I have been listening to electronic music since I was first introduced to it in the mid-70s. That said, my interest in it has been really fueled by the use of the first affordable analog synths and sampling by artists in what came to be known as the post-punk and/or new wave movement, as well as the underground scene that developed in the UK in the very late 80s, early 90s, that came of age and birthed many of the styles we know today.
As a listener I tend to love idm, ambient techno, dub, new wave, synthpop, ambient, darkwave, drill 'n' bass, dubstep, electro, electro funk, acid, illbient, and minimal techno.
I also enjoy listening to, but wouldn't say I love, the following: acid house, detroit techno, drum 'n' bass, french house, glitch, goa, industrial, microhouse, neurofunk, nu electro, and nu skool breaks.
I have done engineering, programming, and production with electronic tools, and sound design and audio processing are two things I love very much.
I use gear from the following makers: Allen & Heath, Analogman, Apple, Barge Concepts, Boss, Clavia, Cyndustries, Diamond, Digidesign, E-mu, Electro-Harmonix, Elektron, Empress, Encore, Ernie Ball, Eventide, Foxrox, Geoffrey Teese, Heet Sound, Hughes & Kettner, JoMoX, Korg, Kurzweil, Lexicon, Line6, Loooper, Lovetone, Moog, MOTU, Music Man, Peavey, Peterson, ProphecySound, Red Witch, Roland, Schippmann, Simmons, Sony, Symetrix, t.c. electronic, Waldorf, Yamaha, and zvex.
I love analog drum machines, the sound of 2" @15ips, 8-bit multiplexed sampling with no interpolation and variable clock, vco-driven analog monosyths with fast envelopes and portamento, algorithmic reverberation, modular synthesis, germanium overdrive, analog string machines with ensemble, bbd delays, tape delays, tight clocks, formant-preserving diatonic pitch-shifting, step-sequencing, 6- and 8-op frequency modulation synthesis, my ebow, polyphonic physical modeling, hands-on parametric control, resonant multimode analog filtering, wavetable synthesis, ribbon mics, power valve overdrive, and tasty analog pedals.
cheers,
Ian