[avinium]

> 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]

Sounds 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.

[avinium]

The etymology seems to be the same, but I've also heard people classify Deftones as "shoegaze", which makes zero sense to me.

[EamonnMR]

I 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.

[aasasd]

Funny enough, “my music is more danceable” was the exact RDJ's argument is the little (indirect) exchange with Stockhausen.