quoted 1 line But I'd definately say that drill'n'bass (as well as folktronica) is a>But I'd definately say that drill'n'bass (as well as folktronica) is a
subgenre of IDM. Else you are claiming that classic IDM-albums like Richard
D. James Album and Lunatic Harness (and, yes, lots of Squarepusher's work)
are not IDM at all, which seems infeasible.
I also wanted to ask everyone if they really consider albums like Apropra't (s&s) and Pause/Rounds (four tet), all 3 of which someone might call folktronica, to be IDM. I think we need to draw the line somewhere, and i would definitely put four tet and s&s somewhere else. prefuse may be IDM, but that doesnt mean all scott's work is IDM. when i talked to kieren (four tet) at a show once, he said he tries to blend the rock show with the electronic show. i bet if you asked autechre, aphex, plaid, etc. what they were thinking in the early 90s they would not have said they were trying to blend anything except the electronic timbres firing through their neurons.
greg