Ok I know im replying to a super old post but I just had to.
Intensity! That is absolutely how I'd describe carpenter brut! While I've seen videos of their live shows, and the cover of "maniac" is great, to me Carpenter brut's songs feel best with headphones in a dark room (okay that's definitely bias). They're filled with such an emotion that you don't feel from EDM too much, a sort of persistence or an evil feeling stalking you. But you can also see them as a bit cheesy, while still dark version of synthy action movie score.
I too have listened to trilogy on repeat (often in my days playing TF2 or such).
My favorite is "looking for Tracy tzu", but le perv is excellent as well.
After my carpenter brut phase, I got into Com Truise. With the silly spoonerism in the name, and the synthwave influences, you wouldn't expect the introspective, and longing emotions that you find in "memory," "karova," and "ultrafiche of you."
The latter I recommend to literally everyone. Especially with the amazing music video. I watched the premiere of it live and I get chills thinking of the moment I first heard it.
I think gardeners would enjoy:
Also I see astrophysics and shibayan records in this thread and I'm so touched that others have found such incredible music too.