I have many idols within the music scene, many artists that inspire.
I have a wide taste in the electronic music genre.
Meaning; I don't listen to pop or rap, just electronic music.
But many different styles.

Trance
Psy-Trance
Hardstyle
Hardcore
Hard Dance

My favourite artists are;

Abject
Alex Megane
Ananda Shake
Angerfist
Atomic Pulse
Audiotec
Banana Inc.
Bass-T
Bizzare Contact
Brain Damage
Brooklyn Bounce
Cascada
Dan Winter
Deepforces
Discotronic
Dj Isaac
Dj Quicksilver
Future Breeze
Gabry Ponte
Gataka
Gollum & Yanny
Groove Coverage
Infected Mushroom
InterSys
Jens O.
Korsakoff
O-Zone
Phanatic
Prezioso Feat. Marvin
Pulsedriver
Rob Mayth
Rocco
Sesto Sento
Spade
Special D.
Stacccato
Starsplash
Talamasca
Vibe Tribe

To me all music (that I like) is important, but these days I rather listen to Psy-Trance.
But I mostly produce ordinary Trance, because Psy-Trance is so much harder, I have tried though.