Editing Intelligent dance music (section)

===Usage of the term IDM and popularization===
In November 1991, the phrase "intelligent techno" appeared on [[Usenet]] in reference to English experimental group [[Coil (band)|Coil]]'s ''[[The Snow (song)|The Snow]]'' EP.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.industrial/msg/44a6402995500106 |title=Coil _The Snow_ EP - rec.music.industrial &#124; Google Groups |access-date=28 July 2016 |archive-date=4 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104220636/http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.industrial/msg/44a6402995500106 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Off the Internet, the same phrase appeared in both the U.S. and UK music press in late 1992, in reference to [[Jam & Spoon]]'s ''Tales from a Danceographic Ocean'' and the music of the Future Sound of London.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|date=26 September 1992|page=45|last=Needs|first=Kris|author-link=Kris Needs|title=On The Tip: Marching Through Germany's Techno Love Parade}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal=New Musical Express|date=14 November 1992|page=32|last=McCann|first=Ian|title=Short Circuit: Various: Earth Beat [review]}}</ref> Another instance of the phrase appeared on Usenet in April 1993 in reference to the Black Dog's album ''Bytes''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://groups.google.com/group/alt.rave/msg/a3a68dfae9daeca4 |title=MiniREVIEWS galore (No hardcore please, we're Finnish). - alt.rave &#124; Google Groups |access-date=28 July 2016 |archive-date=4 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104220800/http://groups.google.com/group/alt.rave/msg/a3a68dfae9daeca4 |url-status=dead }}</ref> And in July 1993, in his review of an ethno-dance compilation for ''NME'', Ben Willmott replaced ''techno'' with ''dance music'', writing "...current 'intelligent' dance music owes much more to Eastern mantra-like repetition and neo-ambient instrumentation than the disco era which preceded the advent of acid and techno."<ref>{{cite journal|journal=New Musical Express|date=10 July 1993|last=Willmott|first=Ben|title=Various – Global Sweatbox [review]|page=33}}</ref>

Wider public use of such terms on the Internet came in August 1993, when Alan Parry announced the existence of a new electronic mailing list for discussion of "intelligent" dance music: the "Intelligent Dance Music list", or "IDM List" for short.<ref>[Intelligent Dance Music] "is a forum for the discussion of what has been termed 'intelligent' music – that is, music that moves the mind, not just the body. There is no specific definition of intelligence in music, however, artists that I see as appropriate are FSOL, Orb, Orbital, Richard James (aka Aphex Twin), Black Dog, B12, and various others from Warp's 'Artificial Intelligence' series. Of course, the list is open to all interpretations of intelligent dance music." Quote by Alan Parry in an IDM mailing list announcement posted on ''alt.rave'', dated Aug. 1993</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://groups.google.com/group/alt.rave/browse_thread/thread/b8592fef4a3a14b4 |title=List announcement: IDM - alt.rave &#124; Google Groups |access-date=28 July 2016 |archive-date=4 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104220846/http://groups.google.com/group/alt.rave/browse_thread/thread/b8592fef4a3a14b4 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first message, sent on 1 August 1993, was entitled "Can Dumb People Enjoy IDM, Too?".<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117155018/http://elists.resynthesize.com/idm/1993/08/412599/ |title="Can Dumb People Enjoy IDM, Too?", the first post to the IDM list |url=http://elists.resynthesize.com/idm/1993/08/412599/ |archive-date=17 November 2007 |access-date=2011-01-26 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> A reply from the list [[server (computing)|server]]'s system administrator and founder of [[Hyperreal.org]] [[Brian Behlendorf]], revealed that Parry originally wanted to create a list devoted to discussion of the music on the Rephlex label, but they decided together to expand its charter to include music similar to what was on Rephlex or that was in different genres but which had been made with similar approaches. They picked the word "intelligent" because it had already appeared on ''Artificial Intelligence'' and because it connoted being something beyond just music for dancing, while still being open to interpretation.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118071301/http://elists.resynthesize.com/idm/1993/08/412600/|archive-date=2007-11-18|title="Re: Can Dumb People Enjoy IDM, Too?" post from Brian Behlendorf to the IDM list|url=http://elists.resynthesize.com/idm/1993/08/412600/|access-date=2011-01-26}}</ref>

[[File:Autechre1.jpg|right|thumb|[[Autechre]], a notable electronic music act associated with IDM]]

Warp's [[Artificial Intelligence II|second ''Artificial Intelligence'' compilation]] was released in 1994. The album featured fragments of posts from the IDM mailing list incorporated into [[typography|typographic]] artwork by [[the Designers Republic]]. Sleeve notes by [[David Toop]] acknowledged the genre's multitude of musical and cultural influences and suggested none should be considered more important than any other.<ref name="ToopNotes"/>

During this period, the electronic music produced by Warp Records artists such as Aphex Twin (an alias of Richard D. James), Autechre, LFO, B12, [[Seefeel]] and the Black Dog, gained popularity among electronic music fans, as did music by artists on the Rephlex and Skam labels. Laurent Fintoni, writing for [[Fact (UK magazine)|''Fact'' magazine]], emphasized Miami as a central importer and exporter of IDM in the United States, including the likes of [[Richard Devine]] (Schematic/[[Warp (record label)|Warp]]), [[Alpha 606]], [[Scott Herren|Prefuse-73]] (Schematic/[[Warp (record label)|Warp]]), [[Push Button Objects]], [[Otto von Schirach]] (Schematic) and many more.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fintoni |first=Laurent |date=2018-03-01 |title=Going to Miami: How IDM conquered the USA |url=https://www.factmag.com/2018/03/01/idm-usa-history-machinedrum-prefuse73/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Fact Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=19 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219115117/https://www.factmag.com/2018/03/01/idm-usa-history-machinedrum-prefuse73/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Bigger-name, cross-genre artists like [[Björk]] and [[Radiohead]], who had become inspired by artists categorized as IDM and utilized elements of the style on multiple songs on their 2000 album ''[[Kid A]]'',<ref name="kida">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/kid-a-mw0000620999 |title=Kid A&nbsp;– Radiohead |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=8 September 2011 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603193556/http://www.allmusic.com/album/kid-a-mw0000620999 |archive-date=3 June 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> also acquired popularity and associations with IDM in various ways.