GUIDE TO AVANTGARDE MUSIC

Minimalism

       1    La Monte Young
       2    Terry Riley
       3    Steve Reich
       4    Philip Glass

Improvisation and computer music

       8    Charlemagne Palestine
       9    Lucia Dlugoszewsky
       10   Charles Wuorinen
       11   Frederick Rzewsky
       12   Morton Subotnick
       13   Robert Ashley
       14   Gordon Mumma
       15   Pauline Oliveros
       16   Roger Reynolds
       17   David Rosenboom
       18   Richard Teitelbaum
       19   David Behrman
       20   Gene Tyranny 
       21   David VanTieghem
       22   Scott Johnson
       23   Stefan Weisser

Musique concrete

       1    Pierre Henry
       2    Tod Dockstader
       3    Alvin Curran
       4    Alvin Lucier
       5    Philip Perkins

Creative vocalism

       1    Joan La Barbara
       2    Meredith Monk
       3    Laurie Anderson
       4    Diamanda Galas
       5    David Hykes

European minimalism

       1    Cornelius Cardew
       2    David Bedford
       3    Brian Eno
       4    Gavin Bryars
       5    Michael Nyman
       6    Wim Mertens

Maximalism

       1    Rhys Chatam
       2    Glenn Branca
       3    Harold Budd 
       4    Mikel Rouse
       5    John Adams
       6    Paul Dresher
       7    Daniel Lentz
       8    Ingram Marshall
       9    Stephen Scott

Electronic rock

       1    Vangelis
       2    Klaus Schulze
       3    Jean-Michel Jarre
       4    Larry Fast
       5    Peter Frohmader
       6    Michael Rother
       7    Michael Hoenig
       8    Paul Michael Hamel
       9    Klaus Schonning

Chamber rock

       1    Art Zoyd
       2    Universe Zero
       3    Birdsong Of The Mesozoic
       4    Ordinaires
       5    Dr Nerve
       6    Djam Karet 
       7    Clubfoot Orchestra

Electronic ensembles

       1    Beaver & Krause
       2    Tonto's Expanding Head Band
       3    Mother Mallard's
       4    Software
       5    Nightcrawlers
       6    Mnemonists
       7    Negativland
       8    Controlled Bleeding
       9    Rhythm And Noise

Creative soloism

       1    Lol Coxhill
       2    Fred Frith
       3    Steve Beresford
       4    John Zorn
       5    David Moss
       6    Henry Kaiser
       7    Ned Rothenberg
       8    Eugene Chadbourne

Space jazz

       1    Paul Horn
       2    Stomu Yamashta
       3    Steve Douglas
       4    Michael Gilbert
       5    Steve Tibbetts
       6    Patrick O'Hearn
       7    Michael Shrieve
       8    Mark Nauseef

Post-modern jazz

       1    Wayne Horvitz
       2    Tim Berne
       3    Bill Laswell
       4    Kip Hanrahan
       5    Borbetomagus
       6    Elliott Sharp
       7    Butch Morris
       8    John Lurie
       9    David Torn
       10   Marty Ehrlich
       11   Bill Frisell
       12   Bobby Previte
       13   Lenny Pickett

New age music

       8    William Ackerman
       9    Georgia Kelly
       10   Andreas Vollenweider
       11   Daniel Kobialka
       12   Frank Perry
       13   George Winston
       14   Michael Hedges
       15   David Lanz
       16   Marcus Allen
       17   Teja Bell
       18   Dallas Smith
       19   Michael Jones
       20   David Darling
       21   Peter Kater
       22   Jim Chappell
       23   Spencer Brewer
       24   Adrienne Torf
       25   Wayne Gratz

Acoustic ensembles

       1    Penguin Cafe' Orchestra
       2    Shadowfax
       3    Ira Stein & Russel Walder
       4    Montreux
       5    Turtle Island String Quartet
       6    Wind Machine
       7    Night Ark
       8    Nightnoise
       9    Montage

World music

       7    Paul Winter
       8    Jon Hassell
       9    Nana Vasconcelos
       10   Georg Deuter
       11   Mickey Hart
       12   Do'Ah
       13   Ancient Future
       14   Kitaro
       15   Stephen Micus
       16   Mark Isham
       17   William Aura
       18   Anna Williams
       19   Eternal Wind
       20   Forrest Fang

Space music

       6    Peter Davison
       7    Constance Demby
       8    Kerry Leimer
       9    Steve Roach
       10   Steven Halpern
       11   Michael Stearns
       12   Ray Lynch
       13   Kevin Braheny
       14   Richard Burmer
       15   Yanni
       16   Suzanne Ciani
       17   Steve Haun