Amen to Richie Royale and the previous post by Aural Serenity. Electronica can mean a lot of different things to different people, and to me it's like this:

Shamen - Boss Drum, En-Tact, Arbor Bona Arbor Mala
DMX Krew - Any release
Dam Funk - Any release
Jimmy Edgar - XXX
Gosub - Watchers From The Black Universe
Cylob - Any release
Depeche Mode - Speak and Spell
Dopplereffekt - Infophysix
Kraftwerk - Tour De France
Comtron - Follow The Money
Datassette - Datassette LP
Ullrich Schnauss - Goodbye
Sebastien Tellier - Sexuality
Erland Oye - Unrest
Spirit Catcher - Any release you can find
Kris Jupiter - Jupiter/Micropacer
Deejay Punk-Roc - Spoiling It For Everyone Else
Les Rythmes Digitales - Darkdancer
Orbital - Green Album
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Chris Clark - Empty The Bones Of You
Burial - Burial
Mount Kimbie - Crooks and Lovers
James Blake - Klavierwerke EP

Also totally worth mentioning are the artists that have come from a more traditional hiphop background but are going waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay leftfield with their music. You might hear the genre called "Wonky Beats" or "Wonk" or "Beat Scene" or some other stupid name but it's essentially electronica with a staunchly hiphop outlook on arrangement and production style. There are loads right now but the two that stick out for me are:

Flying Lotus - Los Angeles, Cosmogramma (I didnt like that but lots of people did, worth checking)
Bullion - Young Heartache EP

Some classics, some future classics, but all "electronica" to me.

I could write for days so I'll stop.

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