Looking for melodic techno (but not Melodic Techno)
Greetings earthlings,
I'm a bit out of the loop these days with new music but looking for some recommendations for good melodic techno. Absolutely NOT the genre known as "Melodic Techno", which is basically plodding trance breakdowns with limp minor key arps (e.g. Tale of Us, Adriatique and co.) I'm looking for techno which is not afraid to use melodies, but in a non-cheesy way.
I guess the closest thing I've found from a modern producer is Wata Igarashi with his spiralling melodic moments.
To list some greats:
- Mathew Jonson, Steve Rachmad, Luke Slater, Vince Watson, Heiko Laux etc
- Labels: F Comm, 90's Soma, Peacefrog etc
EDIT: Thanks for the great suggestions everyone! Some I know already (e.g most of the older stuff - I've been a detroit techno head for the last 25 years), many others are new to me. Working my way through them now