Intelligent dance music (commonly abbreviated as IDM) is a style of electronic music originating in the early 1990s that is regarded as "cerebral" and better suited to home listening than dancing. Emerging from electronic and rave music styles such as ambient techno, acid house, Detroit techno, and breakbeat, IDM tends to rely upon individualistic experimentation rather than specific genre characteristics. Prominent artists associated with the genre include Aphex Twin, μ-Ziq, the Black Dog, the Orb, the Future Sound of London, Autechre, Luke Vibert, Squarepusher, Venetian Snares, and Boards of Canada.
The term "intelligent dance music" has been widely criticised and dismissed by most artists associated with it, including Aphex Twin, Autechre, and μ-Ziq. It was likely inspired by the 1992 Warp compilation Artificial Intelligence and is said to have originated in the US in 1993 with the formation of the "IDM list", an electronic mailing list originally chartered for the discussion of English artists appearing on the compilation. In 2014, music critic Sasha Frere-Jones observed that the term "is widely reviled but still commonly used".
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