Ok first off... I'm assuming (and you know what happens when one assumes) that you wanna do things the digital way instead of all analog such as Daft Punk.
If you go digital a good place to start would be a Mac with Reason as a SOUND SOURCE -- not a sequencer. My preference with a sequencer is Cubase. If you're saving money (of course) there are different versions of the software. LE and SE are lower end versions that work just as well as SX but with minor holdbacks such as limited audio, midi tracks and limited VST inputs -- yadda yadda yadda. I also think you can't REwire Reason in LE... but than again LE is free with a ASIO Driver hahaha.
Cubase is cool cause it's very easy to REwire Reason into it to use it as a sound source. Also it's compatable with PC and Mac if you aren't looking to switch or buy a new computer.
The USB MIDI board that you have up there is perfect. But the Korg Pad seems to be, IMHO, useless for drums and such. My buddy bought that particular board and had problems with double triggering sounds and them not triggering at all. They're also kind of a bitch to setup --- Just wondering --- The Axiom has 8 percussion pads on the side of it... why would you want the Korg padKontrol? The guy looks like he's just using in place of an actual keyboard.
Another good place to start is buy some old ANALOG hardware synths so you can get the feel of a hands on setup. IMO, I first bought a JP-8000 which is a digital-analog synth.
www.vintagesynth.com/roland/jp8000.shtml
It has KILLER phat sounds and it's great for starting out on routing and sound synthesis.
I hope this helps a bit but there will probably be more questions. Just let me know man.