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.