i've recently been trying to get into house/ ambient house and i was wondering if there were any suggestions for where to start
Yeah, royksopp is good. I kinda stopped liking Benny Benassi but it might be interesting for you. Try magnolia - All in vain, or Kaskade - Here I am. There are others that I'll list later on. Once you get a feel for house you'll get hooked, personally this is how it is for me: Trance>dnb>house>breaks. Trance being the favorite and breaks being the not so favorite. And also if you're into electro check out deadmau5, my friend met him and he's apparently a really awesome guy, so I'd recommend checking him out as well.
There's a lot of really cool progressive house which tends to be quite laid back coming from Russian and East European producers these days. A few suggestions - Siberian Son, DJ Roomie, Snake Sedrick, Lokitas, Princess Moon, dPen, Anton Chernikov, Johan Chatkowski, Silent Brothers to name a few. If you want something light and trancey, check out Aes Dana, esp 'Season 5'.
Here are some awesome tracks you should check out! Spring Breeze - Martin Roth Summerstyle Remix Be Free - Jonathan Ulysses & Peter Brown Cry For You - September (Radio Edit) Man With The Red Face - Mark Knight & Funkagenda Infinity 2008 - Klass remix And here is a good website where can you listen to samples from new tracks that are only a few days old. http://www.trackitdown.net/genre/house/top10.html
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you should check out old daft punk stuff and also Derrick Carter, Mark Farina and a bunch of other great dj's out there...check out the undergroundhouse.net site
Check out mixcloud or soundcloud for new mixes. You can search for stuff there as you start to find your vibe.