Top 100 IDM Songs Of All Time

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92. the black dog "sharp-shooting on saturn"

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

91. bola "vespers"

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

90. random number ~ these streets and sadness

― gareth (gareth), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:03 (twenty-one years ago) link

what are the parameters for this?

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:04 (twenty-one years ago) link

how do you mean?

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

parameters: rephlex-schematic-morr-warp-skam-amusik blahdy blahdy

― gareth (gareth), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

89. Nobukazu Takemura - Icefall

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

what about abstract detroit techno? cologne? berlin? tigerbeat6? is this just u.k. stuff? what about early WARP?

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

Look, can you stop all this? Otherwise it won't be funny when I put the Vengaboys in at Number 1.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

88. Kinesthesia 'Kobal'
87. Plaid 'Squance'
86. We '3/10 Of The Population'
85. Spooky 'Fingerbobs'
84. Boards Of Canada 'Nlogax'

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

michael given that IDM is a pretty finicky term (see other thread), then i think it's best to leave the parameters wide open (ie. whatever you see fit to include is fine)

we can argue about it later.

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

100. Aphex Twin - Flim
99. autechre ~ vose in
98. Boards Of Canada - Roygbiv
97. Plaid - Kortisin
96. Christian Kleine - Bitter Things
95. Aphex Twin - Ventolin
94. schlammpeitziger ~ honkytonk schlickummpitz
93. Squarepusher - My Red Hot Car
92. the black dog "sharp-shooting on saturn"
91. bola "vespers"
90. random number ~ these streets and sadness
89. Nobukazu Takemura - Icefall
88. Kinesthesia 'Kobal'
87. Plaid 'Squance'
86. We '3/10 Of The Population'
85. Spooky 'Fingerbobs'
84. Boards Of Canada 'Nlogax'

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

83. Capitol K - Song For Banana

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

82. speedy j "r2d2"

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

82. Aphex Twin - Pancake Lizard

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

80. psyche "neurotic behaviour"

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

79. Cex - Florida (Is Shaped Like A Big Droopy Dick For A Reason)

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

79. arovane - the storm

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

78. polygon window "if it really is me"

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

77. Global Goon - Long Whiney

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

76. Aphex Twin - Bucephalus Bouncing Ball

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

75. warp 69 "natural high" (global communication mix)

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

74. Plaid - Fer

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

73.Autechre - Teartear

― Siegbran (eofor), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

72. Amon Tobin - Four Ton Mantis

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

71. carl craig "at les"

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

71.Sasha - Mr.Tiddles (no joke!)

― Siegbran (eofor), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

70. Radiohead - Packt Like Sardines In A Crush Tin Box

(controversial, I know)

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

69. Jega - Doric

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

67. kenny larkin "tedra" (i counted back)

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

66. Telefon Tel Aviv, 'Fahrenheit Fair Enough'
65. Astrobotnia, 'Drops'

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

64. d'arcangelo ~ diagramm vii (80s mix)

― gareth (gareth), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

63. Astrobotnia - Sweden

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

62. lackluster- catch 22
61. balil - choke and fly

― todd swiss (eliti), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

60.Autechre - Flutter

― Siegbran (eofor), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

59. maurizio "m4"

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

58. Aphex Twin - Vordhosbn

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

57. Matrix 'Mute'

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

56. boards of canada "aquarius"

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

66. Telefon Tel Aviv, 'Fahrenheit Fair Enough

this is a GREBT pick.

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

56.Aphex Twin - Windowlicker

― Siegbran (eofor), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

55. Boymerang 'Urban Space'

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

54. Autechre 'Blifil' (more like #1, really!)

Mark, I don't suppose you've heard the new TTA ep that just came out? It is also GREBT.

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

53. Mouse On Mars - Frosch

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

these are in no particular order obviously
b-b-b-but they ARE in the order we out them! (obviously)

also
NO MORE AFX allowed, heh - already 5 over quota
NO MORE BoC

― The 'Top 100' Rules Committee, Friday, 22 November 2002 15:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

oddly, there's been no bogdan, 808 state, lfo or kid606 yet.

very little hefty, schematic and morr too...

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

52. 808 States 'Plan 9'

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

bah, "out them" = put them

(haha - no, leave it!)

― zebedee, Friday, 22 November 2002 15:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

51. Orbital - Adnan's

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

Mark, I don't suppose you've heard the new TTA ep that just came out? It is also GREBT.

there's a new EP? hello soulseek...

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

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i dont see why 'rez' wouldnt qualify...it always stood out from most other Underworld tracks for me cos a) no lyrics despite its 'epic-ness' and b) it doesnt seem to have been designed primiarly for dancing because of the subtlety and the nuances of the track - its very pensive, pregnant even - building up to something but isnt sure what - it feels quite aimless tho its moving forward without realising it.....er, excuse the pretentious musing...(gets his coat and leaves)

or is 'rex' the first microhouse track? ;)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 22 November 2002 16:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

the aaliyah track is as much *dm as, say, radiohead or bjork. if it was released anonymously on warp or as an instrum. the geeks would be creaming their pants.

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 22 November 2002 16:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

rex?

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 22 November 2002 16:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

i'm not calling anyone here a geek, btw.

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 22 November 2002 16:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

stevem i'll have to dig out my underworld albums again tonight (i barely remember 'rez' anymore - sad i know), but somehow i'm more inclined to accept aaliyah as idm than underworld at this moment in time.

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 22 November 2002 16:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

the existence of 'cowgirl' suggests the intentions behind 'rez' were something 'other' to me too

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 22 November 2002 16:30 (twenty-one years ago) link

fair point about the Aaliyah track michael, tho i'm inclined to feel that there are many other hip hop/r n b tracks you could include in this chart easily if you just removed the vocals too

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 22 November 2002 16:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

now i would like somebody with far more spare time than i to break down these 100 tracks by year of release

martian to thread!

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 22 November 2002 16:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

ooh simon should come play here

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 22 November 2002 16:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

you're right blueski, i stand accused of tokenism :)

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 22 November 2002 16:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

haha trife or reynolds, mark?

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 22 November 2002 16:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

actually BOTH

(but i meant reynolds obv)

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 22 November 2002 16:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

"reality check" over "the light 3000"???

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Friday, 22 November 2002 17:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

boy did I have a fucked sense of what IDM was before reading this list. Do I have to admit I'm into IDM now!? So sadd!

― Dan I., Friday, 22 November 2002 17:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oh, Wap155 is Do You Know Squarepusher? That'd been bugging me.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 22 November 2002 18:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

sorry matt. i got ten releases ahead of myself!

early white label didn't have a name, therefore: catalogue number.

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 22 November 2002 18:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

Nothing by Severed Heads? No "Hot With Fleas" or "Legion" or "Big Car" or "Harold and Cindy Hospital"?

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 22 November 2002 19:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

no Orb...should there be?

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 22 November 2002 19:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

:''( [/jess]

but hooray for whoever said star cell uk.

(Was WAP155 listed as Iceman on live bootlegs before its release for any reason or just because whoever recorded it thought it would be a good name for something?)

― Rebecca (reb), Friday, 22 November 2002 19:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

i'm guessing the latter, rebecca...

and yeah, there probably should've been some orb

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 22 November 2002 20:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

severed heads is surely to early for idm dan?

― gareth (gareth), Friday, 22 November 2002 20:20 (twenty-one years ago) link

-1. 808 State - "Flow Coma"

― Lukas Bergstrom (lukas), Friday, 22 November 2002 21:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

I can't believe this list started and ended without me within a few hrs but the hard rock singles of the 90s list went for a few days. No Pan Sonic, Ryoji Ikeda, Kid606, Immersion, Alva.Noto, Oren Ambarchi, . . .

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 23 November 2002 00:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

Severed Heads is the most intelligent dance music there is.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Saturday, 23 November 2002 07:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

Probably worth mentioning that I don't think the Cex track is actually worth its place in there in the slightest. I just voted for it on the merit of its name alone.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 23 November 2002 11:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

one year passes...

so, a year later, who's still enjoying this stuff now, dancing to it even ? ie has this stuff dated, been superceded ? and if so, why ? bored with the tunes more ? different style/ sound/ speed/ position-of-back-beat ? why ?

i ask this because a lot of this stuff, most of it, is from the last ten years, and most of it is from the last five.

are people dancing to different stuff ? has there been a backlash "un-intelligent" dance music craze ?

it boils down to this
:: does "dance music" have to be intelligent or just sound "new" ("intelligent" by proxy/ "i was dancing to this before you were") ?
:: and why does all that disco, new wave and even rock from the last four decades that people _do_ like to dance to (typically during the 3rd quarter at parties) not count ? this idm music is that much smarter, right ?

― george gosset (gegoss), Tuesday, 2 December 2003 15:03 (twenty years ago) link

damn you coulda just called this the warp thread

hardly anthing off morr, hefty (although i am glad telefon made it), reflex, kareoke kalk,~scape,orthong musork, mille plateau,

SND - Palo Alto would have been good on here too!

#1 shoulda been "We are the Music Makers" by Aphex

― hector (hector), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 05:29 (twenty years ago) link

not sure we were still enjoying/dancing to the acts on this list even when it was compiled, george. let alone now.

― zebedee (zebedee), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 12:45 (twenty years ago) link

What is Squarepusher "WAP 165"?

Is that "Do You Know Squarepusher?" (the song, not the album)?

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 20:12 (twenty years ago) link

i meant wap155, which, yeah, later became known as "do you know"

to say this is a flawed list is a massive understatement, but it was a fun way to kill a few hours

― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 20:54 (twenty years ago) link

Im surprised by how few IDM artists their truely are. It's weird that we had to scrounge to use Aphex Twin like a million times.

― David Allen, Wednesday, 3 December 2003 22:05 (twenty years ago) link

ILM in not being in the know about obscure electronic music shocker.

― Nihilist Pop Star (mjt), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 23:33 (twenty years ago) link

uh, thanks for answering that query, zebedee

― george gosset (gegoss), Wednesday, 3 December 2003 23:56 (twenty years ago) link

Im surprised by how few IDM artists their truely are. It's weird that we had to scrounge to use Aphex Twin like a million times.
-- David Allen (Davidalle...), December 3rd, 2003 10:05 PM.

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ILM in not being in the know about obscure electronic music shocker.
-- Nihilist Pop Star (current31...), December 3rd, 2003 11:33 PM.

There are new acts but, without wanting to sound like an old man here, they seem to be more interested in sticking with a trademark sound than truly exploring their creative potential.
Aphex was all about "wow, what's he going to pull out his sleeve next?" but even he put an end to that with the long-awaited and mildly disappointing "Druqks" album, a general retreading of previous styles.
These days the IDM scene is very small, simply because the current generation of artists are obsessed with making glitchcore, drill'n'bass and microhouse tunes. maybe these terms became popular because people don't enjoy using the term "Intelligent Dance Music" to describe the genre. and sadly, this has led to a million socially retarded german teens into all trying to sound like one particular aphex tune and making a career out of it.

Am I making sense here? I am a little drunk.

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 4 December 2003 03:03 (twenty years ago) link

sorry, am bit pressed for time george. can't spend more than abt 5 mins on the interweb at the mo'. maybe in a couple of weeks i'll let you have a proper answer (which will cover inter alia villalobos, pan sonic, electroclash...)

― zebedee (zebedee), Thursday, 4 December 2003 12:53 (twenty years ago) link

not sure we were still enjoying/dancing to the acts on this list even when it was compiled, george. let alone now.

Oh for fuck's sake...

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 4 December 2003 13:01 (twenty years ago) link

hardly anthing off morr, hefty (although i am glad telefon made it), reflex, kareoke kalk,~scape,orthong musork, mille plateau,

The stuff on ~scape or Mille Plateaux is hardly "dance music", no? I think "electronic listening music" predates IDM and will probably outlive it as well.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 4 December 2003 13:53 (twenty years ago) link

Solvent and Styrofoam need putting in for starters.

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Thursday, 4 December 2003 14:46 (twenty years ago) link

ELM = Warp AI comps = IDM.

― Leee Trevino (Leee), Thursday, 4 December 2003 18:53 (twenty years ago) link

thirteen years pass...

#5 Plone On My Bus OTM

loving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmWvteVIYVw

― Week of Wonders (Ross), Tuesday, 10 October 2017 04:34 (six years ago) link

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