I think it started as the name of an Aphex Twin mailing list.
IMHO I think it started as a tongue in cheek response to
mindless RAVE crap of the early nineties.
Its a dated term like "Acid Jazz"
quoted 23 lines maybe everyone knows this except for me, but i am dying of curiousity...
>maybe everyone knows this except for me, but i am dying of curiousity...
>where did the name Intelligent Dance Music come from?
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>I personally wasnt even aware of the name until about 1 and 1/2 years ago,
>always called it 'abstract' or 'experimental' electronica or used less
>general titles... Anyway, the name kind of annoys me, its like saying "we
>are intelligent and you are not," but I do reluctantly end up using it,
>still though, who thought of this and can we please make up something else?
>Or is it too late? Was it a marketing gimmick?
>
>in other questions, has anyone heard of the kind of electronic music called
>'hypno'? Maybe I am just really behind the times, but today was the second
>time I heard of this mysterious genre of music and was too intimidated by
>the sheer confidence of the person saying it, to ask. So what better place
>to do it then a 10000000000 person e-mail list?
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