On May 20, 6:35pm, you proclaimed:
} I do think we should consider a renaming, as the phrase "Intelligent
} Dance Music" grates a little more every time I have to type it... :)
}
} As far as the Great Renaming goes, do we want to make a formal
} proposal/vote thing about this (Fluid?)
}
} I'd have to agree that Electronic Dance Music is probably a bit overbroad
} as a name, but I worry that Armchair Techno would rule out things like the
} King Tubby stuff that's been brought up today...
I don't think Fluid or I ever intended the term "Intelligent" in the
name to be anything other than satirical. I don't consider this music
more inherently intellectual or "prescient" than specific examples in
a lot of other musical genres. In my opinion worrying about the
term "Intelligent" in IDM is akin to worrying about the word "Acid"
in acid jazz. *It's just a name*. The reason the list was started
and the reason it's been pretty darn successful over the past year
was because "IDM" described a nice chunk of new dance music that had come
out - not too limited as to get no traffic, not too broad as to become
alt.music.techno, and rich enough to inspire discussions about where it
came from and where it's going.
What exact type of music does it describe? That's a very hard
question to answer, and in my opinion one that's better left
unanswered. We have reference bands - AFX, the AI series, Warp
releases, etc. - and anything anyone feels that people who enjoy
the above would also enjoy should be encouraged.
If there is interest in starting a house music list, I'd be willing to
open up techno.stanford to it. Send me mail if you are interested,
and/or you'd be willing to maintain it, and I'll consider it.
Brian