A list opportunity!
I listen to a lot of things on a daily basis. Only some of it falls in a narrow definition of "IDM". Much of what I listen to shares features with what is called IDM. I find what I like all over the map; in what you might call electropop (like Lali Puna or The Notwist), classical and neo-classical (like Steve Reich, Kronos Quartet), ambient (Twine), noise (Black Dice), electrofolk (Animal Collective), or even "rock" (Comets On Fire, Architecture In Helsinki) etc.
Although these IDM records are a little old now, they have not been superceded by anything for me. Except maybe by Juana Molina
"IDM" that I listen to a lot:
Oval
quoted 2 lines 94diskont>94diskont
>Systemisch
This stuff still blows me away. I get more from it every time I listen.
Four Tet
quoted 2 lines Pause>Pause
>Everything Ecstatic
Fun, inventive, good spirited - always a boost - touchstone records for me
Autechre
quoted 1 line Tri-Repetae++>Tri-Repetae++
Arguably the most successful realization of their ideas. Music to tinge the edges or to grab and wrestle, as the mood strikes.
Just to throw this in because I suspect that other enjoy a list as much as I do: others related to IDM (not in order of preference) that I listen to the most.
quoted 20 lines Tarwater>Tarwater
>The Notwist
>Styrofoam
>Lali Puna
>Mouse On Mars
>Monolake
>Nobekazu Takemura
>Matmos
>Fennesz
>Amon Tobin
>Apparat
>Arovane
>BoomBip
>Dntel
>Figurine
>Kriedler
>Tujiko Noriko
>Modeselektor
>Ulrich Schnauss
>Secede
...and others seemingly not related to idm but may incorporate similar ideas, strategies, techniques, etc that I also listen to a lot:
quoted 29 lines Juana Molina>Juana Molina
>Sufjan Stevens
>Six Organs
>Sigur Ros
>00100
>Twine
>Miles Davis
>Mice Parade
>Mobius Band
>The Books
>Animal Collective
>Kallikak Family
>Caribou
>Architecture In Helsinki
>Fiery Furnaces
>Dungen
>Vetiver
>Mahavishnu Orchestra
>Hood
>Cliff Martinez
>Climax Golden Twins
>Mark Lanegan
>Erik Satie
>The Postal Service
>Yo La Tengo
>Wire
>Miles Davis
>Tuxedomoon
>Stereolab
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