> I haven't heard Dead Can Dance, but I'm looking for some reviews of their
> stuff. If they aren't really IDM, let me know (and I apologize), and
> please point me to a better place to ask this.
Not IDM, true, but they've still had an influence--witness Future Sound
of London's sampling of them on the "Accelerator" album. In any event,
the band's hybrid of ancient and modern musics of all sorts and styles
is a breathtaking wonder. "A Passage in Time" is a handy compilation for
a starting point, but do look into "Spleen and Ideal", "The Serpents Egg",
"Aion", and "Into the Labyrinth".