, Austria, on 27 November 1974. Plays acid jazz, electro swing, electronic, house, nu jazz, trip hop.
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Pete Yorn was born in Montville, United States, on 27 July 1974. Plays rock.
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Prayers formed in 2013. Plays electronic rock.
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Protoje was born in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, on 14 June 1981. Plays dub, reggae, rock.
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Purity Ring formed in Edmonton, Canada, in 2010. Plays dream pop, futurepop, witch house.
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Rae Sremmurd formed in Tupelo, United States, in 2013. Plays hip hop, pop rap, southern hip hop, trap.
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Rancid formed in 1991. Plays punk, punk rock, ska punk, street punk.
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Rhye formed in Toronto, United States, in 2010. Plays afro house, dance, deep house, downtempo, edm, electronic, electronica, house.
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RL Grime plays big room house, drum and bass, dutch house, edm, electro house, electronic, festival trap, future bass.
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Robert DeLong was born on 18 February 1986. Plays alternative dance, complextro, dubstep, electronic, electronica, electropop, glitch pop, house.
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Run The Jewels formed in 2013. Plays conscious hip hop, experimental hip hop, hardcore hip hop, hip hop, political hip hop.
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RÜFÜS DU SOL formed in Sydney, Australia, on 25 November 2010. Plays alternative dance, dance, dance-pop, deep house, edm, electro, electronic, electronica.
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Sacha Robotti was born in Brussels, United States, in 1980. Plays house, peak time techno, tech house, techno.
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Sam Feldt was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on 1 August 1993. Plays dutch house, edm, house.
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Sam Gellaitry plays electronic, electronica, future bass, trap edm.
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San Holo was born in Zoetermeer, Netherlands, on 26 November 1990. Plays edm, electronic, future bass, trap.
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Sasha was born in Bangor, United Kingdom, on 4 September 1969. Plays breakbeat, breaks, electro house, electronic, progressive house.
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Savages formed in London, United Kingdom, in October 2011. Plays art punk, gothic rock, noise rock, post-punk, rock.
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SG Lewis was born in Reading, United Kingdom, on 9 July 1994. Plays alternative r&b, club, dance, disco, edm, electronic, electronica, electropop.
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Shamir was born in Las Vegas, United States, on 8 November 1994. Plays experimental.
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Sheer Mag formed in 2014. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, punk, punk rock, rock, rock and roll.
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Sia was born in Adelaide, Australia, on 18 December 1975. Plays alternative pop, art pop, dance-pop, electropop, indie pop, pop.
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Silversun Pickups formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2002. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, indietronica, rock, shoegaze.
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Skepta was born in Tottenham, United Kingdom, on 19 September 1982. Plays grime, hip hop, house.
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Snakehips formed on 27 September 2010.
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SOPHIE was born in Northampton, United Kingdom, on 17 September 1985, and died on 30 January 2021, aged 35. Plays alternative dance, bubblegum bass, dance-pop, deconstructed club, electronic, experimental, hyperpop, leftfield.
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St Germain was born in Saint-Germain-En-Laye, France, in 1973. Plays acid jazz, deep house, downtempo, electronic, electronica, house, jazz, nu jazz.
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Stanton Warriors formed in Bristol, United Kingdom. Plays breakbeat, breaks.
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Steady Holiday plays dream pop, pop.
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Strangers You Know formed in Los Angeles, United States.
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STWO was born on 18 July 1992. Plays electronic.
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Sufjan Stevens was born in Detroit, United States, on 1 July 1975. Plays alternative rock, ambient, art pop, chamber folk, chamber pop, christmas music, contemporary folk, electronica.
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SZA was born in St. Louis, United States, on 8 November 1989. Plays alternative r&b, chillwave, contemporary r&b, electronic, hip hop soul, neo soul, pop, r&b.
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Tchami plays deep house, edm, electronic, future house, house.
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Tei Shi was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 4 October 1990.
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Tensnake was born in Hamburg, Germany, on 28 November 1975. Plays deep house, edm, electronic, electronica, house.
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The 1975 formed in Wilmslow, United Kingdom, in 2002. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, ambient pop, art pop, indie pop, indie rock, indietronica, leftfield.
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The Chainsmokers formed in New York, United States, in 2012. Plays dance-pop, edm, electro house, electronic, electropop, future bass.
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The Damned formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1976. Plays dance-rock, deathrock, gothic rock, horror punk, new wave, pop, post-punk, proto-punk.
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The Front Bottoms formed in Woodcliff Lake, United States, in 2006. Plays emo, folk, folk punk, indie rock, pop punk.
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The Heavy formed in Bath, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays blues, funk, rock, soul.
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The Kills formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays garage punk, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, rock.
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The Last Shadow Puppets formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 2007. Plays baroque pop, chamber pop, indie rock.
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The Snails (US) was born on 4 May 1988. Plays dubstep, electronic.
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The Vandals formed in Huntington Beach, United States, in 1980. Plays punk, punk rock, skate punk.
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TOKiMONSTA was born in Torrance, United States. Plays electronic, hip hop, wonky.
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Underworld formed in Romford, United Kingdom, in 1979. Plays alternative dance, ambient, downtempo, electronic, electronica, experimental, house, new wave.
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra formed in 2010. Plays garage rock, indie rock, lo-fi, psychedelic, psychedelic pop, psychedelic rock.
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Vanic was born on 6 May 1989. Plays edm, electronic, future bass, trap edm.
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Vince Staples was born in Long Beach, United States, on 2 July 1993. Plays hip hop, west coast hip hop.
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Volbeat formed in Copenhagen, Denmark, in October 2001. Plays groove metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, rock and roll.
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Walker & Royce formed in New York, United States, in 2011. Plays bass house, dance, deep house, deep tech, disco, drum and bass, edm, electro.
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Wave Racer was born in Sydney, Australia, on 26 April 1992.
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Wolf Alice formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays alternative rock, dream pop, indie pop, indie rock, noise pop.
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Years & Years formed in London, United Kingdom, on 20 July 2010, and split up on 16 December 2023, after 13 years. Plays alternative r&b, dance-pop, electropop, house, nu disco, synth-pop, uk funky.
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Young Fathers formed in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, in 2008. Plays alternative hip hop, breakbeat, breaks, dance, electronica, experimental hip hop, future bass, hip hop.
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Zedd was born in Saratov, Germany, on 2 September 1989. Plays bass house, club, complextro, dance, dance-pop, deep house, dubstep, edm.
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Zella Day was born in Arizona, United States, on 13 March 1995. Plays indie pop.
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ZhU was born in San Francisco, United States, on 28 April 1989. Plays bass house, breakbeat, breaks, club, dance, deep house, downtempo, drum and bass.