I think the term Intelligent Techno, or Intelligent Dance Music came from the Artificial Intelligence compilations on WARP. And music similar to music on that compilations started to be called "intelligent" as short for Artificial Intelligence.
Jernej www.soundoflj.com/octex -----Original Message----- From: Cobert, Gwendal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 10:13 AM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: [313] mp3 cdr trade > Oh no - the British press tried that a few years ago with > intelligent techno > and intelligent d'n'b - what is stupid dance music? > I don't like the inference that those who don't listen to > "IDM" are not > intelligent. I'm sure there's a few MENSA members out there > who love hard > house. I _think_ "intelligent" was opposed to what is called "dance" or "eurodance" in Europe, acts like Aqua for example... I preferred the terms "armchair techno" and "bleep music", but they had less success... Gwendal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
