Techno

[Kerz]

Hello All! As of late, I've been getting more and more into techno/house/trance scene, but I have trouble finding new artists, due to there being no real radio station or MTV devoted to the genre (at least not in Rhode Island). I figure with all the DDR-playing asians, Funky-fresh Europeans, and Ecstasy-popping American rave-heads on TMD, I'd generate some good feedback about things I should look into. So, I ask you to please post favorite DJs, Artists, Songs, Albums, or anything relating to Techno- I'm interested in learning more about it. Thanks a lot!

PS- In doing research, the best electronica-type music I can find all comes from non-US countries, and I can't find anywhere to download or even buy it! For example: http://www.ukdancerecords.com/defaultvinylrecordstore.asp?style=recrel <-- judging by the samples, a lot of that stuff is really cool, but I couldn't find it for downloading on any of my programs.

[Roxas]

Here's a page that you may or may not find helpful. 

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_dance-tran.html

As far as actually getting songs, send me an AIM sometime and we'll see what we can do. 

[Hi-Val]

Aphex Twin and Squarepusher are both quite good. RATATAT has a sweet album as well that came out recently. I left the techno world many years ago, but some of it still dips back into my life. The Avalanches might be considered techno, they're electronica at least.

[rvs]

I have no clue if this is Techno or not, but Tiesto, DJ Jean and Armin van Buuren are big dutch names you might like.