I'm pretty new to electronica, so I don't know all the subgenres and all that. But I do know what I like. Of the little I've heard I really REALLY like George Acosta's "Touched" album.

A couple songs from it (these are my three favorite electronica songs ever, though like I said, I've haven't heard a lot)---the first two might be different from Acosta's versions though I'm not sure. Don't have his album currently (broke). The third is Tiesto's mix of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings and I think is AMAZING. Though I still prefer the first two to it. Especially the first... amazing amazing song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWj_u-A_8Fo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueJF12hKWUE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bztZWLXTuNY

So yeah if you could recommend artists/songs/DJs/albums etc that make this kind of trance that would be great, cause I feel like I'm half blind walking through the gigantic sea of EDM.

Especially since there are so many mixes and remixes and remixes of remixes it's all very confusing to someone who was previously just into metal, post-rock, indie stuff, little bit of classical music, etc. I mean, we have covers in those genres, but not completely different sounding remixes.

I am of your same league, but out tastes could be vastly different. I'll list some of my favs from the past decade:

Ayla - Liebe

Gouryella - Walhalla

Veracocha - Carte Blanche

Armin van Buuren - Burned with Desire

Foggy - Come Into My Dream

Tiesto - Suburban Train

Outback - State of Emergency

Kirsch Emery - Lose Yourself

Dominic Plaza - Sounds Rushing (David West Remix)

Arksun - Arisen

Mike Foyle - Shipwrecked (Sean Tyas Remix)

Andy Moor - Air for Life

MUSE & DJ San - Dendera

Filo & Peri feat. Kathleen Fischer - Ordinary Moment

Tiesto - Knock You Out

Icone - The Way Home

Cool man, I'll check all those out, thanks for going to the trouble.

Super8 and tab - irufushi + remixes

my pick of 2009