If it’s Berlinette you like – in my opinion most of her other stuff is nowhere near as melodic – then I would highlight these recommendations (forgive me if you already know them):
Mouse on Mars – German genius duo. Heavily influenced by progressive rock, classical music and Kraftwerk. Specializes in an organic, finely textured, “dirty” electronic sound that often sounds like somebody (metaphorically) crumpled up the music and then unfolded it, alternating between atmospheric, wistful, symphonic passages and heavy beats and intense rhythms that ascend into heavenly cacophonies.
They have been gradually adding more vocals, even if they’re usually nonsensical, and on the latest record they even do full-blown pop songs. If I were to make any comparisons, it would be to Einstürzende Neubauten, and like Neubauten there’s something intellectual and poetic about Mouse’s music.
They have never made a bad record, but my favourites are Idiology, the softer Niun Niggung, and the latest, Radical Connector, where they combine their existing dirt-ronica with a more breezy Air/Röyksopp-like pop sound; a few missteps along the way, but in general, one of this year’s best albums.
Apparat – German IDM/glitch heavily influenced by Mouse on Mars; a little like MoM without the beats. Duplex is mostly instrumental, a warm, delicious wave of calm, intelligent electronic music.
Styrofoam – alias Arne Van Petegem from Belgium. His latest album, Nothing’s Lost, is a collaboration with Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Andrew Kenney of the American Analog Set, Markus Acher of The Notwist, and that girl in Lali Puna. Sweet stuff. (Arne himself sounds a lot like the main vocalist in Broken Social Scene.)
Dntel – alias Jimmy Tamborello. Glitchy, downtempo, mostly instrumental indie electronica.
Chronomad – one of the first artists to be signed to the Notwist’s new record album, Alien Transistor. A Turkish guy who incorporates Middle-Eastern influences into instrumental electronica.
Caribou (formerly Manitoba) – similar to Dntel, but a little more lively.
Lali Puna – similar to the Notwist, but without the baroque minimalism. Female singer, oddly affecting German accent. Several Notwist members contribute. Scary World Theory is the one to grab.
Ms John Soda – again a Notwist outgrowth, with a similarly minimalistic sound, but focusing on tight pop songs. No P. or D. is their only full-length album so far, and the only one worth listening to.
The Notwist – combine flutes, tubas, cellos, guitars and some synthesizers; influences from rock, jazz, techno, classical music; terse, abstract, intelligent lyrics; add a tall, lanky, geeky-looking singer with long hair and a German accent; and that’s one way to describe the Notwist. Its chamber music minimalism, spaceous sound and geekiness makes me think of them as the IKEA of electronica (stylistically, not in that mass-produced-in-Slovenia kind of way).
Boy in Static – another of Alien Transistor’s new artists, if I remember correctly. Sounds promising, if obviously Notwist-influenced.
I also remembered this band:
Tied and Tickled Trio – if you like jazz, this one is a winner. This is sax player Johannes Enders with most of the Notwist people, doing electronic jazz. Wonderful stuff.
As for the other stuff:
BoC you surely know.
Bonobo, I Am Robot and Proud and Four Tet are all vaguely similar – instrumental, not too overtly electronic electronica with good beats.
Goldfrapp, at least Felt Mountain is sultry vocal jazz done electronica style; Frost tries to do something similar.
Triosk is a more traditionally jazz-sounding outfit.
Isan is ambient, or at least pretty quiet.
Portrait of David is an interesting Norwegian guy who does quiet, somber songs with a lone synth and a lot of silence.
Múm, Icelandic fairy folk who record in lighthouses. Similar to Mouse in many ways, without the beats and plus a lot of chamber music influence.
King of Woolworths is a BoC clone, but a good one.
Multi-Panel, Kazumasa Hashimoto and Myrakaru are all pretty recent discoveries; until I know them better I would peg them as “stuff that’s low-key without being boring”. I like Myrakaru in particular; minimalistic, sweet and friendly, perfect work music for me.