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IDM

Intelligent dance music (IDM) is a style of electronic music originating in the early 1990s, defined by idiosyncratic experimentation rather than specific genre constraints. The music often described with the term originally emerged from the culture and sound palette of styles of electronic dance music such as acid house, ambient techno, Detroit techno and breakbeat; it has been regarded as better suited to home listening than dancing. Prominent artists in the style include Aphex Twin, Autechre, Squarepusher, μ-Ziq, the Black Dog, the Future Sound of London, and Orbital.

emerged ~1992 · derived from Electronic ↗ see in graph

Sound of IDM

Alberto Balsalm
Aphex Twin
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IZ-US
Aphex Twin
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Flim
Aphex Twin
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Xtal
Aphex Twin
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Fingerbib
Aphex Twin
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Related Tokens

Acid Alternative Ambient Avant Avant-Garde Bass Beat Big Breakbeat Breakcore Breaks Broken Chillout Chillstep Chillwave Classical ConcrèTe Dark Downtempo Drill Drone Drum Dub Electronic Experimental Folktronica Future Garde Hip Hop House Illbient Instrumental Jazz Juke Jungle Leftfield Metal Modern Musique Noise Nu Pop Progressive Psychedelic R&B Rock Soul Space Tech Trance Trap Trip disco dubstep electro electronica garage glitch grime industrial microhouse minimal other post-industrial techno

Sources & Attribution

Source Entry Name Confidence Link Notes
Last.fm IDM Derived from data —
Wikipedia IDM music Derived from data ↗

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