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Electronic dance music (EDM) and rave culture

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Bass-D

Bass-D (Eugenio Dorwart, 1973–2026) was a Dutch hardcore DJ and producer who won the 1992 Dutch DJ Championship, formed the duo Bass-D & King Matthew, and co-founded Masters of Hardcore.

Basscon Wasteland

Basscon Wasteland, known since 2026 as the Wasteland Festival, is an annual hard dance festival presented by Insomniac's Basscon brand at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California.

Basshunter

Basshunter, real name Jonas Erik Altberg, is a Swedish singer, producer, and DJ whose 2008 single "Now You're Gone" spent five weeks at number one on the UK chart.

Bassline

Bassline, also called bassline house or Niche, is a UK garage sub-genre that emerged in Yorkshire and the Midlands in the early 2000s, known for heavy bass.

Bassnectar

Bassnectar, the stage name of Lorin Ashton, is an American DJ and electronic music producer from Santa Cruz, California, known for a bass-heavy blend of dubstep, breakbeat, and drum 'n' bass.

Bassrush Massive

Bassrush Massive is a recurring bass music event series by Insomniac's Bassrush brand, held since the early 2010s in Las Vegas, San Bernardino, and Phoenix.

Bassrush Massive 2014

Bassrush Massive 2014 was a series of bass-music events under Bassrush, Insomniac Events' bass brand, including an April 5 show at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino.

Bassrush Massive 2017

Bassrush Massive 2017 was a one-night bass music show at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas on June 15, 2017, during EDC Week, with Datsik, Flux Pavilion, and Zomboy.

Bassrush Massive 2018

Bassrush Massive 2018 was a two-day bass music festival staged by Insomniac's Bassrush brand at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California, on July 20 and 21, 2018.

Bassrush Massive 2025

Bassrush Massive 2025 was a one-night bass music show at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on May 15, 2025, presented by Insomniac's Bassrush brand as the kickoff of EDC Week.

Bassrush Miami Music Week

Bassrush Miami Music Week is Insomniac's Bassrush-brand showcase of bass music, dubstep, and drum & bass during Miami Music Week, first held at The Stage in Miami in 2014.

Bassvictim

Bassvictim is a London electronic duo (Maria Manow, Ike Clateman) formed in 2022, known for self-described "basspunk" electroclash and the acclaimed 2025 debut album Forever on Warner Records.

Basswell

Basswell, the stage name of French producer Mathias Boitel, is a hard techno DJ based in Lyon known for fast rave tracks at 150 to 165 BPM.

Batu

Batu is the stage name of Omar McCutcheon, a Bristol-based DJ, producer, and founder of the Timedance label, active in UK bass and techno since 2013.

BCUC

BCUC, short for Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness, is a seven-piece Afro-psychedelic band from Soweto, Johannesburg, formed in 2003 and known for singing in all 12 official South African languages.

Beatmatching

Beatmatching is the DJ technique of adjusting a track's playback speed so its beats align with a track already playing, pioneered by Francis Grasso in 1960s New York clubs.

Beats Antique

Beats Antique is an American experimental world-fusion and electronic trio formed in 2007 in the San Francisco Bay Area, blending bellydance music, folk, and global sounds with electronic production.

Bedrock (electronic music duo)

Bedrock is a British electronic music duo formed in London in 1992, made up of DJ John Digweed and producer Nick Muir, known for 'Heaven Scent'.

Bedroom producer

A bedroom producer is a musician who produces music, especially electronic music, at home on affordable software and equipment rather than in a professional studio.

Belters Only

Belters Only are an Irish dance and house music duo from Dublin, made up of the DJs and producers Bissett and Robbie G, best known for "Make Me Feel Good".

Beltran

Beltran is the professional name of Juliano Beltran, a Brazilian tech house DJ and producer from Bento Gonçalves, Brazil, whose 2022 single 'Smack Yo' reached number one on Beatport.

Ben Klock

Ben Klock, born 1972 in Berlin, is a German techno DJ and producer, a Berghain resident since 2005 famed for ten-hour sets, with debut album One in 2009.

Ben Liebrand

Ben Liebrand is a Dutch DJ, remixer, and producer, a European pioneer of mixing dance music who created "In The Mix" in 1983 and the annual Grandmix year-end megamix.

Ben Nicky presents Emotional Havoc

Ben Nicky presents Emotional Havoc, often shortened to Emotional Havoc, is a hard trance and hardstyle concept show created and performed by British DJ Ben Nicky, touring since 2022.

Ben Nicky vs Darren Styles

Ben Nicky vs Darren Styles is a festival billing pairing hard-dance and trance DJ Ben Nicky with UK hardcore producer Darren Styles, first booked together at Beyond Wonderland SoCal 2025.

Ben UFO

Ben UFO (Ben Thomson), British DJ and co-founder of Hessle Audio (Leeds, 2007, with Pearson Sound and Pangaea); known for genre-crossing house, techno, bass and jungle sets, Rinse FM radio, and DJ-only output.

Benedikt Frey

Benedikt Frey is a German producer and DJ based in Berlin whose releases span labels like ESP Institute and Live At Robert Johnson, and who co-runs the imprints Lopasura, Serious Trouble, and R.i.O.

Benga

Benga is a British dubstep producer and DJ from Croydon, South London, a founding figure of the genre whose 2007 single 'Night' with Coki was dubstep's biggest seller.

Benji Vaughan (musician)

Benji Vaughan is a British psychedelic trance and downtempo producer from London who records solo as Prometheus and is one half of the duo Younger Brother with Simon Posford.

Benny Benassi

Benny Benassi (Marco Benassi, born 1967, Milan) is an Italian electro-house DJ and producer; with cousin Alle he made "Satisfaction" (2002, UK #2), won a 2008 Grammy for remixing Public Enemy's "Bring the Noise," and released albums Hypnotica, Electroman, and Feel The Bass.