Rolling Stone Magazine compiled a list of who they believe are the 50 most important people in EDM and overall it’s a great list but somewhat surprising that someone like Nile Rodgers made the list and two noticeable names missing are Hardwell and Tiesto. There could be some more debate about moving some names around in the list but Rolling Stone covers it all pretty well when it comes to who has the power in the world of electronic dance music. It’s a big world controlled by a few.
Click the link at the end to view their site for more information on everyone.
50. Thristian Richards and Blaise Bellville – Boiler Room
49. Paul Celement and Nick Sabine – Founders of Resident Advisor
48. Annie Mac – BBC Radio 1 DJ
47. James Murphy – Former LCD Soundsystem frontman
46. Tony Andrews – Funktion-One founder
45. Steve Aoki
44. Jason Huvaere and Sam Fotias – Movement Festival
43. Sean Horton – Decibel Festival founder
42. Dave Rene – Interscope A&R
41. Disclosure
40. Afrojack
39. Glenn Mendlinger – Astralwerks General Manager
38. Carl Cox
37. Kathryn Frazier – Biz3 Publicity and OWSLA
36. A-Trak
35. Vello Virkhaus (V Squared Labs) and Martin Phillips (Bionic League)
34. Richie Hawtin
33. Eelko van Kooten and Roger de Graaf – Spinnin’ Records
32. Many Ameri and Torsten Schmidt – Red Bull Music Academy founders
31. Diplo
30. Liz Miller – Big Beat Records general manager
29. Nile Rodgers
28. Ash Pournouri – At Night Management founder
27. Mark Gillespie and Dean Wilson – Three Six Zero Group founders
26. Disco Biscuits
25. Gary Richards – HARD founder
24. Deadmau5
23. Paul Tollett – Goldenvoice President
22. Alexander Ljung – SoundCloud Founder/CEO
21. Maria May – Creative Artists Agency senior agent
20. Matt Adell – Beatport CEO
19. Daft Punk
18. Disco Donnie Estopinal
17. Neil Moffitt
16. Patrick Moxey – Ultra Music Owner, Sony Dance/Electronic Music President
15. Jason Strauss and Noah Tepperberg – Strategic Marketing Group founders
14. Craig Kallman – Atlantic Records Chairman/CEO
13. Armin van Buuren
12. Tom Windish and Steve Goodgold – The Windish Agency
11. Dave Grutman – Miami Marketing Group founder
10. Amy Thomson – ATM Management founder
9. Steve Wynn – Wynn Resorts Chariman of the Board and CEO
8. Skrillex
7. Pete Tong
6. Russell Faibisch – Ultra Music Festival founder
5. Paul Morris – Founder/President AM Only
4. Joel Zimmerman, William Morris Endeavor – Head of Global Electronic Music
3. Robert Sillerman – SFX Entertianment founder
2. Pasquale Rotella – Insomniac Events founder/CEO
1. James Barton – Live Nation President of Electronic Music
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