What was the first IDM album?

This question occurred to me today...

With my feable knowledge of electronic music history all I could come up with was Jean Michel Jarre's OXYGENE?

Good question... for which i don't even have a remotely good answer

define idm first

it is probably more like there was an album that was 10% IDM then another that was 20% and somewhere past 50% it's "IDM." kind of hard to pin it on one album

  On 7/15/2011 at 1:17 AM, Ranky Redlof said:

define idm first

Theirs not a solid definition for IDM... But the album would have to have a strong Intelligent Dance Music element...

Autechre - Incunabula,1993

Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92, 1992

for sure this

I would have guessed the Black Dog.

Computer World

  On 7/15/2011 at 1:27 AM, yek said:

for sure this

Yeah agreed, as far as the IDM list was concerned the term sort of centered around this, because it was a collection of artists working on the same kind of idea in their own individual ways. It wasn't just Aphex Twin doing his own thing anymore. There was Autechre then, and others so it called for a genre name. I would call A.I. the first, yes.

hmmm, i agree with all of the above, except Incunabula.

- B12, Black Dog, Aphex Twin. - everybody from the south, funnily enough! lol

plaid - mbuki mvuki (1991)

personally I'd say this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRuJ82CnEGI

This predates all of the WATMM featured artists by decades.

  On 7/15/2011 at 3:20 AM, Cryptowen said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRuJ82CnEGI

 

This predates all of the WATMM featured artists by decades.

that's well annoying

1987. NINETEEN NINETY EIGHTY SEVAN. Most of you werent even born

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKbLI8EufNo

  On 7/15/2011 at 5:50 AM, Philip Glass said:

1987. NINETEEN NINETY EIGHTY SEVAN. Most of you werent even born

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKbLI8EufNo

i like this submission, but look inside ur heart and u will find the tru answer

i'd start with raymond scott myself

1988

Don't hide your feelings.

1967 by the way

I'm going with AI too

  On 7/15/2011 at 11:49 AM, Coalbucket PI said:

I'm going with AI too

i'd say this too...

but i can't help also thinking the orb - adventures... although regarded at the time as ambient house they were 'intelligent dance music' before the bastard term was born.

  On 7/15/2011 at 3:20 AM, Cryptowen said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRuJ82CnEGI

 

This predates all of the WATMM featured artists by decades.

I would say this is a better pick from him:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SHJ6CcML80

1959!