Not that compression should be avoided in electronic music, but if your levels are consistent, the goals are different, and more nebulous, from conventional volume control- usually people are trying to sweeten the sound, with "character" compressors, that partially behave like a preamp, and add eq and saturation side effects; or to use it as a sound effect to achieve a sense of movement, or percieved loudness. It is a different goal, so it might take a different tool, and definitely different settings, away from conventional level control.