i do rather like this thread, but let's not forget about certain groups of
people who have played rather large parts in creating the music but come from
a slightly different musical tradition than the entries so far. not that i'm a
huge expert or anything but a lot of what is regarded as canonical idm was
greatly inspired by american electro, house and hip-hop, and beyond that by
"cheesy" funk artists and disco producers.
actually some of these people were mentioned in recent threads concerning
transmat and old school hip-hop, but people like:
the bomb squad/PE (not real early, but sure had style)
juan atkins/cybotron
giorgio moroder
marshall jefferson
etc.
nick