Bjork (I think) said that electronic music has no soul cause no one bothered to put one in it. As a long time listener of mainly electronic music, I agree. Among the various genres and artists of electro music there is a ratio of computer/human input to each piece. I find the pieces were the human input is minimal, boring and dry. In a way the human in these sorts of music is the necessary ghost in the machine that makes the piece worth its salt.
I would be very impressed if a fully computer synthesized piece would actually strike a cord in humans. I'm not talking about brutal bam-bam-bam techno pieces that evoke no emotions whatsoever.
Electronic music lowers the barrier of entry, so you get LOTS of crap, whether it's just uninspired but well intentioned, or freakishly aggressive 1000bpm avante garde nonsense.
That said, if you're a long time listener and you've never found any producers with soul, look again. Popular example: Daft Punk.
I would be very impressed if a fully computer synthesized piece would actually strike a cord in humans. I'm not talking about brutal bam-bam-bam techno pieces that evoke no emotions whatsoever.