It all started when, years ago, Cartoon Network did a late-night screening of a few Daft Punk tracks after Toonami went off air for the evening. I must have been 12 or so at the time. Before that I had always known that I liked "Techno music." I don't even know what influenced my infatuation as there were no "techno" albums to be found around my dads substantial album collection. I don't even know if I had heard any real "techno" prior to that Daft Punk... but, man, they had me at "One More Time."
As my avatar shows, I'm into house music (not exclusively). Mostly deep prog house like Deadmau5' Faxing Berlin, Brazil, Strobe, Raise your Weapon, HR 8938 Cephei, etc (I'm honestly into all of his tracks pre 4x4=12, and most on that album. Not a fan of Sofi at all)... Other artists include John Dahlbeck, Kaskade, especially tracks like 4am, This Rhythm, Seeing Julie.
My longest-lasting favorite EDM artist besides Daft Punk, of course, has to be Shpongle. I'm heavily into all of their albums and most of their tracks. It's probably the Pink Floyd fan in me. I really look to their arrangement and composition as the best contemporary analog to the classical and baroque greats. Their production quality is astounding and none of their songs seem purposeless to me.
The album Legend of the Black Shawarma by Infected Mushroom has been getting a lot of play since it came out and I've been following them pretty heavily since I'm the Supervisor and I've found their older tracks (Tommy the Bat [lol primus], I Wish) and I love them, too.
Pendulum has had my ear since just before (literally like 1 month) Hold your Colour dropped. I'm a huge fan of tracks like Tarantula, Fasten your Seatbelt, Another Planet, Streamline, Sounds of Life. More recent tracks that catch my ear are Set me on Fire and The Island pts. I & II. off of Immersion.
I found Royksopp when their track "Remind Me" was featured in that Geico commercial. That song got stuck in my head for months before I found it. After that I spread out to their album The Understanding.
I'm also into Euro Trance like Tiesto (sometimes), Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren, ATB, Above and Beyond (especially and most importantly their new track "Sun and Moon" omg), Cosmic Gate, and more recently Arnej. All of this after a short lived trial of groups like Scooter and Milk Inc.
I just found a few artist like Netsky and L.A.O.S. in the liquid DnB category with whom I'm becoming more familiar (thanks, Youtubes! and UKF DnB). My brothers have turned me on to RJD2 and Justice.
Living in Asheville also aids in my sickness by bringing Moogfest to town, where I get to discover amazing acts like Moguai, Kontakt, Thievery Corporation (who I knew of before hand), etc... Great place to live for EDM (though the club scene could be better).
In short,
I love electronic music!