It's a name that winds a lot of people up though. I know a lot of dance music fans read it as calling their music stupid!

really? Elph vs. Coil's "Worship the Glitch" was probably one of the first times I heard this phrase. When I think of glitch, I think of Oval, Pan Sonic, Alva Noto, etc...I think Glitch is a style just like drum n' bass, jungle, gabba, etc., but this is only my personal opinion. Let's just call it braindance like it should be called, and ignore the term "IDM" altogether

come right on.
i have a damn geyser in my backyard.

"Let's just call it braindance like it should be called, and ignore the term "IDM" altogether..."

HEAR HEAR!

[and not wanting to be the regular nitpicker here, i don't find pan sonic's music glitched out. glitch-y, yes, but not glitch. i think i've read somewhere that they play everything on analogue instruments. when i think of glitch, i think 'digital' or DSP rather than analogue synths. and i think oval]