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I'm not a musician, but I love `Selected Ambient Works 85–92`. It sounds way ahead of its time.
by king_panic 7y ago
I'm not a musician, but I love `Selected Ambient Works 85–92`. It sounds way ahead of its time.
- mruts 7y agoBest EDM album ever, I’d say.
- dkdbejwi383 7y agoEDM isn’t a catch all term for all electronic music
- shams93 7y agoYeah he's IDM not EDM, IDM is a older term from the 90s they called it "intelligent dance music" because it uses the tools of dance music but just like you could dance to Duke Ellington but nobody danced to Charlie Parker you can't exactly dance to music as complex as his but it enjoyable listening for sure.
- avinium 7y ago> Yeah he's IDM not EDM, IDM is a older term from the 90s they called it "intelligent dance music" AKA "beard stroking music" in the D&B world. It's music that doesn't energize people and get them on the dance floor. Go see a IDM/"experimental/"beard stroking" DJ live, all you see are a bunch of young male hipsters standing around stroking their beards, commenting on the uniqueness of the "interplay".
- glitcher 7y agoSounds very similar to the reasoning behind the "shoegaze" genre name. All of the above of which I'm a big fan! Guess I like heady music, more recently have seen IDM described as braindance as well.
- EamonnMR 7y agoI think the brandance name came about when replhex records tried to re-brand the genera to get away from the smugness of calling your favored music 'intelligent.' That said, I definitely see the IDM label around more than Brandance.
- avinium 7y agoThe etymology seems to be the same, but I've also heard people classify Deftones as "shoegaze", which makes zero sense to me.
- aasasd 7y agoFunny enough, “my music is more danceable” was the exact RDJ's argument is the little (indirect) exchange with Stockhausen.
- bgeeek 7y agoIt's also commonly laughed at in the UK. We typically see it as an Americanism that is a sort-of catch-all for different genres of electronic music. When Aphex first came out it was under the genre/banner of "Braindance" (remember that? :)). He has used quite a few genres since, though.
- coldtea 7y agoApparently it became so for many Americans, who didn't have an "electronic music" in the mainstream in the 80s and 90s, and early "00s". They'd use the term EDM now for anything, including Nitzer Ebb and Autechre...
- hermitdev 7y agoAlso one of my all time favorite albums. Used to fall asleep to it at night. Id put it on, close my eyes and just let the music drive my imagination.