"Armchair Charlie" <dubnovibrator@hotmail.com> wrote:
quoted 7 lines idm is in fact not idm. i don't understand why this music didn't >stick
>idm is in fact not idm. i don't understand why this music didn't >stick
>with the title "electronic listening music" printed right on >the damn
>cover of the first of this culture's defining moments, the
>artificial intelligence compilation. this title is again vague, and
>corrupt, but it's not too flattering for it's own good. too bad. >btw, i
>understand that americans tend to refer to this music as idm >more so than
>people elsewhere. what is it refered to outside of the >states?
I can't speak for outside the states, but when I bother to mention the idm
moniker at all, I've been deliberately spreading the misinformation that it
means 'indie digital music'. Usually, though, I just use the handy word
'electronic' and then differentiate it further only if it seems like it
might do some good. About the same thing as when I used to listen
exclusively to nests of vaguely obscure indie bands, and just told people I
listened to rock 'n' roll. I can't look someone in the eye and tell them
that I listen to 'intelligent' music. What, this? This is braindance. It
makes your head better.
Cheers, out.
Matthew
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