actually i withdraw my minimalistic techno.

what I'm really looking for is tech house

(which is more or less a sparse mix of techno and house)

I have a bit to say on minimal tech.

The major ones to go for are Claude VonStroke (any remixes or productions by him tend to be perfect), SCI-9, Dubfire, Popof and Vincent Markowski (The Madness Of Moths is an absolute tune, so are some of his remixes)
Other ones that aren't as good but still are very good - Audion, Legowelt, Steve Bug, James Holden, Deadmau5 (I think loads of his stuff is on the new GTA soundtrack but I don't have it so I can't say))

For tech house I can't say much but I would suggest Brodinski, particularly Bad Runner which is one of the best pieces of electronic music ever. His solo remixes are really good too but he often does remixes with Yuksek - they usually go more electro and tend to remix more vocal-based house, which isn't bad but not really in the vein of what you're looking for. Also listen to Paul Woolford Presents Bobby Peru because that's doing lots to merge tech house with guitars. The Count & Sinden do a lot of good stuff too but their sound changes a fair bit between productions so it's hit and miss with them.

Also listen to Erol Alkan's Bugged Out! mix, it's pretty old now but it is amazing.

A cover of Are 'Friends' Electric? is going to be the b-side to this.

Shit.

I'm going to post here because I know pretty much all of these bands.

line-up: ash, one night only, black kids, infadels, late of the pier, delays, sons and daughters, dan le sac vs scroobius pip, the wildcats allstar jam, esser, natty, future of the left, the hot melts, parka, the anomalies, you me at six, cartel, the bookhouse boys, friendly fires, slaves to gravity, noah and the whale, rolo tomassi, pnau, hijack oscar, florence and the machine, glamour of the kill, sam isaac, outry collective, ipso facto, the joy formidable, beyond this oath, billy the kid.

there's a big list for you. i'm definitely going to see future of the left, rolo tomassi and noah and the whale. who else should i see?

I put good bands in bold and underlined ones that are as good as cancer. Italics are ones who are ok and should see if there's nothing better to do. I didn't do anything to the ones you're definitely seeing and the other normal ones are either average or I don't know them or smth

Black Kids will be full of idiot kids/scenesters/mums who won't dance, it's the problem with them being loved by so many people. LotP may not be your thing but their live show is amazing if you just dance and get into it, they're also really fucking funny in talking to the crowd. Pnau are really great dance music but are sometimes a bit too happyhappy. Esser essentially write pop songs in structure but they're played so weird you'd never hear them on the radio or anything.  Florence is a folk singer but I just find her pretty boring but she's not bad looking which could sway you I suppose

As I said none of those will probably be your thing but if it's free there's no harm in going along

Anything that can be sleevefaced makes the artwork ten times better instantly.

welcome! more brits are always welcome.

i myself am from northeast of england!

arrr I'm not nearly as far north as Boro or Toon or anything but I am considered to be from "up n'orf"...

since your nick is Justice and your avatar is a cross I'm assuming you're a fan?

welcome to the forums B)

I am indeed, one of my favourite outfits and certainly one of my favourite live acts. They just get progressively better with every new production and remix. Genius.

Greets to everyone else, obviously it'd seem silly to quote you all...

A level exams! The end-of-college ones for the UK kids before they go to university. I'm doing useless subjects that will hardly help in the real world like film studies, it's quite fun. I actually leave college today, in around two hours.

As for work, I'll be starting a job in a call centre. Repetitive and simplistic work, mind-numbing but paying £7 an hour which is not bad at all.

Hello all. My name is Justice.

I'm from the UK and exist on a few other communities already, but don't post regularly on many of them. I had an account here a long time ago but forgot the username - that was back when I was 13 (I'm 17 now) so needless to say, it's probably a good thing I forgot it.

Anywho, although I am sort-of interested in OWESOME GAMEMAKING I don't really care enough to finish anything I make and rarely play other people's stuff, so I'm mainly here for the forums rather than to advertise my AMAZING ZELDA FANGAME. I'll also end up demonstrating my anal retentiveness when it comes to indie and dance music in the music forum, although with the brilliant thing that is A level exams and the daunting world of work on the immediate horizon I probably won't post here too often. Still, no harm in saying hello now, right?