| !N! | | | | | instrument (as “alembic”) |
| [anonymous] | Other | Not applicable | [Worldwide] | 5 | instrument (as “lawn mower”) |
| [no artist] | Other | Not applicable | | 4.85 | instrument (as “ししおどし”) |
| [unknown] | Other | Not applicable | [Worldwide] | 4.2 | instrument (as “KAKA”), instrument (as “cymbalettes”), instrument (as “cymbalettes de cuivre”), instrument (as “jeu de dés”), instrument (as “mqahs”), instrument (as “pièces de monnaie”), instrument (as “swords”), instrument, samples from artist (as “sounds”) |
| 5u5h1 | Person | Male | Japan | | programming |
| 40mP | Person | Male | Japan | 4.5 | instrument |
| 100回嘔吐 | | | Japan | | instrument |
| A Demon Sheen | Person | Male | Reservoir | | member of band |
| A.K | Person | | | | instrument (as “beats”) |
| Coen Aalberts | Person | | | | instrument (as “cricket sounds, bird sounds, bamboo brushes”) |
| Abaz | Person | Male | Germany | | instrument (as “programming”) |
| Dave Abbruzzese | Person | Male | Dallas | | instrument (as “loop provisions”) |
| 安部潤 | Person | Male | Japan | | instrument |
| 阿部薫 | Person | Male | Japan | | instrument (as “etc”), instrument |
| Abel Pareja Cuéllar | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “chapchas”), instrument |
| Lucas Abela | Person | Male | Australia | | instrument (as “power drill”) |
| Abishai | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “AM radio, FM radio”) |
| Mark Abshire | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “audio generator”) |
| Absolute | Group | | United Kingdom | | instrument |
| Freida Abtan | Person | Female | London | | instrument (as “electro acoustic sounds”) |
| Matt Abts | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “stage antics”) |
| Abu | Person | Male | Switzerland | | instrument (as “Windmaschine”) |
| Acama | | | | | instrument (as “Monochord”) |
| ACAね | Person | Female | Japan | | instrument (as “electric fan harp”), instrument |
| Ondřej Adámek | Person | Male | Czechia | | instrument (as “airmachine”) |
| Yorgos Adamis | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “ethnic instruments”) |
| add9 | Person | Male | Japan | | instrument |
| DJ Addikt | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “cuts”) |
| Mustapha Tettey Addy | Person | Male | Ghana | | instrument (as “Bass-Calimba,”), instrument (as “Bass-Calimba, Tumbadora”), instrument (as “Kpanlogo, drums”), instrument (as “Obonu drum, Pretia”), instrument (as “Obrenten, Patamba”) |
| Obo Addy | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “aketse”), instrument (as “gidi”), instrument (as “pretia”) |
| Per Adebratt | Person | | | | instrument (as “Food processor”) |
| 阿地力 | Person | | | | instrument |
| Lucy Adlington | Person | Female | United Kingdom | | instrument (as “knife”) |
| Peter Adriaansz | Person | Male | Netherlands | | instrument (as “tuning forks”) |
| Paul Adriaenssens | Person | Male | Belgium | | instrument (as “amplified objects”), instrument (as “amplified sound objets”), instrument (as “triton”) |
| Robert Aeberhard | Person | Male | Switzerland | | instrument (as “Geräusche, field recording”) |
| Walter Afanasieff | Person | Male | United States | | programming (as “rhythm”) |
| Agasa.K | Person | Male | Japan | | instrument |
| Dr. Age | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | instrument (as “noise”) |
| 上松範康 | Person | Male | Japan | | instrument (as “all other instruments & programming”) |
| Kwe Yao Agyapon | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “twanga”) |
| 안성철 | Person | Male | South Korea | | instrument (as “metronome”) |
| Peggy Ahwesh | Person | Female | United States | | instrument (as “radio”) |
| Aidan | Person | Male | Ireland | 5 | instrument |
| Roger Aixut | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “trombò de setrill”) |
| 赤松智 | Person | Male | | | programming (as “sound tool”) |
| 赤尾実 | Person | Male | Japan | | programming (as “sound”) |
| 赤塚不二雄 | Person | Male | Japan | | instrument |
| Noël Akchoté | Person | Male | France | | instrument (as “objects”) |
| AKIRA | Person | Male | Japan | | instrument |
| 秋田昌美 | Person | Male | Japan | | instrument (as “Merzbow Materials”), instrument (as “TV test signal”), instrument (as “additional materials”), instrument (as “bowed instrumentals”), instrument (as “bowed instruments”), instrument (as “bowed instruments with piano wires”), instrument (as “bowed metal”), instrument (as “bowed metals”), instrument (as “bowed scrap metals”), instrument (as “chain”), instrument (as “concret sounds”), instrument (as “decomposition”), instrument (as “devices”), instrument (as “disks”), instrument (as “egg cutter”), instrument (as “electric bowed instruments”), instrument (as “electric fan”), instrument (as “electric shaver”), instrument (as “electro-shaver”), instrument (as “electronic shavers”), instrument (as “found metals”), instrument (as “handmade instruments”), instrument (as “handmade metal instruments”), instrument (as “handmade scrap metal”), instrument (as “insects”), instrument (as “junk metals”), instrument (as “junk noise”), instrument (as “junks”), instrument (as “metal”), instrument (as “metal bowed instruments”), instrument (as “metal box”), instrument (as “metal box with piano wires”), instrument (as “metal devices”), instrument (as “metal harp”), instrument (as “metal junk”), instrument (as “metal junks”), instrument (as “metallic electronica”), instrument (as “metals”), instrument (as “motor”), instrument (as “noise”), instrument (as “paper pipe”), instrument (as “paper tube”), instrument (as “piano strings on metal box”), instrument (as “piano wired handmade cellos”), instrument (as “piano wires”), instrument (as “piezoelectric mic”), instrument (as “plastic”), instrument (as “pressure pedal”), instrument (as “radio”), instrument (as “raw material”), instrument (as “raw sound material”), instrument (as “records”), instrument (as “ritual orchestra & chants”), instrument (as “rubber”), instrument (as “scrap metals”), instrument (as “scratch”), instrument (as “scratch records”), instrument (as “scratched CD”), instrument (as “scratched sound”), instrument (as “self-made junk”), instrument (as “selfmade metal instruments”), instrument (as “shakujo”), instrument (as “small tin box”), instrument (as “sound effects records”), instrument (as “sounds”), instrument (as “source material”), instrument (as “steel”), instrument (as “styrofoam”), instrument (as “surrounded objects”), instrument (as “various metals”), instrument (as “water”), instrument (as “woods”) |
| 秋浦智裕 | Group | | Japan | | instrument (as “All Other Instruments”), instrument (as “all instruments”), instrument (as “all other instruments”), instrument |
| 秋山誠司 | Person | | | | instrument |
| Akki | Person | Male | Japan | | instrument (as “All Other Instruments”), instrument |
| akkin | Person | Male | Japan | | instrument |
| Akym | | | | | instrument (as “Morinhoor”) |
| Damon Albarn | Person | Male | United Kingdom | 5 | instrument (as “iPad strings”), instrument (as “monochord”) |
| Steve Albini | Person | Male | United States | 5 | instrument |
| Martin Albisetti | Person | Male | Switzerland | | instrument (as “Ambientsounds”) |
| Dane Alderson | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “sequencing”) |
| Alena | Person | Female | | | samples from artist (as “sounds”) |
| Brian Ales | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “kagan”) |
| Alessandro Alessandroni | Person | Male | Italy | | instrument (as “whistling”) |
| Jeffrey Alexander | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “strumstick”) |
| Jorge Alfano | Person | Male | Argentina | | instrument (as “kenacho”), instrument (as “moceño”) |
| Sean Ali | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “objects”) |
| Ибрагим Алиев | Person | Male | New York | | instrument (as “kairok-tosh”) |
| Alio Die | Person | Male | Italy | 4.35 | instrument (as “metals”) |
| Abdi Nuur Allaleh | | | | | instrument (as “Water Bottles”) |
| Darrell “Delite” Allamby | Person | Male | United States | | programming (as “all instruments”), sound (as “mixed by”) |
| David Allen Jr. | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “DJ simulation”) |
| Jonathan Allen | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | engineer (as “orchestra”), recording (as “orchestra”) |
| Quentin Allen | Person | Male | Akron | | instrument |
| Allievi della Scuola di Musica Santa Cecilia | Group | | Italy | | instrument (as “Intonarumori”) |
| Quinn Allman | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “toys”) |
| Ieva Altrofa | Person | Female | Latvia | | instrument (as “u.c. Nieki”) |
| Francisco Alvarado | Person | Male | Puerto Rico | | instrument (as “coro”) |
| Amaia | Person | Female | Spain | | instrument (as “silbidos”) |
| Agarfa Amartey | Person | | | | instrument (as “Marakase, Don-dou, Brekite”) |
| DJ Amato | Person | Male | Sweden | | instrument |
| Oren Ambarchi | Person | Male | Australia | 5 | instrument (as “whatnot”) |
| Brecht Ameel | Person | Male | Belgium | | instrument (as “field recording”) |
| Jeff Ament | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “Spirit”) |
| America | Group | | United States | 4 | instrument |
| Ami Ball | | | | | instrument (as “puili”) |
| Ammo | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “all”) |
| Willy Benni Amoussou | Person | | | | instrument (as “gons”) |
| David Amram | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “headbone”) |
| An Moku | Person | Male | Switzerland | | instrument (as “electromagnetic mics”), instrument (as “modified coffee grinder”) |
| Park An-Ji | Person | Male | | | instrument (as “K'kwaengwari”) |
| Ana | Person | | | | instrument (as “vibrator”), instrument |
| Ganesh Anandan | Person | Male | India | | instrument (as “prepared electric shruti stick”) |
| ANCHOR | Person | Male | Japan | | instrument |
| Robin Anders | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “chang chang”) |
| Ara Anderson | Person | Male | United States | | instrument (as “wineglass”) |
| Greg Anderson | Person | Male | Seattle | | instrument (as “Electric Wind”) |
| Laurie Anderson | Person | Female | United States | 4.2 | instrument (as “telephone”) |
| Aija Andersone | Person | Female | Latvia | | instrument (as “Spinning-Wheel”) |
| Nicke Andersson | Person | Male | Sweden | | instrument (as “feedback noise”) |
| Maurizio Andiloro | Person | | | | editor (as “pro-tools”) |