I pretty much worship at the altar of Gary Numan and John Foxx (the early stuff, not so much anything recent) synthwise. Early Depeche and Human League too. I appreciate Kraftwerk for the innovators they are, but am not a huge fan of the music. I don’t dislike it, don’t get me wrong. Some awesome stuff they did. It’s just not what I reach for for ‘recreational listening’. Technical? Yup.
Also love a lot of the later 80s through 90s stuff the Japanese did with their anime soundtracks. Cheezefest to be sure but I like cheese ;)
Oh you would love this little coffee shop where I live. They have a serious Gary Numan fetish. At least 3 varieties of “Numan” sandwich and this huge photomosaic: http://m.yelp.com/biz_photos/iron-horse-coffee-co-rogers?select=ewEjN4_agt1QrjluYpqSJg
And being as this is NW Arkansas, NO HIPSTERS!