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KharBevNor:
I'll make some more suggestions, but first, seriously, Angelspit are particularly awesome, especially as their whole first EP is available on their website (or it would be if their site wasn't down). First google result if you want to check. But none of my selections were duff. Ulver in particular is I think really a treat that electronica fans are missing out on simply because Ulver are more part of the Norwegian post-black metal scene (which incorporates it's good bit of electronica. Aborym have entire, diseased satanic ebm dance tracks, and ...And Oceans mix bleak, soul-less landscapes of black metal and trance music).

ANYVAY.

Berzerker - Kind of hard to track down. 'Berzerker' is the name the singer and drum machine programmer of speedcore death metal nutcases 'THE Berzerker' (note the difference) produced his solo hardcore/speedcore albums under. They're pretty nice, twisted, experimental stuff. If you've got the balls, you can try the 500 bpm 909-kick meets death vox and shred guitar approach of The Berzerker as well. I'd recommend it, but most would not like.
Burzum - Oh noes, black metal you say. Well, the last two Burzum albums, 'Daudi Baldrs' and 'Hlidskjalf' are pure ambient keyboard stuff. Hypnotic, dark and utterly luverly.
Wolfsheim - Has no one mentioned these guys yet? Pity. There's a few things that get named 'pop' music that I am not actually averse to, and futurepop is one of these. And Wolfsheim are, like, the best futurepop band ever. Totally.
Gothminister - Gothminister are a factory of evil that spends it's time cranking out pounding EBM/darktrance anthem after pounding EBM/darktrance anthem. One of those bands where every song has twelve different remixes. All of them great.
Infected Mushroom - Personally, my favourite goa band. Not that I listen to large amounts of goa.
Lacrimosa - Classic pure electronic darkwave band that later began to pick up elements of symphonic metal and hard rock. I personally like it all, but others may want to gravitate towards earlier releases.
TISM - Who knows what the fuck TISM are? All our scientists have been able to ascertain is that they are danceable, involve drum machines and synths and rock seriously hard. You at least have to hear '(He'll Never Be) An Old Man River'
Vangelis - Vangelis is the daddy. You will have heard his scores for films such as Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner. You may not have realised that all his stuff is that cool.

Also, we are HEAVILY, HEAVILY missing the staple classics of Industrial. You must at least sample Skinny Puppy, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Ministry and KMFDM (please, early nineties stuff), and preferably all the less accessible stuff like Throbbing Gristle and Coil.Oh, and KOMPRESSOR. BECAUSE OTHERWISE HE WILL CRUSH YOU WITH MUSIC MIGHT. Hanzel and Gretyl, Zeromancer, Subway to Sally and Rammstein (if you've somehow escaped them) also come highly recommended on the 'good industrial rock' side.

I'm also going to back up :wumpscut: (Most strongly) and Patrick Wolf.

More may come to me, so stay tuned.

Hector Gilbert:
Coil released some very notable electronic albums in the 90s.  These included:

- Love's Secret Domain  (If you like glitch, go here.  You won't look back, I swear)
- Black Light District: A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room
- Time Machines
- Musick To Play In The Dark, V1

...All out of print, I think.  You'll have to download them.

Also here is a roughly chronological album-by-album summation of the development of the industrial/post-industrial style that KharBevNor touched on, for all of you to download:

- Throbbing Gristle - The First Annual Report  (First ever studio recording, but was not released until 2001 sadly enough)
- Suicide - Suicide
- Nurse With Wound - Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table Of A Sewing Machine And An Umbrella
- DAF - Ein Produkt Der...
- SPK - Information Overload Unit
- Whitehouse - Erector  (One of the foundations of the "power electronics" sound)
- You've Got Foetus On Your Breath - Deaf
- Clock DVA - Thirst
- Portion Control - I Staggered Mentally
- The Virgin Prunes - ...If I Die, I Die
- Einstürzende Neubauten - Zeichnungen Des Patienten O.T.
- Current 93 - Dog's Blood Rising
- Coil - Horse Rotorvator
- Skinny Puppy - Cleanse, Fold And Manipulate
- Death In June - The Wall Of Sacrifice

McTaggart:
Four Tet. This man is eight kinds of musical genious.

Sturge:
Kid 606 - madness ++
DJ Shitmat - ace fun
Caribou - ex manitoba, good stuff!
Boredoms - kinda electronica, more drum and bassey, if you like Melt Banana and that ilk, this guy is what started it all!
Lexaunculpt - weird electonica/opratic based stuff

Thats some stuff i've not seen mentioned in this thread (I think) but basically, just take a look through a label like Mu records,etc and you'll probably find some artists you like!

sundrums&soil:
A good inexpensive option is to get your hands on a Leaf Label sampler like this one or this one.  
This is the label that houses pretty much everything, from your more danceable-sounding (but no less innovative) end of electronica (e.g. Manitoba/Caribou) to more minimalist-kinda stuff (eg Asa-Chang & JunRay) so you can get a fairly good idea of the broad spectrum on their label.

The other biggie label for this is probably without a doubt Warp Records  for Aphex Twin, Autechre, Squarepusher et al, as well as Prefuse 73, who have a slight hip-hoppy tinge to what they do.   Check out the wonderful mr. Jamie Lidell from there, who does some insanely amazing glitched-up and distorted funk soul brutha sounds.

Ooo oo oo and for the indie poppy stuff with singing (or perhaps the other way round, bearing in mind your request! ;))---> "Hot Chiiiip, Hot Chiiiip!"
Saw them recently with LCD Soundsystem - awesome, awesome, awesome.

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