This is a list of notable experimental musicians, in alphabetical order by surname.
A–E
Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah – (Egypt) experimental music
Alice Glass - (Canada) Experimental, witch house, noise
Acid Mothers Temple – Experimental psychedelic rock
Arca – (Venezuela) Experimental, Electronic music
Aphex Twin - IDM, experimental, ambient, glitch
Anaiis – (French) (Senegal) Experimental musician
Alarm Will Sound - chamber orchestra known for performing experimental compositions Miguel Álvarez-Fernández – experimental radio and sound installations Giulio Aldinucci – experimental electroacoustic composer Tori Amos – Alternative, Baroque pop, Experimental Laurie Anderson – electronic music Ron Anderson – noise and progressive Animal Collective – experimental music collective Frédéric Acquaviva – (France) Experimental music Robert Ashley – totalist television opera Cities Aviv – experimental hip-hop, post-genre Nigel Ayers – (UK) sound art, sound collage, member of Nocturnal Emissions Derek Bailey – guitarist Beck – (USA) Anti-folk and experimental music David Behrman – live electronics Björk – Alternative, avant-garde, experimental, electronica Bladee – Cloud rap, experimental pop Boards of Canada – ambient, downtempo, IDM, electronica Boredoms – Japanese noise rock Burkhard Beins – percussion and objects Kate Bush – Art Pop/Rock, Experimental Rock, Alternative Rock, Baroque pop Buckethead – guitarist Butthole Surfers – Alternative rock, Experimental, Avant-Garde Glenn Branca – guitar, noise ensemble George Brecht – performance art Bull of Heaven – minimalism, noise, drone, avant-garde jazz, modern classical Gavin Bryars – indeterministic orchestration John Cage – indeterminate music Can – Krautrock band Captain Beefheart – avant-garde blues artist. Charli XCX – experimental pop star. Cornelius Cardew – British composer Rhys Chatham – guitar, noise ensemble Clipping. – experimental hip-hop Coil – sidereal sound, scrying, hallucinogens, ANS, glitches Nicolas Collins Loren Mazzacane Connors Controlled Bleeding – Paul Lemos David Cope – composer, computerist Henry Cowell – (USA) tone clusters and Extended technique Alvin Curran – found sounds Current 93 – coined the term "apocalyptic folk" Chris Cutler – English experimental music composer and percussionist Dead Air Fresheners – masked, anonymous chance music or indeterminate music ensemble Death Grips – experimental hip-hop Deftones – experimental rock Stuart Dempster – reverberant spaces, just intonation, extended trombone techniques Earl Sweatshirt - Experimental Hip Hop The Dillinger Escape Plan – experimental metal, mathcore Arnold Dreyblatt – just intonation Kevin Drumm – guitarist Iancu Dumitrescu – composer, founder of Hyperion group dedicated to experimental music Judy Dunaway Kyle Bobby Dunn – composer, arranger, experimental guitarist Trevor Dunn – bassist Marc Edwards – free jazz Leif Elggren Brian Eno – ambient music, algorithmic composition Experimental Audio Research – ambient, synth/noise Carolina Eyck – thereminist