What sort of dance music do I like?

A lot of tracks I like turn out to have been Boiler Room or Stamp The Wax Debuts on Soundcloud. I should really sort out some decent follows on there. I'm so lax.

it kind of naturally became a way I hear new music - I recently started buying vinyl again and I knew loads of the records from the peeps I follow on soundcloud and their mixes

about the 'djs talking' thing, it's usually a drag for me too, i could never really deal with tim sweeney for example. one person who i think does it very well is dj bone, plus his choices are great and mixing skills classic A++.

i honestly wouldn't recommend dj sprinkles to the op because not heteronormative enough, look i can be an annoying snob too. ;)

i think my other answer besides "basic channel" is just dig into more detroit house. theo parrish, kenny dixon jr., andres, rick wilhite, kyle hall, kelli hand. some of it is harder to come by but it describes what you're looking for and is better than a cornball like traumprinz.

oh man now I'm wishing I had a recording of this moritz von oswald dj set I saw, basic channel and excellent techno that built superbly

My favourite DJ mixes in this general vein (that haven't already been mentioned):

Andrew Weatherall's Blood Sugar mixes (esp. the first, which is his Radio 1 Essential Mix from 1996 - less dubby than its successors, it's more a perfect celebration of deep house) and his mix for Live @ The Social Volume 3

Daniel Bell's 'The Button Down Mind of Daniel Bell' and 'The Button Down Mind Strikes Back'

Tobi Neumann's 'Pass Your Bedtime'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_laeWTEP70