Top 100 IDM Songs Of All Time

(but i meant reynolds obv)

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

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?)

and yeah, there probably should've been some orb

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 ?

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

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

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

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.

Oh for fuck's sake...

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.

#5 Plone On My Bus OTM

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