probably the label that crossed over best from indie to electronica was 555 recordings. i thought they were the best label in the world at that time. released a load of lo-fi punk bands and a few lo-fi electronic indie kids like the following. it's easily as good as the autechre records of that period (1999) in my book.
Do you have their compilation? I still think about some of the tracks on there most days.
he got the best out of them and made them invent stuff they simply couldn't on their own
but i also went a bought a teardrop explodes album and thought it was total chod!
Just didn't gel with me at all, none of those scouse bands from that time did, but I remember thinking teardrop explodes was particularly bad. Like the worst combo of bright and whimsical, with his singing voice going thru different registers for no reason. Perhaps you like it for all good reasons, but to me it's like it reminded me of thespy duffers from school. Sort of why I also never really liked the smiths.
Good writer tho!