Artists who embrace synthesis and electronic sound

[himalaya]

Who are the artists/bands/producers that you think are exploring synthesis to its full potential in their music ?

We are surrounded by an unprecedented range of synthesisers, both hardware and software. There are so many synthesis types that can be explored and this question stems from my curiosity to see who is exploring all this sonic potential in released music? That is, in music available out there to buy or to listen via streaming services.

When I use certain synths, I often sit there in amazement at some of the sounds that can be made. Sounds that are beautiful and very inspiring but at the same time can't be used in any of the more mainstream music genres, which rely on specific signature sounds. But, if one were to abandon such genres and just make electronic music that explores all that synthesis has to offer....who would that be? Do you have your favourite contemporary artists who are good examples of this desire to explore electronic sounds?

[recursive one]

Eat Static, they are primarily a psytrance act but sometimes they try something very different. And their synthesis skills are beyond amazing, I think they are heavily into modular stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dou4oc3sifE

Stefan Torto, his music can be very loosely described ad psychill, something freeform, emotional and quite technical at the same time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoN6Ip97yYw

He is also involved into Zen Garden project which has the same overall vibe but with vocals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShtQMSo9rE

Tron Sepia, I love how they manage to mix these ugly dubstep sounds with something really beautiful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1kIuFgoY1Q

[Delta Sign]

Definitely Autechre. Their latest album "NTS Nessions" is absolutely incredible again. No Youtube links, I'm afraid, but I think it's on Spotify now.
I like how everyone went "Man, these LPs are getting too long" after Exai and then they deliver this ~8 hour monster

If you are into synthesis, it's definitely worth listening to. If you need melodies or any kind of conventional song structure or other genre constrains , it's probably not.

[AnX]

vince clarke/martin gore

[DJ Warmonger]

The problem with synthesis endeavours is that labels don't want to sign tracks that are too far out-there, compared to mainstream tunes. Even in trance, which supposedly is all based on synthesis - most tracks are now copy-paste of each other.
I recently got positivie comments about "originality" of a track that was literally all made out of presets

[aMUSEd]

https://soundcloud.com/chaines

https://soundcloud.com/bardobasho

https://soundcloud.com/kaitlynaureliasmith

https://soundcloud.com/sarahdavachi

https://soundcloud.com/samaris

https://soundcloud.com/mergrim

https://soundcloud.com/jennyhval