IDM: Not Intelligent, Can't Dance To It, Arguably Not Music

[knotkranky]

^ yeah, i'm about to hit swingers in santa monica. great brkfst, hot waitresses and i never pay for coffee.

But ya get what i'm sayin. Why argue about what music isn't. It simply doesn't matter what anyone thinks.

I'm getting the brkfst burrito w xtra avocado.

[Android Bishop]

People who think you cant dance to IDM clearly dont know enough of what is out there. IDM (an acronym I hate but whatever its the one that stuck) encompasses an EXTREMELY diverse array of electronic music styles, if not simply for the fact that anything that doesn't fit into the other categories gets lumped into this one. It ranges from ambient to breakcore to glitch to whatever, sometimes all from the same artist on the same album. I listen to a lot of music, and I think this genre is (was?) the most important because it utilized technology in more sophisticated and creative ways than any other genre did. The experimental-ness of it makes it difficult to listen to for most people, but it is from these experiments that come a new bar of musical ideas and production techniques.

[Emissary]

I much preferred the term braindance, its closer to the way the music works, its music for creative people who like to be stimulated whilst working on other art i find.

[Tone Deft]

the best phrase in the English language.

---> Breakfast Served All Day <---


damn that sounds good. making me hungry!!

[abort]

FDM Failed Dance Music. Can I get a coffee to go please!

[knotkranky]

oh yeah, this is great late night too.

just like this one.



I wouldn't wanna try dancing to it though

[nebulae]

^ a burrito is more intelligent, more danceable, and way more musical than IDM.

[knotkranky]

lol

touche



at least while i'm hungry

[scott nathaniel]

Fueling the fire: If tarnce is so bad, then why does it pack 10s of thousands in stadiums, whereas IDM is for reject clubs in seedy Berlin nerd hangouts?

Good Point. But then again, millions of people bought pet rocks

[Android Bishop]

Fueling the fire: If tarnce is so bad, then why does it pack 10s of thousands in stadiums, whereas IDM is for reject clubs in seedy Berlin nerd hangouts?

Good Point. But then again, millions of people bought pet rocks

millions of people also listen to miley cyrus, kayne west, 50 cent, and a bunch of other shit that is garbage. trance is just garbage for europeans and ravers. IDM rules

[McQ714]

^ a burrito is more intelligent, more danceable, and way more musical than IDM.

does anyone remember Naugles before they merged with Del Taco? they had egg burritos. the tortilla was always warm and soft and a little sticky from the steamer.

[Sage]

IDM is exactly what the Cornish and posh kids in Oxford consider to be 'dance' music. I have been to IDM nights and witnessed people dancing.

[Johnisfaster]

I much preferred the term braindance, its closer to the way the music works, its music for creative people who like to be stimulated whilst working on other art i find.

so only IDM/braindance artists like to be stimulated while working on their art?

speaking of stimulated while I work on my art, I wonder if my wife would be down...

[Poster]

Ouch, dude. Ouch.

come on.. yer skin is thicker than that..

[McQ714]

wish i could get stimulated while working on my art!