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intelligent dance music

intelligent dance music noun: a genre of experimental electronic music that combines elements of techno and dance music with complex rhythmic structures and atypical melodic patterns.

Noun

intelligent dance music (uncountable)

  1. A genre of experimental electronic music that combines elements of techno and dance music with complex rhythmic structures and atypical melodic patterns.
    • It was a record that helped to launch the careers of Autechre, Aphex Twin and Richie Hawtin, birthed the genre that would later become known as intelligent dance music (or IDM), and changed the idea of electronic music as merely a tool for dancing.2017 July 3, Ben Cardew, “Machines of loving grace: how Artificial Intelligence helped techno grow up”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    braindance, IDM

Synonyms of intelligent dance music

Questions about intelligent dance music

What does intelligent dance music mean?
Intelligent dance music means a genre of experimental electronic music that combines elements of techno and dance music with complex rhythmic structures and atypical melodic patterns.
What part of speech is intelligent dance music?
Intelligent dance music is a noun.

Words near intelligent dance music in the dictionary

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  2. intelligent
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  8. intelligent designer
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