What's with all the rockfaggotry in here? Unlike everyone else I'm going to recommend some music that's at least close to what Strike originally requested. World Crafter seems to be the only one who gets the idea.
The first thing you need to do is get over trance. I mean, trance, seriously? 99% of it is so generic and boring even I get tired of it. It's usually made by some desperately untalented 17 year old who's just warezed Fruity Loops and wants to "make it big" like Bassnectar. Ew.
Big BeatThe Prodigy
The Chemical Brothers
Fatboy Slim
Junkie XL
(album Booming Back At You is nice)BreakbeatsBassnectar
(Underground Communication is fantastic)The Avalanches
(doesn't fit perfectly in here, but oh well)EBMVNV Nation
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Dance/houseJustice
(they might not fit perfectly into house, but honestly they don't fit in any genres. Cross is awesome: you simply can't go wrong with mixing Jackson 5 samples and hard dance beats)Alter Ego
("acid house"? are you kidding?)Chillout/ambient (not a clear-cut electronic genre, but what the hey)Zero 7
Thievery Corporation
Bonobo
Air
Trip-hopMassive Attack
Morcheeba
Nine Inch Nail's Ghosts I-IV
(okay fine, it's "industrial ambient". Close enough)Drum'n'BassTelemetrik
(new artist, My Lightyear is superb)Tipper
High Contrast
Quirky and weird music that doesn't fit any genres but is still infinitely awesomeAdd N to (X)
Slagsm?lsklubben
(it's not bitpop by any means, but still awesome)50 Hertz
(slightly more awesome sister-band of Slagsm?lsklubben)Fantastic Plastic Machine
Pluxus
(Solid State is a must-hear)Bitpop (there's a lot of generic boring in this genre, try to be picky)Multifaros
Rymdkraft
Whew. I'm probably forgetting lots, but you know, I can spam this thread at other times. Of course, these are only the bands I've discovered in each respective genre: there's bound to be many more awesome bands you need to discover for yourself. To do this, I recommend
last.fm and if you're one of the lucky ones that have access,
Spotify. For some more backstory and even more band recommendations, check out (the now slightly outdated)
Ishkur's guide to Electronic Music. Very nice.
gl, hf!
Edit: also, rockfags, don't get me wrong: I like rock too. And hip hop, and classical. And metal and death metal and symphonic metal. And pop. It's just that this list was supposed to be for someone curious about electronic stuff.