| Intelligent Dance Music |
Article Index for Intelligent |
Shopping Intelligent |
Website Links For Intelligent |
Information AboutIntelligent Dance Music |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT INTELLIGENT DANCE MUSIC | |
| electronica | |
| electronic music genres | |
|
Intelligent dance music (commonly '''IDM''') is a genre of Electronica derived from Dance Music of the 1980s and early 1990s which uses weird sounds, defies rhythmic convention, and can't be danced to. Guide. Overview of IDM [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:11690 IDM is originally applied to musicians like FSOL, Orb, Orbital, Richard James (aka Aphex Twin), Black Dog, B12, and various others from Warp's Artificial Intelligence series. HISTORY In 1992, Warp Records released '' Artificial Intelligence '', the first album in the ''Artificial Intelligence'' Series . The record was a collection of tracks from artists such as Autechre , B12 , The Black Dog , Aphex Twin , and The Orb , under various aliases.Allmusic Guide, Overview of ''Artificial Intelligence'' {Link without Title} These artists, among others, would eventually become the main topics of conversation in the IDM List, an electronic mailing list founded in August 1993. Developed out of the IDM community during this time was a filesharing program called Soulseek , which underground artists used to share their music and make contacts. {Link without Title} CHARACTERISTICS
A 2001 monthly editorial in Audiogalaxy stated that IDM producers use "squelched beats, jagged synth lines, static washes, electrical shorts" and other odd sounds, and that IDM "defies rhythmic convention," introducing sudden changes in rhythm. Besides these musical features, the editorial points out that IDM is typically difficult to Dance to.http://www.audiogalaxy.com/pages/dept.php?id=1&editorial_id=80: SOUND PRODUCTION IN INTELLIGENT DANCE MUSIC Venetian Snares , for example, uses Renoise , a powerful tracking software, while Proem uses Fruityloops in his studio setup.''n5md records'', interview with Proem. {Link without Title} ORIGINS AND CRITICISMS OF THE NAME 'INTELLIGENT DANCE MUSIC' In November 1991, the phrase "intelligent techno" appeared on Usenet in reference to Coil 's "The Snow" EP.Google Groups archive of ''rec.music.industrial'', "Coil, The Snow EP" Another instance of the phrase appeared on Usenet in April 1993 in reference to The Black Dog's album ''Bytes''.Google Groups archive of ''alt.rave'', "miniREVIEWS galore (No hardcore please, we're Finnish)" [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.rave/msg/a3a68dfae9daeca4 Wider public use of such terms on the Internet did not come until August 1993, when "intelligent dance music" and its initials were adopted in the name and Charter of the IDM Electronic Mailing List :
Many listmembers have been known to use the phrase "IDM is a mailing list, not a genre!" when the acronym was debated. {Link without Title} {Link without Title} ''Allmusic Guide'' describes the IDM name as "A loaded term meant to distinguish electronic music of the '90s and later that's equally comfortable on the dancefloor as in the living room, IDM (Intelligent Dance Music) eventually acquired a good deal of negative publicity, not least among the legion of dance producers and fans whose exclusion from the community prompted the question of whether they produced stupid dance music." In a September 1997 interview, Aphex Twin commented on the 'Intelligent Dance Music' label: "I just think it's really funny to have terms like that. It's basically saying 'this is intelligent and everything else is stupid.' It's really nasty to everyone else's music. (laughs) It makes me laugh, things like that. I don't use names. I just say that I like something or I don't."Aphex Twin interview, September, 1997 {Link without Title} Aphex Twin's Rephlex records official overarching genre name is Braindance , of which Dave Segal of Stylus Magazine asked whether it was a "snide dig at IDM’s mockworthy Intelligent Dance Music tag?"''Rephlexions!: A Braindance Compilation'', 20/11/2003, Dave Segal, Stylus Magazine, {Link without Title} Kid 606 has said, "''I hate IDM and its elitist champions. It makes the music sound so much more than it actually is. It's a label invented by PR companies who need catchphrases. I like sounds, but hate what people attach to sounds.''" Kid606 Ultrahang festival "Also, anyone who applies the term IDM to my music deserves to be shot." - Chris Jeffs (Cylob) {Link without Title} Matmos interviewed by Perfect Sound Foreer: ''I belong to the weblist called "IDM" and occasionally enjoy the discussions there, because I like some of the artists who get lassoed into that category (not to mention that we, occasionally, are lumped into that category too), and because you can occasionally find out about interesting records on that list. '' ''Matmos is IDM if that only means "might be talked about on the IDM list"- but I don't endorse that term "intelligent dance music" because it's laughable. Rather Interesting Records had a nice slogan that kind of says it all: "Remember: Only Stupid People Call It "Intelligent".'' {Link without Title} NOTABLE IDM ARTISTS ''For a thorough list of IDM artists with articles on Wikipedia, see .'' REFERENCES SEE ALSO
EXTERNAL LINKS
|
|
|