From Che Sent Sun, Jun 21st 1998, 21:06
At 12:44 PM 6/19/98 -0400, someone wrote: >> Oh yeah, *that'll* help. :-) > >but then again, does idm not only exist on the internet, as a name for >this list? as little as four months ago it was not a GENRE yet >(actually, we were still trying to figure out what exactly this list was >about back then). please dont tell me of a record store with an idm >section... When I visited Synaptic Records in Denver, they had an IDM section... As for anyone that has a problem with the word intelligent, there's nothing wrong or pretentious about being intelligent. It beats the hell out of being stupid, though you do have to contend with average people trying to hammer you down like a nail that sticks up. Hence there tends to be a general uncomfortableness with the adjective. I only tell people I listen to Intelligent Dance Music if they have a good knowledge of dance music. Otherwise I just say I listen to weird electronic music from Europe. Most people don't seem to realize that there's more flavors of dance music than there are flavors of rock n'roll. Is "Intelligent Dance Music" an apt description? It is intelligent in that it engages the brain (though I think this has the unfortunate consequence of de-emphasizing the emotional aspects of the music). Not all of it is Dance Music, unless you're a Deadhead. ;-) I think Album Oriented Electronic Music might be more accurate, but IDM has a better ring to it than AOEM, don't you think? Che rock - rok (v.) - having a conventional and/or boring nature. ex: "Khakis rock". "That Rolling Stones show rocked". syn: suck.