I thought that "Intelligent" in IDM referred to "artificial
intelligence" (as in "thinking computers"). Not so much an intellectual
tag as it is an electronic/synthetic one. I am pretty sure that this is
what Warp was referring to when they started the AI series. Thoughts,
comments?
--t
23f
On Tue, 8 Oct 1996 09:12:00 -0400 "Zenon M. Feszczak"
<feszczak@sas.upenn.edu> wrote:
quoted 13 lines Regarding "intelligence":> Regarding "intelligence":
>
> Perhaps the "intelligent" label (as in "idm", for that matter) simply
> designates music which appeals to the mind and the body, as opposed to much
> club-oriented music, which drives the body, but unfortunately offers little
> to inspire the mind. (Of course, all music generally aims to inspire the
> emotions, but we won't even get into that here). In that case, perhaps
> "intellectual" would be a better term. But that word frightens the
> children.
> Then again, perhaps the "intelligent" label was intended as a
> replacement for the worn-out "avant-garde" and "alternative" labels,
> though it seems to be suffering the same fate of over- and mis-use
> which eventually made those titles meaningless and irrelevant.