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Intelligent Dumb Music
Date:
Mon, 22 Jun 1998 08:32:06 -0700 (PDT)
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Re: (idm) The 'I' in 'IDM'
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quoted 6 lines Is "Intelligent Dance Music" an apt description? It is intelligent in that> Is "Intelligent Dance Music" an apt description? It is intelligent in that > it engages the brain (though I think this has the unfortunate consequence > of de-emphasizing the emotional aspects of the music). Not all of it is > Dance Music, unless you're a Deadhead. ;-) I think Album Oriented > Electronic Music might be more accurate, but IDM has a better ring to it > than AOEM, don't you think?
Heh, just an anecdote on this note... I pasted a bit of a post from this list to a friend on IRC... who immediately asked what IDM was. Having piqued his interest, I pointed him towards warprecords.co.uk for audio initiation... upon which receiving, his question was, "Do people actually dance to this?" After I explained, he was much releived, saying he thought he'd probably run far and fast if he saw people dancing in a way that reflected the sounds he was hearing. I think I won a convert, tho... - -- greyrose@nervosa.sf.ca.us http://www.extortion.com - -- "Scribble thoughts flowing freely from the mind, sing in good voice, keep the beat and, above all, accept a glass of wine when it is pressed upon you." - Yoshida Kenko, Essay in Idleness, 1340