Anyone angry about this?
Top 50 early Warp records, more like
I havenât got time to read this right now, but Iâll give you a detailed list of my grievances later.
Iâm sure thereâs an overly-long navel-gazing introduction explaining their use of the term, but I canât believe people are still using the term âIDMâ. Itâs elitist, embarrassing, and only a little less stupid than the term âEDMâ.
Aye, not angry about it but it shows how pointless the label is. Youâve got glitch, besides ambient, detroit techno, footwork, tech house and what not. Just seems a very weird inclusionary/exclusionary process for what is and isnât âIDMâ.
Yeah IDM seems a somewhat defunct term now- doesnât it basically mean non-dancefloor orientated electronic records released since 1990. List is fine but the top 10 with the exception of Jan Jelinek and maybe Fourtet (who was thought of as part of the equally awful sub-genre Indietronica at the time of âRoundsâ) is really obvious and easy and yes very Warp heavy. Shame not to see Telefon Tel Aviv- Farenheit Fair Enough in any case.
Thing is, I often find it a useful label. Like in RA reviews when the style is listed as IDM I pretty much know what to expect. As Poke says below, itâs basically dance music that people donât dance to.
Or even what Poke says above depending on how you read this message.
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Not yet but Iâm keen to get involved.
One detail irked me. He spent most of the time talking about one track (Beetles) on The Richard D James Album which isnât really on it. Itâs actually from the Girl/Boy EP, and got tagged onto the US release as a bonus track.
THE SWINES!
Actually shaking with anger over this.
Hey hey! I said âirkedâ people! IRKED!
If you are going to use the term IDM at least stick to the group of artists labeled as IDM in the 90s or artists referencing that particular style. Jlin as IDM is very strange. Would not be considered IDM were it released in 95 nevermind today.
TOO LATE I JUST PRINTED OUT THE LETTERS âIDMâ AND PUNCHED THEM.
Top 20 is in a pretty good state tbf tbh
Does anyone ever actually read these? I usually skim the intro, jump straight to number one, then work back if I agree/semi-agree.
Skrillex or someone should release an album called Unintelligent Dance Music
I found their ambient and shoegaze lists to be really useful. But had I used your approach I probably wouldnât have read the rest. The top 10s were pretty safe, the sort of stuff youâve heard thousands of times before if youâve even a passing interest in these genres. The really interesting stuff was further down the list.
I donât think I really understand the point in this; I canât really muster up any real ire or irk no matter how hard I try
You could see Selected Ambient Works as no.1 a mile off