The term IDM might be stupid but if you look at the "genre" thats what it is. We are the electronic musicians music. Just like Stockhausen was 40 years ago we are the music electronic musicians listen to for new ideas, new sound, new music. IDM tends to filter down into a more acceptable mainstream after a couple of years to the point where everyone on the list would not call it IDM but other people (yes the lesser people, we are the master genre) recognize it as something new and cool. Thats what i love about IDM, we are the cutting edge before the edge is cut.
David Sim <pmxds@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:> It's a new year time to start a new thread about the term 'IDM' eh?
Yep. Does this mean that I get to trot out the old John Peel quote to the effect that the best thing about intelligent drum and bass is that it implies the existence of stupid drum and bass, which sounds like it'd be awesome.
quoted 1 line Genre names are shorthand, useful for journalists, and even listeners.> Genre names are shorthand, useful for journalists, and even listeners.
Not too useful for listeners - I occasionally catch myself trying to decide whether something's trip hop or IDM, and based on this whether I like it or not. Then I slap myself and try to judge it on its merits.
And it's quite dodgy for producers too - once IDM is a genre, it becomes possible to produce generic IDM.
It's handy for journalists and for finding things in records shops, though.
Personally I don't use the term, because either it'll mean nothing to the listener, or they'll think I mean entirely Mercky stuff when I'm trying to imply a rather broader range of things.
David
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