Hi,
.Idm i guess means 'intelligent dance music' but alot of classic idm
has beatless and what i would call ambient tracks.Ambient for me is beatless
like the ambience in nature , in the dictionary it is quoted as '
surrounding and on all sides ' .The term i think eno used first ? i think he
used this due to his experiments with phase tricks and stuff and his stereo
system that used 3 speakers , a third behind wired into just the positives
on his system ? Ambient music comes in many guises and infact makes you
realise how impossible it is to label music which can be quite style-less
and formless .I consider ambient music pretty much beatless and ambient
music with beats ' downtempo '.Idm i tend to think of as electronic music
with predominant beats but a mood which people like plaid , autechra and
bola etc captured which can be haunting and sublime and which i first heard
on the early warp stuff and aphex twins first ambient works one .
All idm is ambeint though in a sense and in relation to the dictionary as it
is still music which grabs and immerses you . . . i feel like a dog chasing
my tale.
I tend to not think of music as one or the other these days and when i do
its in relation to labels who definately work in one of a number of scenes
.There are idm labels selling in the idm scene and chilled labels selling in
a totally different scene .There is cross pollination though:)
jachin
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> I'm new to the group and I've got a question for all of you. What's the
> difference between ambient and idm? For years, my friend and I have
always
quoted 1 line placed music like Boards of Canada, Global Communication, Amythestium,> placed music like Boards of Canada, Global Communication, Amythestium,
Tosca,
quoted 1 line Squarepusher, etc. in the ambient category. But I only recently discovered> Squarepusher, etc. in the ambient category. But I only recently discovered
the
quoted 11 lines label idm. Is ambient normally considered beat-less (Eno, Tangerine Dream,> label idm. Is ambient normally considered beat-less (Eno, Tangerine Dream,
> Steve Roach, et al)?
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> Emily
> Portland, OR
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