IDM - intelligent dance music

[cloud041089]

a lot of people say genres and especially subgenres are ridiculous. but personally i see it as a great reference. for example, i love certain electronica artists, but i've had to search high and low for artists that suit my fancy. but then i found out that most of my favorite artists fall into what can be called IDM or intelligent dance music, and now i can more music i like using this term. genres are your friend.

[TheBoareOfficial]

Aphex Twin... :D

[1R3B3L]

Nikakoi is one of the best IDM creators.

[nikkilohmeyer420]

boards of Canada and aphex twin will always be my top two.

[uberdood555]

How is this intelligent? The glitching makes it sound retarded! I can tolerate D&B but not this. :/

[LordHaralVIII]

@uberdood555 i think the D&B is just a soft copy and moooore marketable of IDM

[Kaoskadosk]

@uberdood555

Partially why it was called IDM because pretty much only intelligent people listened to it. Also, the structure, beat and feel is much more complex than regular dance music.

Honestly though, I kind of have to agree with this whole "intelligent people only" thing. Not to be elitist or anything, but other people just doesn't seem to get it.. My more.. smart friends do however, and love it. Maybe it's because it stimulates the brain more than general quarter note bass kicks.

[uberdood555]

@Kaoskadosk U CALLIN ME DUM? Lol, jk. Yeah, never thought of it that way.

[smashingpoop]

intelligent people don't sex the wall

[zairuku]

@smashingpoop God job she's only dancing then.

[RomyHarmony]

Beautiful video, beautiful music. I'm sold!

[MyEl3ctricChair]

Here is a similar song, its ambient like this watch?v=eTlgesrIX5A

[eod696]

Interesting...chick is crazy, I think she needs a man more than an exorcist...

[Jshmelo]

The girl in this video needs an exorcist. The music on the other hand, can not be saved.

[DJKAYZEE]

@Jshmelo thats hilarious

[thedjesa]

i like all the songs, but the last song in the ending credits is stuck in my head. whats it called?

[Jez4prez]

@thedjesa lord of the dance by Chris Clarke

[djduckie]

Yeah this is more DNB than IDM. Way too much going on.

[coreyniz9]

very dNb-ish

[PETER83073]

WTF?? is... is so crazy?

[liger411]

What song(s) is this and who's it by?? please!

[lobopardo0934]

@liger411 Hasty Boom Alert

[MARLON913]

this is extremely rare ._.! but i think that in other countries this is amazing!

[DJKRIMEZ]

Great tracks from U-ZIQ. Bit of an excorcist vide to the video. Love it. Though how fucking condescending is the term "intelligent dance music?" Are we seriously saying we've never met a cunt that listens to this sort of thing?

[jarblewarble]

This genre of music reminds me of some of the glitch tunes from Pokemon, with amazing "musical" patterns that arose unexpectedly due to glitches.

[Lexyrasta777]

URGENTE!!! COMO SE LLAMA EL AUTOR!??

[HadDunStoldDisThang]

are both songs u-ziq?? and i think the first is hasty boom alert, whats the second?

[HadDunStoldDisThang]

@HadDunStoldDisThang ...okay what chris clark tune is it??

[spyder2001]

@HadDunStoldDisThang

Song 1 = Hasty boom alert

Song 2 = Within a sound

Both by u-ziq

[chadsknnr]

@spyder2001 THANK YOU!! I REALLY like the second song, and I had no idea how to find it. U R DA MAN!!

[leunghokiu]

@spyder2001

how about song 3 ^^ ??

[RationalTheism]

Wish I was that wall.

[KraZyPoEtMuSic]

Excellent idm is the best good work be well

[dzlvarvdzlvarv]

Superb track!

[JavaSpitLava]

u-ziq is an awesome musician....totally oldschool IDM....

[8800888]

Понравилась композиция.

[BraindanceLabel]

♥ IDM ♥

[CloudFraction]

i love this kind of music !

[Jez4prez]

heh not a fan of this video clip at all, cheesiest video ever.

Best part about idm is that there is no real definition of it. And if you get deep into it all the artists are so different from one another. Whereas most electronic music is built upon structure and definitive rules, which make their genres work. idm is the opposite, it's like the freeform jazz of the electronic world. 

[kesoluo]

whats the name of this song?

[SseBb]

@kesoluo

μ-Ziq / Hasty Boom Alert

watch?v=6o4akJm8oy8

[SseBb]

@kesoluo and starting at 1:55: µ-ziq - within a sound

watch?v=RFkXhbIifsU

[kesoluo]

@SseBb thank you!!! :D

[BLCEKV]

I havent listened to IDM before. Can anyone recommend some good stuff like the songs in this video?

[jarblewarble]

@BLCEKV Um... omgyjya switch7 would be a good start.

[chillskid]

@BLCEKV absolutely. Private message me if you're still interested, and I'll give you a ton of recommendations.

[Bentech1999]

@BLCEKV Aphex Twin. Boards Of Canda, Early Autuchure.

[dankcro]

@BLCEKV try Wisp it's pretty similar ^^

[zairuku]

@BLCEKV comaduster for sure!!! Ellien Allien....

[shadow0700]

@BLCEKV alpha invention.its on spotify only i think :/ and some mp3 stores i found on google

[MmM17000]

@BLCEKV I love Venetian Snares

[13crapa]

@BLCEKV - Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, Autechre and Squarepusher are Warp Rec. masters. I give you a songs for each: BoC "Turquoise Hexagon Sun", Aphex "Milkman", SquareP. "My red hot car" - Autechre - Cipater.

[NoDejS]

@BLCEKV The Flashbulb is very good.

?v=j0UqzBHcE9w You'll love it.. ;)

[leunghokiu]

@NoDejS

totally agree with you

[wardva]

85 ppl are clean atm.

[MultiJc95]

tracklistttttttttttt

[yk303kk]

this video is so funny. synchronized allright ..

[Koseiku]

God dammit, why do you people connect this kind of music with all this sad and/ or creepy shit.

[PychosociaLGirL]

anyone knows what's the name of the song???^^ thanx

[Xavierrex3]

@PychosociaLGirL uZiq - Hasty Boom Alert and I don't know the other one

[AfXv237]

i could bet that Aphex Twin would be included here. he's the genius.

[iinspectra]

@AfXv237 Yes, Aphex Twin is definitely IDM. Helped bring it out into the spotlight, actually.

[chillskid]

Once you go IDM, you never go back.

[babbies321]

What i want to know is, why the hell are they doing that to the poor innocent zombie?

[mrebol4]

IDM RULEZ!!!

[josefjoska]

to neni drumec prvni dva jsou elektronika s prvkem dnb,,,,, posledni neni dub sterp ale idm s prvkem dnb....

[Lechuck111]

the part in the end, is there a complete version of that one?

[XJproto]

Aphex Twin like

[myne4]

@XJproto You should look further into the genre. Aphex Twin is far from being a pioneer. He's just one of the more mainstream musicians in his genre(s).

[JosephKnight93]

@myne4 lol

[jesucristofernandez]

Wish I know chics who acts in vids of this kind.

[1379gerardo]

who so stoned like me right now hahaha ????

[drunkenjay]

mad popping skills. kudos to that girl

[drunkenjay]

wish i dance like that on the wall like her...

[pokerbmx1]

watch?v=1vCOkqPAYPQ

[SpecialisedMusic]

New 2011 Version

/watch?v=k26DjgQT6ko

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[NumberXXXIV]

Can I shuffle to this?

[notyetaladie]

I used to dance like this, in front of a flashlight, but except it was to The Cars.

[DnBNemo]

just sounds like breakbeat lacking structure to me.

[xxtiaan]

this aint idm, its trying very hard whatever it is tho.

[salojan]

IDM is not dubstep yet.

I hope It stays that way.

[pokerbmx1]

@salojan FUCK RIGHT MAN

[karaloca]

IDM is a shit name do describe music. Like other music is un-intelligent.

Imagine walking into the shop and asking for "some of that intelligent stuff".

I think its a name created by people that can't dance.

[iinspectra]

@karaloca yeah, Intelligent Dance Music is a crap name for two main reasons:

1. Putting 'intelligent' in a genre name is pretentious as fuck.

2. A lot of IDM isn't dance music in the slightest.

That said, it's one of my favourite genres. Even though the term may sound stupid, just ignore what it stands for and just use IDM as an arbitary definition for music such as Aphex Twin, Autechre and the like.

[sociogenetics]

This is horrible. The musics cool though.

[WellBeSerious12]

What's the song's name???

[WellBeSerious12]

WOW! I haven't heard of IDM until today! I've heard of almost everything, from House to Trance to Electronic to Ambient, Electronic, Drums & Bass, ... BUT NOT IDM!

Kinda cool!

[darkdan333]

Big up to the Blackdog! μ-ziq you rule too!

/watch?v=kBxfayFy6ls

/watch?v=kBxfayFy6ls

[navelolol]

if you wanna dance to IDM drink a jug of coffee and smoke crack at the same time in a matter of 5 minutes

[pokerbmx1]

/watch?v=vFSEfKu24Eg

[dillgame]

what name of first song?

[FlatMachine46]

@dillgame Its µ-Ziq - Hasty Boom Alert.

[cockblocking69]

disturbing video.... please put disclaimer.

[LIGHTRONIX]

@cockblocking69 it's artsy

[KYCT1312]

Music like drugs

[lightningpo]

I love how everyone argues about genres and classifications of music. To me, there is 2 kinds of music, listenable and not.

If it has a beat i can dance/headbang/trip out to, then I like it. Even ambient music without a beat sounds good when i'm in certain moods. Stop arguing about what to call it and listen to it, lol

[StarHarvestOfficial]

I don't know why this constitutes a new genre.. It just sounds like Apex Twin Drum n Bass with the snares and hats in reverse :S

[pheaktor]

@StarHarvestOfficial haha that's how new genres evolve. Early Dubstep was like DNB but with 2x slower beat, Drum and bass is a more rhytmic Jungle, Jungle is less agressive Hardcore etc etc.

[throughtheskies]

@pheaktor yeah but that's like making a new genre of heavy metal for every different distortion petal... I mean, dubstep has a lot more elements than just dnb in half time, wobble bass, hip hip elements, loud dissonant sound effects. I agree that experimentation is how genres evolve, but this genre doesn't appear to be evolved enough to be considered its own genre IMO.

[pheaktor]

@throughtheskies lately the "new genre" trend has gone mad, dubstep itselfs or drum and bass has like 30 subgernes each so it's basically what you have said :P (i'm reffering to clownsteps etc. which often are reffered as stanalone genres)

and the IDM isn't a new genre, just lately "refreshed".

[ReconUnit415]

@pheaktor Drum and bass is actually rather simple in its main subgenres. Further in, it's just separated by small beat pattern differences within a main pattern style. "IDM" is a rather close relative to experimental Dnb. It's considered in the Braindance subcategory.

Don't get me STARTED on how branched House is.

Dubstep used to be a darker triphop, until the kiddies picked up the wub and Ableton from bassline electro. Classifying it based on how much wub or screeching it has should be enough

[thetwinkleturnip]

@ReconUnit415 i'm not sure what the point of all this category and subcategory is. i can appreciate broad genres for the sake of communication, but I think we can leave all the nuances to music historians.

[canadia7x]

@ReconUnit415 Triphop has a different background from Dubstep. Dubstep originated from 2-step, UK Garage, and dub. All of these except dub originated from Jungle. Drum and bass subgenres aren't separated by the beat, but by the melody.

IDM is quite interesting though, but it seems like it can be a hit or miss.

[ReconUnit415]

@canadia7x It was really hard to convey what I was trying to explain with the small character limit they give to you. Dubstep is really a mish mash of a few genres, but yes, it has its roots is Garage.

Drums separate dnb as much as melodies do. On the surface, it's pretty obvious liquid is different from techstep, but when you go to tech and neuro, it gets complicated. The majority of dnb may be based on the 2step, but the differences in drums does make an impact into how it's categorized.

[canadia7x]

@ReconUnit415 Oh, I see. I don't listen to tech or neuro that much so I guess I didn't notice the difference. Yeah, most of my listening is liquid. Your comment about Dubstep is also true. Most dubstep is just Brostep these days

:(

[mattehFLCL]

@ReconUnit415 dont forget that old dubstep also had elements of dub/reggae in it. which only a couple of artists kept intact, on some albums, such as rusko and skream.

[DargellNF]

@ReconUnit415 more closed to breakbeats... that dNb :)

[ReconUnit415]

@pheaktor drum and bass is jungle with more emphasis on the kick. It also tends to have more complex melodies, but the separation is all in the beat. Early dubstep was more triphop than anything else. Although it was really good then - the main difference from today's version.

[artemvyrtosu]

@StarHarvestOfficial Aphex Twin is IDM god actually so yes, it sounds like Aphex Twin :)

[StarHarvestOfficial]

@artemvyrtosu I'm pretty sure Apex Twin started before this "genre" was even talked about, and I've never heard him call himelf IDM. He referes to himself as Experimental Drum and Bass in intrerviews.

[kesoluo]

what song is this?

[KaunisRoheIine]

@kesoluo hasty boom alert muziq

[blaindugan]

when i think of idm i typically think of ambient electronica ?

[briandalton3000]

this song is the soundtrack to my life... :D

[Kojiamii]

@ayleeum

True. With that, she also really reminds me of my ex girlfriend.

[remberthisemail]

Thestsocrates ur right about the movement part but u do have to realize they do have diffrent sounds jazz wouldent be called techno and EDM has its own sound just like IDM has its sound

[canadia7x]

@remberthisemail IDM is part of EDM actually. It's a sub-genre, although a few sites like to list it under Jungle.

[selbie]

I feel like I'm in CSI doing awesome shit.

[wh00kiers]

holy shit this is awesome, it looks just like cunninghams clips.

[Boom1chaching]

It's like something trying to escape.

It's like an insignificant creation of something that isn't.

It's like something unexplainable.

It's like intelligent dance music.

[HardToBeAPoopGod]

(Deadmau5 - Try again) :))

[arktikgraywolf]

I notice many similarities to intelligent dnb or liquid dnb

[TheStSocrates]

IDM is a garbage elitist term applied to garbage music that has been cast aside by the real devotes of EDM. This could just as easily be placed as DnB or Ambeient people who spend time giving labels to things are the ones who ruin the movement

[MuvenMusic]

A dream, favorited!

[lennyjudd123]

i need me some of her acid.... holy shit....

[ageofaquariann]

NICE

[TheMotherfunkster]

THIS IS GARBAGE

[ElectroDrop]

Its just a song with elements of different genres, nothing spesh!! stop acting like its brilliant and has never been done

[ilaydaksk]

GENUIS.

[konjunktion26]

IDM is a very bad term, I mean, how a beat can sound intelligent? What song has more IQ?

[RemixXFX]

@konjunktion26 Intelligent as non-definitive.

[CariagaXIII]

@konjunktion26

it has more iq than ebm lol

[konjunktion26]

@CariagaXIII

but has IDM also more EQ?

[CariagaXIII]

@konjunktion26

lol

[eqoman1]

the footage reminds me the ruber johnny

[Emapsych]

Greaaaaat....unique EPIC Song

[FilthyDubstepLord]

The music is great <3

The video on the other hand creeped me the fuck out.....

[pokerbmx1]

watch?v=G2PqbftYDLU

[MrColinCordy]

Good stuff

[jinxxaz]

Hasty Boom Alert

[Lesjamify]

reminds of the music from nitrostirumpa

[communistsmustdie]

2:00 bad trips me :((((((

[aljoshabre]

IDM is THE SHIT for Hipsters and Cybercunts

[jairvico]

Its like Classic and Psycho music had a child

[e1anator]

What is the second song that plays in this video? (After Hasty Boom Alert)

[JAG214]

@e1anator µ-Ziq song Withing a Sound off the cd In Pine Effect

[JAG214]

Usage of the term "Intelligence Dance Music" has been criticised by electronic musicians such as Aphex Twin and is seen by artists such as Mike Paradinas as being peculiar to the U.S.

Because of this lack of consensus, many electronic musicians, music journalists and fans prefer the terms electronica (USA) or electronic music (UK) over "IDM".

[JAG214]

The term IDM is said to have originated in the United States in 1993 with the formation of the IDM list, an electronic mailing list originally chartered for the discussion of music by (but not limited to) a number of prominent English artists, especially those appearing on a 1992 Warp Records compilation called Artificial Intelligence

[JAG214]

The range of post-techno styles to emerge in the early 1990s were described variously as art techno,ambient techno, intelligent techno, and electronica. In America the latter term is now used by the music industry as a catchall to describe EDM and its many derivatives.

[JAG214]

Intelligent dance music (commonly IDM) is a term that describes an electronic music genre that emerged in the early 1990s at the end of the British rave era. The genre is influenced by a wide range of musical styles particularly electronic dance music (EDM) such as Detroit Techno. Stylistically, IDM tends to rely upon individualistic experimentation rather than on a particular set of musical characteristics.

[aljoshabre]

@JAG214 Fuck off

[LIGHTRONIX]

There is no IDM genre, this is still really a cool song. Chris Clark?

[Ayleeum]

For some reason, this girl reminds me Of Alma Wade from F.E.A.R. 2, in a very good way.

[ajabhimanew]

oooooo,, scary..

[orel2064]

i like it when i drunk otherwise complete terd that i like

[AppelJoose]

I'm pretty sure this video is gonna give me nightmares.

[gnomes69]

This is so... friggin...awesome! Who CARES about how "intelligent" it is... Focus on how awesome this is!

[PabloBaudi]

IDM debería de ser= I Dane Microbeats

[hopecandecieve]

Its not everyday that you see a music video of a chick having a seizure... ;) lol

[velapenescreen]

just posted my new Velapene Screen Track"Breathe Again" With footage of my last live gig

[intgrx]

Intelligent dance music eh... Is that what you think an intelligent dance looks like? If anything, I'd think she's retarded.

j/k I loved it :)

[RENDEZVOUSEN2012]

Ca ressemble à Laurent Garnier

[zwerty007]

IDM is a stupid name.

[thecureye]

i love how its called IDM when its the easyest kind of dance music to make haha

[zwerty007]

@thecureye Not really unless its crap

[RemixXFX]

@thecureye Here, you are wrong. I have friends that make it and they have a hard time doing it.

[TipsyCleavagePenguin]

So is IDM just pop-breakcore?

[zwerty007]

@TipsyCleavagePenguin no

[Jez4prez]

@TipsyCleavagePenguin idm is basically an umbrella term that takes influence from many genres and can encompass anything from breaks, glitch, ambient, acid, trip-hop, abstract etc. idm is just another way to say experimental electronica (which it should be called btw). compare 'idm' artists μ-Ziq, Autechre, Boards of Canada, Kettel, Plaid, Squarepusher, Aphex, V Snares, Proem, Nautilis, Arovane, Beefcake and they all have their own sound and structuring and they're experimental in nature.

[frosthajime26]

I loved the end.

[Benuouo]

video reminds me of rubber johnny

[Obiwan198]

Intelligent dance music? Love it!!! Just like intelligent dancing and intelligent food.

[Sarcasm]

[valer00n]

so cool ;)

[imdyl]

thats actually scary.. D:

[1gabcoutureb]

This video is amazing !

I made a nice 3d animation with this song :)

tell me what you think :p

watch?v=QdU1ITr_2L0