I would just like to say that I was brought into listening to electronic
music through classical channels. It started many years ago when I
listened to a show called Two New Hours on the CBC radio network (the
show still exists and is still amazing). They play 20th century new
music, post-classical, music by non-dead composers, whatever you want to
call that type of music. A good chunk of the music they played was
electrocoustic music, John Adams etc. It took quite a few years for
myself to find out that there was a greater volume of electronic music
out there besides the generic dance music crap. It took me even longer
to find out there were music stores in my city that sold stuff like that.
Now there is a dedicated store in my city which caters to the electronic
music enthusiast from dancefloor to IDM to ambient to noise. This isn't
to say I've lost my love for classical/post-classical music, especially
labels like New Albion, Point Music and ECM.
I can't remember how this thread started, was it something like "What do
classically trained musicians think of IDM" or "electronic music in
general". I've got more to say but I think I'll save it for another post.