Re: I want to take on an IDM style of looping

[Sylvain Poitras <sylvain.trombone@gmail.com>]

IDM is really a label that a record executive came up with to sell
dance music to people who don't dance...  that being said, there is
some really good stuff out there (I like Amon Tobin a lot).

I think of IDM as electroacoustic music with a beat (or without a
beat, there are few rules).  There's definitely a greater emphasis on
sound design and process and the song forms are less predictable.
Like Per said, it's not a genre in the usual sense...  You'll have to
figure out your own thing.

I think you should spend some time with some good books, such as:
 - Holme's Electronic and experimental Music (historical)
 - Demer's Listening through the noise (aesthetics)
 - Hugil's The Digital Musician (technical, social, aesthetics,
historical, etc...  it has an amazing bibliography)

and so on...  reading such books and listening to the suggested
discography should help you gain perspective on your music and
ultimately make it sound more mature and, perhaps, more intelligent ;)

Sylvain