Does anyone like IDM? IDM discussion thread (maybe).

[Codename: Jackass]

To specify, IDM, or "intelligent dance music" as many critics and journalists call it, is any electronically based music that eschews the party vibe and emphasis on driving beats, unlike its more popular cousin EDM.

 

Most of the artists like to experiment with different textures, sounds, and production methods, and many of them sound completely different from each other.

 

Popular artists include Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Autechre, Squarepusher, Four Tet, Venetian Snares, Plaid, and many, many others.

 

I'm hoping to get a running thread going where we talk about this stuff. Sometimes I feel like the only one who likes it.

[quebecelegy]

started getting back into boc in october after being a little into them when I was younger.

geogaddi's great, probably gonna listen to mhtrtc next.

I never could get into aphex twin though.

[Codename: Jackass]

If you like BOC then you might check out Incunabula and Amber by Autechre.

[Codename: Jackass]

Bumping this necrotic thread with some garbage I found today.

 

[scoobdog]

So that's what it's called.  For some reason, the hotel we stayed at in Florence played this non stop in the lobby and restaurant, and I could not figure out what the genre was.

 

So far, I'm looking it.

[scope]

Boards of Canada's first album is fucking amazing....do the Avalanches fall in this category?

[Codename: Jackass]

So that's what it's called.  For some reason, the hotel we stayed at in Florence played this non stop in the lobby and restaurant, and I could not figure out what the genre was.

 

So far, I'm looking it.

Sure it wasn't EDM?

[Codename: Jackass]

Boards of Canada's first album is fucking amazing....do the Avalanches fall in this category?

They're electronic but they fall more under the umbrella of plunderphonics and hip-hop.