IDM going mainstream. there is a possibility, and if it does i think i will light myself on fiya.

how could IDM go mainstream, much less electronic music as a whole?? house/rave music is the only mainstream music, and perhaps trance, that I know of and I just don't see it any other way...

why would it be so bad if the mainstream adapted itself to like IDM?

because then it wouldn't be an art, or something less understood, or all that jazz, perhaps...

ah yes... all the fans of the 'art' won't be able to look down their noses at the common people around them who's simple minds shudder at the thought of having to grasp something as obscure as the 'art'... hehehe

ok... i'm done being an ass i'm going to bed now

If IDM became popular it would indicate a huge shift in peoples minds which I would welcome, but I think is incredibly unlikely!

correct me if I am wrong, aphex twins and other warp artists are very popular in europe, correct? but not as popular as britney spears or justin timberlake.

I really don't care if IDM will go mainstream because there will always be people doing good stuff underground. you just have to dig them out.

another good thing is that I can find things much easier in a record store if IDM goes mainstream.

one thing for sure, not IDM, but Merzbow would never become mainstream.

that's a great point, the market price value on these artists would go down (cd wise), and labels would have to start making more cd's, but then again, i doubt this will happen...

and about Masama Akita, you have another great point there, as long as he's been around, I highly doubt it

I doubt that IDM would go mainstream like in the mid 90's, when techno went MTV-popular because a lot of IDM songs don't have the pop song structure. and a lot of them are experimental in nature anyway. I am pretty sure a lot of MTV/mainstream audience would not like that kind of music. and the good thing about techno went mainstream 90's was record stores stocking up on electronic stuff.

plus, a lot of IDM songs have no vocal. I am not talking about dialogue samples. as far as I have noticed, a lot mainstream audience doesn't like instrumental music. they need something they can sing along.

i have found this to be the case as well...

"So where are the words?"