"Braindance, electronica, bleep techno - anything was better than the
US-centric (and still awkwardly disparaging) 'intelligent dance music', but
over time the term has stuck. We can thank early '90s mailing list the IDM
List for the awful acronym. "
So they're blaming the list, not for creating the term Intelligent Dance
Music, but for creating the acronym for it?? Um, let us know if you figure
out another acronym for it, dumb shit!
On Sep 22, 2014 9:39 PM, "Jeff Davis" <jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com> wrote:
quoted 26 lines Original list mod, keepin it real!
> Original list mod, keepin it real!
>
> thanks,
>
> Jeffrey J Davis
> jeff@jeffreyjdavis.com
> +1.218.833.2847
> On Sep 22, 2014 10:09 PM, "Brian Behlendorf" <brian@hyperreal.org> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 22 Sep 2014, Ali Khoobehi wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.factmag.com/2014/09/22/the-100-greatest-idm-tracks-100-51/
>>>
>>> "Braindance, electronica, bleep techno - anything was better than the
>>> US-centric (and still awkwardly disparaging) 'intelligent dance music', but
>>> over time the term has stuck. We can thank early '90s mailing list the IDM
>>> List for the awful acronym. "
>>>
>>
>> Uh, well no, we can thank Warp:
>>
>> http://www.discogs.com/Various-Artificial-Intelligence/master/30010
>>
>> Brian
>
>