In a message dated 10/30/02 3:19:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
eggy@eggytoast.com writes:
quoted 4 lines It's happened before. IDM used to be the name for quiet, glitchy> It's happened before. IDM used to be the name for quiet, glitchy
> music, but now that's called "microsound." So now the microsound
> stuff has its own name, whereas the stuff that's outside of it is
> still referred to as "IDM."
Actually IDM means, obviously, "Intelligent Dance Music", which was a term
coined by a journalist in the early 90's trying to explain the sound of the
Orb. It was later applied to Warp Records, which at the time was still
danceable. The term stuck over the years, and then this list came about.
Later Warp evolved into the glitchy stuff, and this list began discussing
that instead. And thats why it means glitchy micro stuff today. Which means
it already is a "genre" kind of music. The 3 letter acronym no longer means
what it originally was, but only embodies a kind of sound, that people try to
fit into. Same thing with punk rock or hip hop or rock. None of the genre
names actually have anything to do with the kind of music they represent.
But anyhow.. I feel that there are 2 kinds of music: "Music" and "Genre
Music". Music is by musicians that are influenced by musics and get pegged
into categories, but they just make music for musics sake. These producers
expand, change, and grow with their tastes and the times. Then there is genre
music. Genre music producers pick a genre of music they like, and only make
that kind of music. The majority of club music is made in this fashion. Same
with certain types of punk, metal, goth, hiphop, etc. This is for people who
say "I am Goth, I like this band becaue this is a Goth band." Thats what I
think will happen to IDM. In fact it is already happening. People become
"IDM" producers, and try to mimic autechre or squarepusher. They play "IDM"
shows, and they have an IDM style. I dont think it can be stopped, and
personally, i dont mind. I just see it happening, and wanted to share that.