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You know, not 2 years ago I started a book on music theory of electronica. I ran into several big problems though.
1) over half of thr artists in electronica have no formal musical training. In order to develop the basis of theory, there have to be rules. Some will bend and maybe even break those rules on occasion, but there has to be an underlying understanding. The artists have such different understandings of music that this is extremly difficult. DJ Tiesto explained that trance [electronica] is not a science. It's almost not even an art form.
2) Electronica is often derivitive. How many times have you heard a trance cover of another song? Everything from Vivaldi to Clockwork Orange to Saltwater to Enjoy the Silence, to even other electronica music. We have remixes of remixes of remixes. I once jokingly (read: sarcastically) said, "Electronica started with one song", and everyone understood what I meant. I'm not suggesting that others forms of music aren't derivitive, but let me put it this way: the first modern music theory developed out of the Renaissance and into the Boroque. It continued to develop thrugh the Classical and Romatic and even today, but the the basis of modern music theory is on it's infancy. Electronica is alien to this. If Morazt heard Southern Sun by Oakenfold, he'd go nuts.
3) I'm really busy. I decided it's easier and more fulfilling to just compose.
Your best study guide is to simply expose yourself to as much and as varied electronica as you can get your hands on. The less main stream the better (as you've probably already heard most of the main stream stuff).
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