Who B12 is
B12 are a British electronic music duo consisting of Mike Golding and Steve Rutter. First appearing in the early 1990s under a variety of monikers, including Musicology, Redcell and Cmetric, their sound is associated with the early 1990s ambient techno and IDM scene. They released their debut album Electro-Soma (1993) on Warp Records, and also founded the independent label B12 Records. Recurring themes of science fiction and futurism can be found in nearly all B12 releases.
Biography from the B12 article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for B12, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Latest releases
20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Listener trend
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Scene ranks
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Artists to compare
Acts at a similar level in techno, and the biggest names from United Kingdom.
B12 in numbers
How many monthly Spotify listeners does B12 have?
B12 has 10,500 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Aug 17, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is B12's world ranking?
B12 is ranked #1102 of 1214 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is B12 from?
B12 is from United Kingdom, where they rank #225 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does B12 make?
B12 is categorised as Techno in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as idm, ambient.
Snapshot from the week of Aug 17, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.