[idm] Fw: [idm] Re: what is idm? where's it going?
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From: "EggyToast" <youn0394@tc.umn.edu>
To: <ross@tuimedia.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [idm] Re: what is idm? where's it going?
quoted 6 lines hey ross, could you forward this to the list? i'm getting it bounced back> hey ross, could you forward this to the list? i'm getting it bounced back
> from this account :)
>
> > > btw, i understand that americans tend to refer to this music as idm
> > > more
> > > so than people elsewhere, what is it refered to outside of the
states?
quoted 14 lines I have noticed a trend around here to refer to it simply as electronica.> >
> > I have noticed a trend around here to refer to it simply as electronica.
> > I
> > know that this is supposed to be a blanket term for all forms of
> > electronic
> > music but I think it comes from the way many record shops classify their
> > music. Techno goes in the techno section, drum and bass goes in the drum
> > and
> > bass section etc etc. Everything that doesn't fit into the normal
> > categories
> > often seems to go under electronica.
>
> that term has not caught on here, mainly because electronica was used in
> the twin cities here to refer to fatboy slim, crystal method, and the
like,
quoted 22 lines and also with soft, trancy techno (although trance is labelled trance). i> and also with soft, trancy techno (although trance is labelled trance). i
> tend to refer to "this music" as idm to my friends who are familiar with
> what i'm talking about, but i never refer to it as "idm" to people who
> don't know what type of music i'm talking about.
>
> it's a nice reference for people in the know. the problem comes with
> explaining to people what you're talking about. i've resorted to using
> "avant garde electronic", which hits the electronic, but also shows how
> it's quite different from the "normal" forms of electronic (aka trance and
> dance)
>
> > Anyway, I absolutely loathe the term IDM. What's that supposed to mean?
> > Intelligent Dance Music as Opposed to Stupid Dance Music? Oh yes, that
> > must
> > be trrrance! Now I understand...
>
> actually, yeah. at the time, most people thought of dance music as
> mindless and simple. in fact, most people still do, which is why a lot of
> people say "i hate techno", referring to anything that beeps. the term
> intelligent came around because at the time, much of the "idm" was a
> variation of house, and was very danceable, although it also had elements
> that made people want to listen to it, instead of *just* shake their
booty.
quoted 8 lines So they labelled it "intelligent", and there just hasn't really been a> So they labelled it "intelligent", and there just hasn't really been a
> better name that's stuck to the "everything else" genre of electronic
> music.
>
> cheers,
> /derek
>
>
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