Meanings
- uncountableentertainmentA genre of experimental electronic music that combines elements of techno and dance music with complex rhythmic structures and atypical melodic patterns.
It was a record that helped to launch the careers of Autechre, Aphex Twin and Richie Hawtin, birthed the genre that would later become known as intelligent dance music (or IDM), and changed the idea of electronic music as merely a tool for dancing.
2017 July 3, Ben Cardew, “Machines of loving grace: how Artificial Intelligence helped techno grow up”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLCSynonyms: braindance, IDM
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA genre of experimental electronic music that combines elements of techno and dance music with complex rhythmic structures and atypical melodic patterns.
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intelligent dance music. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intelligent%20dance%20music
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