From The Rare Guy Sent Fri, Jun 19th 1998, 21:19
On Friday, 19-Jun-98, jif wrote [about Re: (idm) The 'I' in 'IDM']: >> 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 somebody asks you what kind of music you listen to, why >not give electronic or techno as an answer and let the discussion get >you to divulge the essential details (i imagine the average SG fan knows= >techno in terms of Prodigy et al.) SG? anyway.. I think that IDM has become a genre thanks to this list..... (an= d maybe the help of modern music?) at least some friends of mine from Finland organise a bunch of raves in Oulu, Finland and on the flyers, like when one of them dj's an "IDM" set,= it says IDM.. and he also calls it an idm set, spinning idm, etc. :) =2Ea-dpl1llt1=B0=B3=B0=B0fsol.accelerator __ __\ \ / /_\ \ 1cQ<->uIN \_____/ 1.3777993 = "..in whatever you do, if you can't break new ground, what's the point?" - James Cameron