Sure thing. If you want to work your way forwards, start listening to the following things: Joy Division, Can, Neu, Kraftwerk, Philly Soul, Talking Heads, Eno

When I was a kid I thought house was for what New Yorkers call "Bridge and Tunnel Trash". It was all hair gel and shiny shirts and the worst people of all time tricking out their Honda Civics and blasting the worst garbage out of them. I think that's the impression people have of the music. And maybe people just…

Both, but honestly, the best way to hear House is to go to a club with a good system and dance. Although it might seem really minimal and bizarre coming through your headphones, a real set of club speakers really brings out all the intricacies of the grooves.

Er…That is to say Sound Stream.

Let There Be House
There's some great stuff going on in house music in general lately. Dirtybird Records is absolutely killing it, and there's some amazing stuff going on with Wagon Repair too. Trus'Me, The Revenge, Sound Strem, Levon Vincent, Jus'Ed and the whole UQ crew…the list goes on. There's been some great Deep…

@AJR, I had the same experience when my class in high school decided they were ravers, but Detroit Techno has little or nothing to do with that. I feel like maybe the real Gateway to Geekery for this kind of music is to actually go somewhere like Movement or Mutek and hear the music where it was meant to be heard in…