Electronic music that takes dance as its starting point but goes beyond dance Techno that prioritizes creativity over functionality
??A large catalog of IDM/electronica

Music that leaves something lingering after dancing. That is what came to be called "IDM." --From the book's "Preface"

First of all, what is the music called "IDM" and "electronica"? It is a term that was born after house music. It is electronic music that takes dance as its starting point but goes beyond dance. Techno music that prioritizes creativity as a song over functionality as a club specification, with Aphex Twin as the catalyst, spreading to the past and future ── IDM/electronica, the world's first large catalog is here!!

Supervision and text: Itaru Mita
Cooperation and text: Denshinooto
Text by Tsutomu Noda, Masato Matsumura, Takeshi Kizu, and Takuto Kobayashi
*First edition only includes access key to electronic version

Contents
1. Concrete Music / Synthesizer Music (1958-1965)
2. Sound Effects (1966?1971)
3. Improvisation / Composition (1972?1979)
4. New Wave / Industrial (1980?1989)
5. Braindance (1990?1993)
6 Glitch Electronica (1994?1999)
7 Indietronica & Folktronica (2000?2006)
8. Life and Death of Rave Culture (2007?2013)
9 Now (2014?2018)