www.dj404.com

Good sir, I would venture to say that Christian "techno"-ish music begain with either Adam Again or early industrial like Circle of Dust/Brainchild.  Most people will cite Scott Blackwell, AJ Mora, and Brian Scroggins as major players in the early scene.  Dance House Children was a candyflip style of the early rave scene about 91 or so and Joy Electric hit about 94 but there were many startups prior to that soon after 2 Bad Mice "Bombscare" in 92 or so methinks.

Steve Taylor was most likely sequencing synths in the studio in the mid eighties, and anything on Blonde Vinyl was basically a response to 4ad (This Mortal Coil (heavy use of samplers, ensoniq workstations) etc) in the late 80's. 

The first 4x4 kick drum pattern in Christian music?  I would venture to guess it happened near Miami or Puerto Rico, perhaps D-Boy's "God's House" - circa 1985-1987 or so.

Yeah, man!    I have been into the techno and dance stuff since almost the beginning. 

My first cassette I bought was the Zero: Ravenous record. You can find it on Amazon now for like a hundred bucks. But maybe some other site has it cheaper.  It is a classic jaunt into amazing beats and techno tunes.   I still listen to it occasionally.  It still holds some great tunes and manages to not sound as dated as it actually is.

Another one that got me hooked was World Wide Message Tribe: Take a long hike. 

But I think fondly on all those first amazing records. The Prodigal Sons: Texno Theology and the Prophecy of P.A.N.I.C.: Manic Panic were among my favorites.  Then bring in some early Scott Blackwell stuff and some of the MotionFactory tracks and that classic classic piece of work, Jyradelix, and you are in a good place.

But unfortunately, like 404 said, most of that stuff you can't get anymore.  And if you can get it you only find it for high prices or by looking through the entire internet. (it is buried there somewhere).

As far as mixes go, I would first hit up http://www.dj404.com/main/mixes.htm and scroll down to his earlier mixes.   Still not as oldskool as you are looking for but definately worth checking out. There are some mixes floating around if you look.   

Hope that helps.

z.

Oops.   404 is right.    Those links are dead until real soon.
We are waiting on someone (not mentioning any names but his initials are sz) to get the artist sections on the site done.

I will get them fixed this week.

z.