As for me:
"alternative", (whince) DM, new order, camouflage (sp?), peter murphy
then came
IHH? Intelligent Hip Hop? De La, Tribe, P.E.,
then came
soundtrack/new age/ambient from Harold Budd to T. Dream, Vangelis, "Passion"
and "Birdy"
this morphed directly into Dead Can Dance. I don't know of any music that
is the same 'style' as theirs, they seem to have developed a unique one.
This is no topic for IDM, but personal e-mail me if you know of any
comparable artists! PLEASE!
Somewhere in there was 808:90, which led to the techno thing.
You know, to tell the truth, what REALLY led me to IDM was my interest in
internet; I didn't really 'flow' from some other type of music into IDM, I
just kind of picked it up cold frmo reading this list.
(er, FROM reading) cool.
And, during all this, jazz. And industrial. Tear Garden. yeah.
"Twitch" by Ministry.
Now for me, these styles have been cumulative. My CD collection
(such as it is) is kind of hodge-podge. Good, but hodge-podge:)
Lovin this thread- b.