Regarding "intelligence":
Perhaps the "intelligent" label (as in "idm", for that matter) simply
designates music which appeals to the mind and the body, as opposed to much
club-oriented music, which drives the body, but unfortunately offers little
to inspire the mind. (Of course, all music generally aims to inspire the
emotions, but we won't even get into that here). In that case, perhaps
"intellectual" would be a better term. But that word frightens the
children.
Of course, there are those brave DJs who will play "intelligent" dance
music, and there are those adventurous audiences who will thrill and chill
to the elevation. Thank God for all that, and the "intelligent"
music-creators, our sine qua non, not to mention post hoc ergo propter hoc
(hats off to Carl S).
Then again, perhaps the "intelligent" label was intended as a replacement
for the worn-out "avant-garde" and "alternative" labels, though it seems to
be suffering the same fate of over- and mis-use which eventually made those
titles meaningless and irrelevant.
Zenon M. Feszczak
Ambientologist