The Ambient and 'IDM' Thread

[TechMouse]

Even that's a bit inaccurate though, because a lot of the more traditional IDM stuff (think Aphex Twin, Squarepusher etc.) can be quite ravey and dancey.

Music good, genre nomenclature unfortunate. As always.

[SlavikSvensk]

Even that's a bit inaccurate though, because a lot of the more traditional IDM stuff (think Aphex Twin, Squarepusher etc.) can be quite ravey and dancey.

Music good, genre nomenclature unfortunate. As always.

yeah that's true, but i'm not sure analogue bubblebath, e.g., would really fit into 'IDM' unless you were just classifying all aphex as such.

...and +1,000,000 on disdain for genre classification. my current pet peeve is the vast amount of slower techno that's called 'minimal' even though it's not really minimalist at all.