So, what youre saying is that that "was" IDM, and now we need to figure out
was "is" IDM. On this point, IDM can't be restricted to just one style of
music. The braindance of the 90s was definitely cutting edge, so they called
it IDM. Did they mean this as the name for their work at that moment, or
were they naming something that was supposed to shift with time, a name to
call all cutting edge electronica? No matter what, if someone's music is new
and exciting, in ten years amateur musicians will know how to duplicate the
sounds. Just because the music is outdated, is it pushed out of the "cutting
edge only" IDM genre? In that case, IDM isnt even a genre, its more of a
descriptive word.
Is IDM a descriptive quality, or is it a genre that keeps getting bigger
with time?
-Arcturus