 I like sounds, but hate what people attach to sounds.Matmos has remarked on Perfect Sound Forever that
I belong to the weblist called "IDM" and occasionally enjoy the discussions there, because I like some of the artists who get lassoed into that category (not to mention that we, occasionally, are lumped into that category too), and because you can occasionally find out about interesting records on that list... Matmos is IDM if that only means "might be talked about on the IDM list"- but I don't endorse that term "intelligent dance music" because it's laughable.In a 2016 interview with Resident Advisor, Sean Booth of Autechre said that, All these things about us being "intelligent" and the term "IDM" are just silly.