I'm looking for some good techno artists. any suggestions?

i know darude and SGX... thats all

Try some Tiësto or Ferry Corsten.

Well now, iwi.  You may own me in chess, but in the electronica world . . .  lets start naming.  Who do we have?  Depends on what you like.  I, personally, am a HUGE phan of House music.  Its techno with . . . lyrics.  I'll give you a couple names, let you listen to them, and decide what you think.  If you like them, and want more, let me know.  House Artists:  Basement Jaxx, David Guetta, Fatboy Slim, and Hoxton Whores.  A very, VERY small list.  Have fun Bumpin.

my influences include Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin (AFX), Casino versus Japan, Kid606, Glitch Mob, Brian Eno, Autechre, Funckarma, Daft Punk, Justice, M83, Milieu, Odd Nosdam, Quantic, Solvent, Ilkae, Telefon Tel Aviv, Infected Mushroom, Jel, and Xela.

if you're into chill downtempo stuff, listen to GrooveSalad on soma.fm. I also love Psyphy Machine's mixes.

Oy Doughty, have you seen the Aphex Twins music video "Rubber Johnny"?  The only way I can describe it is WTF.

I'm surprised Prodigy and Pendulum weren't added on to this list.

I'd add some HHC and Gabber onto this list, but I doubt you're interested in it. 

haha yea, chris cunningham is the man. he works well with richard d james