Top avant-garde artists
The top-rated avant-garde artist on Riffiter is The Mothers of Invention, rated 4.0/5 by 3 listeners.
58 avant-garde artists ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 14 of 1,898 avant-garde albums, averaging 3.7/5, spanning 1950 to 2026.
02 Art Zoyd
3 ratings
03 Scott Walker
3 ratings
04 Laurie Anderson
2 ratings
05 Ruins
2 ratings
06 Ulver
1 rating
07 Arthur Russell
1 rating
08 Liturgy
1 rating
09 Jim O’Rourke
1 rating
10 Glenn Branca
1 rating
11 John Cage
12 Earth
13 Mike Patton
14 Yoko Ono
15 Buckethead
16 Mr. Bungle
17 Leprous
18 Moondog
19 Captain Beefheart
20 This Mortal Coil
21 The Bad Plus
22 Gaye Su Akyol
23 Marc Ribot
24 Olivier Messiaen
25 Pierre Henry
26 Colin Stetson
27 Meredith Monk
28 Terry Riley
29 Bill Laswell
30 Sigh
31 Morton Feldman
32 Zu
33 Neil Hannon
34 The Real Tuesday Weld
35 Michael Gira
36 Mary Halvorson
37 Univers Zéro
38 John Lennon & Yoko Ono
39 Faux Real
40 Pop Levi
41 Keiji Haino
42 Tyondai Braxton
43 Negativland
44 King Missile
45 Koenjihyakkei
46 Weidorje
47 Au
48 Frank Tovey
49 Roz Vitalis
50 David Taylor
51 Yuka Honda
52 Anthony Davis
53 Ni
54 Virus
55 Arnold Schönberg
56 Krzysztof Penderecki
57 Lydia Lunch
58 György Ligeti
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