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IDM genre — history, bands and artists
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Geography of IDM
Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio
Landmark albums of IDM
Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre
1992
Selected Ambient Works 85–92Aphex Twin
1996
Richard D. James AlbumAphex Twin
1993
IncunabulaAutechre
1998
Music Has the Right to ChildrenBoards of Canada
2005
The Campfire HeadphaseBoards of Canada
2004
UltravisitorSquarepusher
1997
Hard Normal DaddySquarepusher
1993
Tango n’ Vectifμ‐Ziq
2001Far Away Trains Passing ByUlrich Schnauss
New in IDM
Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months
2026Great Jobsgyrofield
2026Radical FrameActress
2026True To Lifeplusol
2026a nice place to beFakear
2026Low Energy, High HopesСамое Большое Простое Число
IDM by year
How many studio albums of the genre came out each year
IDM by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade
Artists of IDM
The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners
- 808 State
- Amon Tobin
- Aphex Twin
- Apparat
- Aural Planet
- Autechre
- Baauer
- Big Wild
- Boards of Canada
- C418
- Cashmere Cat
- Clark
Daniel Avery- Datassette
- Djrum
- Dntel
- Donnacha Costello
- Dr. Toast
- Ed Harrison
- Fakear
- Flume
- Gramatik
- Haujobb
- Hello Meteor
- Hermitude
- Husky
- ISAN
- Jasper Byrne
- Jon Hopkins
- Kiasmos
- LFO
- Luke Vibert
- Lusine
- Machinedrum
- Mark Pritchard
- Moderat
- Modeselektor
- Mouse on Mars
- Mujuice
- Nathan Fake
- Neotropic
- Niteffect
- nuphory
- Ochre
- Plaid
- Prefuse 73
- Rival Consoles
- Skee Mask
- Space Dimension Controller
- Squarepusher
- Steve Hauschildt
- Teebs
- The Polish Ambassador
- TheFatRat
- TOKiMONSTA
- Tycho
- Vector Lovers
- Wagon Christ
- YACHT
- Zomboy
Overview
Genre relations
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Subgenres
Subgenres or what IDM is divided into
Origins
Genres from which IDM originated
Parent genre
IDM is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles
Derived genres
Genres that evolved from IDM