What I like about the genre term and what I assume to be it's description is that it encompasses all electronic music that does NOT fit into other genres, and is free to take a life of its own. The thing that sets it apart was that it doesn't necessarily contain a set tempo, standardized drum pattern, or sound set (except maybe glitch). Listen to Boards of Canada then listen to Autechre and they couldn't be more different, but both are considered IDM. It IS a dumb term though, I say we call it "Neo-Prog" and be done with it. :)
As for being dead, I would disagree. I think there is good stuff still coming out, and I am picky as hell when it comes to liking something.
Doug T.
nacho matallana <nacmat@gmail.com> wrote: I deeply agree with the view about idm that this article offers
I mean, I think the term itself didnt do much good to the scene
at the begigning a bunch of people did great cutting edge music and after it
was given a name, now the majority of the people that try to do idm dont
even get close to any music boundary... more so, the best works actually
are mostly by the people that already lead the secen 15 years ago and of
cours etheir works now (being the best at the moment) dont even mean the
shadow of what they achieved in the past
maybe autechre keep in good level still, but I dont think what they do is
cutting edge anymore... not if you compare what they achive in 2007 with
what they already did in 2001
that said, some names give me hoe such as team doyobi, brothomstates (where
is he^??)