I'm a big fan of all the Andreas Kremer stuff from the late 90's/early 2000's. Construct Rhythm and Form and all that type of dark, harder techno that was still danceable. I still play that stuff to this day and it still sends a shivver down my back like it used to then. Andre Walter, Schall & Rauch and a lot of the earlier Robert Natus(pneumatic) stuff brings a smile to my face.
Probably some of my biggest influences right there, along with Laurent Ho's mix cd's