idm in 2014

yeah, i'll defer to you dan because honestly i started with the artsy fartsy stuff and moved backwards. i guess the strings in fingerbib are pretty detroity but overall it sounds like video game music to me, as does most of that album. again, though, i came in from the internet indie WIRE angle and worked my way backwards so i am a total poseur who really should not be pontificating on these matters lol

I did the opposite and jumped off around the time all the IDM artists got real pretentious. On one hand, it was IDM which led me directly back to Detroit...typical story of american techno fan listening mostly to UK imports (mostly 808 State) and needing things like the liner notes to Artificial Intelligence to learn about Derrick May. I got deeper into house and techno and electro-funk and disco and wanted more dancefloor, not less. Only more recently have I started moving forward in time from 1994 or so and realizing, maybe I should see what Boards of Canada sound like? And Mike Servito posted an Autechre track on facebook the other day that I really loved, so I get to explore that stuff for the first time now. But like with Aphex Twin, I want a good deal of accessibility/pop/prettiness with my IDM.

IDM in 1993

http://danecdotes.com/post/98453293064/artificial-intelligence