[Yoda9864]

It's never been alive in the Midwest US. Which is unfortunate.

I always recommend DJ Tiesto and Paul Oakenfold when people ask me. Two of the best.

Some tracks of the top of my head:
DJ Tiesto - Just Be
DJ Tiesto - Adagio for Strings
Paul Oakenfold - Believe (absolutely love the video for this)

I like a lot of Daft Punk, but some of there stuff doesn't sit well with me.

Then people ask me what the difference is between techno, house, electronica, etc genres. I usually just ask them why they want to make the distinction. It's all great music. They usually mix styles up so much that you can never put a track cleanly into one genre. It's all techno to me.