Born of primitive file sharing clients, a small group of labels in Europe and the unfortunate name of an early list serve, IDM or intelligent dance music was the sound of the future in the early 90s.

The gurgle and slurp of a liposuction machine may not seem like music to most of us, but it is to the ears of Matmos. The San Francisco duo is one of the groups at the forefront of Intelligent Dance ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lisa Kocay covers electronic dance music. Burgeoning producer RamonPang stuns with his third studio album, Third Places, released ...