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IDM


What does IDM mean?

IDM is an acronym for intelligent dance music, a genre of electronic music that is more complex than simple dance music.

It may sometimes be used in texting to mean I don’t mind, similar to IDC, or I don’t care.

Where does IDM come from?

Examples of IDM

At the end of the day, stupid name though it may be, IDM has given the world a stupefying immensity of fantastic music.
Simon Reynolds, Pitchfork.com, 2017
It was IDM's extremely complex, unclassifiable craftsmanship that drew several things from the intelligent side of techno.
Giovanni Coppola, Noisy.Vice.com, 2017
Texter 1: I'd rather not go tonight. you? Texter 2: IDM, staying home sounds good to me!

Who uses IDM?

https://twitter.com/xofficialmusic/status/1031111323701194752


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