quoted 1 line IS IDM AN EXPERIMENTAL GENRE, OR JUST ANOTHER GENRE OF POPULAR MUSIC?> > IS IDM AN EXPERIMENTAL GENRE, OR JUST ANOTHER GENRE OF POPULAR MUSIC?
Can't it be both?
well, between your response and rolands response about IDM's hommage to
funk, jazz, disco, rock, and what not, i suppose idm is like
experimental popular music in a way, not unlike indie and imo, words which also keep coming up on this list. i think that's just the reality of the
situation, even though i think ideally for me IDM would embrace pop
experimentalism in a way that was more about creating music that sounds good in completely unconventional ways, thus stressing the experimental
aspect of it, even though the record would sound like popular music. for
example, i really liked syndrone's use of his guitar at the 404404 show
a few months ago, because he just kept hammering on with the chord
positions and all you could hear were these beautiful, ethereal,
orchestral-yet-undeniably-electronic swellings, and you bet i went nuts when he
finally dropped the beat on that one. i was thinking, hell yeah, that's
what it's all about. like if you could make a hot beat by rubbing a
contact mic over a crocodile skeleton, i would like that music to fall
under the category of IDM.