IDM, or Intelligent Dance Music, is a style in electronic music emerging in the early 90s and characterized by unusual, weird, distorted sounds, and drum lines consisting of very short bleeps and glitches. It emerged from the culture and sound palette of electronic styles such as ambient techno, acid house, Detroit techno, and breakbeat. It has been regarded as better suited to home listening than dancing. Originally applied to musicians like Future Sound Of London, Orbital, Aphex Twin, Black Dog…
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