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According to its proponents, IDM represents a forward-thinking, experimental arm of techno, taking electronic music in various new directions, not just merging affectations of more "highbrow", established forms of music with dance rhythms, although culling influences from other genres does not necessarily preclude a track from being IDM; the influence of jazz, for example, on the work of B12, Kirk DeGiorgio, and others is at times strongly evident.
The initials IDM appeared in music magazines during the genre's first wave in 1992-1993, but didn't really stick until the formation of the IDM mailing list, an email forum, on the Internet in August 1993. At that time, the list's focus was on the progressive electronic music of Richard D. James, Autechre, and other artists featured on the influential Warp label's Artificial Intelligence compilations. Among these artists were Black Dog ProductionsBlack Dog Productions (or The Black Dog were a musical trio that produced Spanners a high point of the intelligent dance music genre. Two members, Andy Turner and Ed Handley, went on to record as Plaid. The remaining member, Ken Downey, continues to recor (members of which became PlaidPlaid is a British electronic music duo, Andy Turner & Ed Handley. The pair take their name from the different interweaving threads of the cloth. They are former members of The Black Dog (also known as Atypic, Balil. Plaid have collaborated with female si) and B12/Redcell.
Lesser-known, but equally influential and highly regarded today, are the artists that were on Kirk Degiorgio's A.R.T. and Op-Art labels, and the Likemind label, including Degiorgio himself under various names (As One, Future/Past, Esoterik), Steve Pickton (Stasis), and Nurmad Jusat (Nuron).
Although all of the above artists hail from England, the progressive techno / ambient / IDM duo Sun ElectricSun Electric is the name of an electronic music group from Berlin. Their first release was the single "O'Locco" on the Wau! Mr. Modo label in 1990, and they have considerable body of work released via the R & S / Apollo labels throughout the following dec from Berlin are also early pioneers of the genre.
While mainly British based during the early-to-middle 1990s, IDM spread somewhat in the late 1990s and early 2000sThis article is about the decade starting at the beginning of 2000 and ending at the end of 2009. For the century or millennium starting in 2000, see the links below. Millennia: 2nd millennium 3rd millennium 4th millennium Centuries: 20th century 21st cen, with a diverse array of styles being combined in new ways by a growing stable of artists across the globe.