PS: Squarepusher, Autechre, and Aphex Twin all rule. I have every album ever farted out by all of those fuckers, and I listen to 'em all, all the time.
Autechre and Aphex have done some quite innovative things. Aphex in particular is just a jack of all trades.. he can do anything and do no wrong. Fucking love THE TUSS (his side project)... love how it's classic Acid House but also really hard at times. Pusher never struck me as innovative, he just makes good music period, great bass player and the best melodies in electronic music. A lot of his stuff, especially lately, sounds pretty samey, so he tries to augment that by doing some free jazz noodling and other, um, "Experiments".. some not so successful. Love all his stuff though, to some degree, though I don't think he's made a completely amazing album yet.. they're all just too all over the place. Tend to enjoy his EP's more actually.
I'm pretty well-versed in electronic music, and those 3 are the most popular names (along with V-Snares who is just kinda meh usually) for good reason.
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