Eddie Richards

For all those recent converts to dance music (and hey, I'm one of them), here's a set to go to. Beyond the dubstep and electrohouse most everyone is familiar with, there are a myriad of electronic genres that require a bit more patience to get into (i.e. they don't try to melt faces every 30 seconds to make sure everyone's still paying attention), but are well worth the time. Eddie Richards has been on the house scene since the beginning, and he's often called the UK's "godfather of house" for his role in championing the music there. Currently he's working in the tech house genre, which-surprise-combines the hard groove of techno and the melodies of house to create tunes easy to get lost in. Don't wait for the drop. (Stephen Layton)