i think the discussion of musical labels is extremly pertinent here, as IDM
as a genre does not really exist in the UK.....it is an american 'invention'
(presumably to seperate autechre from chemical brothers.
i'm not sure why there was this need....perhaps because of the failed
'electronica' revolution of 5/6 years ago and the lack of interest in such
music shown by the US public in general (criminal considering the heritage
of chicago, detroit etc)
..if i remember correctly, much of the popularity in such music now stems
from the influx into the US (although not physically) of british artists
(mainly on warp)..it was from this time that the term /label IDM was
established
personally speaking every individual artist/band is in their own genre
(although this might get confusing when attempting to find/buy records)
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