Not really. Autechre (one of the founding fathers of the genre) is still going strong. u-Ziq is still promoting it constantly. Aphex Twin has about 6 albums up his sleeve that are due out at some point in the near future......

Just because the boom that was the introduction of the genre has calmed down doesn't mean that the genre as a whole has gone the way of the dodo opr has been assimilated by other genres. It's like trip hop; we don't talk about it like we used to but it's still there

Album Rating: 4.5

Dev have you heard this?

Yeah, it's really good

Album Rating: 4.5

I wouldn't really call Autechre's new stuff IDM to be fair. IDM has always had a very strong glitch/percussion focus which just doesn't exist on most tracks in Oversteps.



Really looking forward to Aphex's new stuff if he is going to release it- though if he continues naming tracks after computer viruses I'm going to be very confused by the track lists. It's possibly the only thing harder to remember than Cornish.

IDM has always had a very strong glitch/percussion focus which just doesn't exist on most tracks in Oversteps

i can only really echo what Dev said

but i think your definition of IDM might differ from others. when i first got into IDM i thought only the "drill n bass" glitchy type stuff was IDM but over time I learned that wasn't true. I tend to think of IDM as abstract/leftfield EDM, whether it be house, dnb, dubstep, techno, etc.

^ exactly

Album Rating: 4.5

Hm, okay. Guess that's the problem with genres-that-aren't-genres like IDM, everyone draws the line in different places.



I've always considered left field dubstep (for example) to just be dubstep. IDM to me has always been about a focus on fast paced percussion, glitch and (often) contradictory melodies. I'm a bit iffy about expanding it too far beyond that - I don't want to end up labeling everything I like (which is effectively left field stuff) as IDM.

as far as "fast paced percussion, glitch and contradictory melodies" goes, this stuff still exists, it may not be as popular or fresh but its still out there. Wisp, Jega, Venetian Snares, Kettel, Amon Tobin even modern FlyLo just to name a few.

even though i think "dead" is a bold word i still see where you're coming from because our definitions of "leftfield" might differ also.

Album Rating: 4.5

Does Amon Tobin really fit into that style?



Forgot about Wisp and Venetian Snares though... let's just leave it at dwindled.

Does Amon Tobin really fit into that style?

Album Rating: 4.5

^ Yeh, but that's 1996. His newer stuff (ISAM, Foley Room) isn't like that.

ISAM no, but Foley Room certainly contains moments like that, when he creates rolling walls of sound with tumbling percussion.

You should also note that being a "leftfield" artist doesn't automatically place you in the intelligent dance music scene. IDM was never designed as being a deliberately abstract genre, it follows its name, where it's merely complicated dance music that was labelled to separate it from standard 4 to the floor beats that were the house and dance movement of the early 90's

Album Rating: 4.0

I don't know about IDM being dead and all. It's still alive and kicking in my world.



Anyway, good review. And good album.

Damn, i'd written this guy off cause i wasn't a big fan of certified air raid material but this is actually really great so far

Album Rating: 5.0

theyre both good but yea this one's way better

listened to this a while ago. forgot about it until today. never knew what to rate it either :P

thrashing my head about to ants holy fuck

Album Rating: 4.0

Nice dude, Ants is one of my favorite electronic songs

goes HARD