智能舞曲IDM / Intelligent Dance Music

IDM全称是Intelligent Dance Music，这种音乐既适合派队和跳舞，也适合躺在家里的沙发欣赏，产生于80年代末期的IDM音乐，在舞曲音乐的基础上更趋向于downtempo（电音类型之一），Warp Records是著名的发行过很多IDM专辑的厂牌，还有一些其他一些发行过高质量IDM音乐的厂牌：Rising High，Rephlex，Fat Cat，Astralwerks，M-Tronic Records。到90年代末，产生了很多固定的厂牌，包括Drop Beat，Isophlux，Suction，Schematic，Cytrax。

IDM（智能舞蹈音乐）是一个充满特色的术语，旨在区分90年代的电子音乐，此后在舞池上和起居室一样舒适，最终引起了很多负面宣传，尤其是在舞蹈制作人和那些被社区排斥的歌迷提示了他们是否制作了愚蠢的舞蹈音乐。声音发源于80年代后期，融合了狂欢派对和大型俱乐部活动在主楼层上听到的尖锐的舞曲音乐，以及附近放松室的低速音乐的融合。

像Mixmaster Morris和Alex Paterson博士这样的Djs融合了芝加哥的房子，更柔和的合成器-流行/新浪潮以及环境/环境音乐，这激发了一批受各种来源启发的制作人。（在那几年，许多DJ和制作人也对日益上升的图表舞蹈倾向做出了反应，例如Technotronic的“ Pump Up the Jam”和Smart E's的“ Sesame's Treat”等新颖的流行歌曲。）Sheffield的Warp Records事实证明，这是声音最好的家-实际上，仅凭开创性的Warp编译《人工智能》就向全世界的听众介绍了一半-数十位风格最关键的艺术家：Aphex Twin，The Orb，Plastikman，Autechre，Black Dog Productions和B12 。

其他标签-Rising High，GPR，R＆S，Rephlex，Fat Cat，Astralwerks-也发布了优质的IDM，尽管到90年代中期，用于耳机消费的大部分电子产品已经转向了更多实验或更多拍子的道路方向。由于没有集中的商业场景，北美成为IDM的好客之地，到90年代末，数十种可靠的品牌开始营业，包括Drop Beat，Isophlux，Suction，Schematic和Cytrax。尽管经常尝试重命名该样式（Warp的“电子听音乐”和Aphex Twin的“聪明”是两个选择），IDM仍然是粉丝描述他们偶尔难以描述的最爱的事实上的方式。

A loaded term meant to distinguish electronic music of the '90s and later that's equally comfortable on the dancefloor as in the living room, IDM (Intelligent Dance Music) eventually acquired a good deal of negative publicity, not least among the legion of dance producers and fans whose exclusion from the community prompted the question of whether they produced stupid dance music. Born in the late '80s, the sound grew out of a fusion between the hard-edged dance music heard on the main floor at raves and larger club events, and the more downtempo music of the nearby chill-out rooms.

DJs like Mixmaster Morris and Dr. Alex Patersonblended Chicago house, softer synth-pop/new wave, and ambient/environmental music, prompting a wave of producers inspired by a variety of sources. (Many DJs and producers were also reacting against the increasingly chart-leaning slant of British dance music during those years, exemplified by novelty hits like "Pump Up the Jam" by Technotronic and "Sesame's Treat" by Smart E's.) Sheffield'sWarp Records proved home to the best in the sound -- in fact, the seminal Warp compilation Artificial Intelligence alone introduced listeners worldwide to a half-dozen of the style's most crucial artists: Aphex Twin, the Orb, Plastikman, Autechre, Black Dog Productions, and B12. Other labels -- Rising High, GPR, R&S, Rephlex, Fat Cat, Astralwerks -- released quality IDM as well, though by the mid-'90s much of the electronica produced for headphone consumption had diverged either toward the path of more experimentation or more beat orientation.

With no centered, commercial scene to speak of, North America became a far more hospitable clime to IDM, and by the end of the '90s, dozens of solid labels had opened for business, including Drop Beat, Isophlux,Suction, Schematic, and Cytrax.

Despite frequent attempts to rename the style (Warp's "electronic listening music" and Aphex Twin's "braindance" were two choices), IDM continued to be the de facto way for fans to describe their occasionally undescribable favorites.