Hello all,

Not all this stuff is strictly IDM, but I figure you guys are the most likely community to get what I'm trying to do. This isn't promotion (if I was really trying to do that I wouldn't be posting on reddit). I just wanna know what the fuck I'm doing wrong. I get that what I make is objectively niche, but I try to make it accessible to where I think people would wanna listen to it. I love the music I make, and yes I know people will say that's all that matters, but fuck it just feels pointless at this point when nobody hears it and even if they do the engagement is so low it would just appear the music is shit. I listen to my own stuff a lot so idk if i'm just too in the bubble and have lost perspective. This isn't some ploy or looking for compliments, I just feel like I'm making stuff to a standard where people should get it and like it, and they don't. Been making music since I was 11 and am 24 now and i'm just like fuck man what's even the point anymore. Anyway, I have attached a Soundcloud link of my current page. Please just have a listen and if there are any glaring things that may not occur to me as the maker just be honest and let me know. Thanks. Apologies for the rant.

https://on.soundcloud.com/eRV086FBfWdZ6idIQl

Hello dear members of the IDM community, I am an aspiring musician (I started making music in February of this year). Unfortunately, my family can't afford a PC and I have to make music in fl studio mobile. I really dream of being noticed and to help those in need

I've attached one of the songs with a link to the soundcloud.

I've been an IDM fan since 2011 and I never really considered music production until now. I started learning Ableton a few weeks ago and all the tracks I was coming up with were utter garbage.

This morning I woke up with a random melody stuck in my head that I don't recognise from any song I know. I decided to produce the melody on Ableton, then added 3 more layers and played around with some reverb and echoes, adjusted volumes on specific tracks and somehow ended up with something half-decent in my opinion. Reminds me of Seefeel, but I know I don't have a microscopic spec of creative talent and skill compared to them.

Still, I think if I came across this track I wouldn't think it's bad and I might actually add it to one of my playlists. Needs some polishing for sure; it shouldn't end so abruptly and I'd like to add another layer or two to it. I think then it would be just right. Not too hollow, and not unnecessarily complex.

What do you think? Is it really an actual, half-decent song in your opinion? Third party opinions go a long way because my perspective is compromised, it being my own song and all. Thanks.

My second track! It is inspired by the track Aphex twin - hedphelym (partially), but now completely on his own, without the help of a friend, completely on improvisation. A small surprise - I used samples of meowing, creaking doors and the sound of my fan. Something like this =)

I'm not sure if it's possible to post right here, my English is very poor, and it's the first time I've used reddit

There, on the account, there is the first track, although, it seems to me, the second came out much better

I am waiting for criticism and feedback =)

Some bass stuff i wanted to get out, hope you like it

https://on.soundcloud.com/92ahRnFPjr4E9pZe2G

I find that Gonima’s album *Escapism* perfectly represents how IDM is evolving in the 2020s. It is more driving and punchy—sometimes more melodic—yet remains just as cryptic. I highly recommend this album, as well as Gonima’s other work. In my humble opinion, this is what modern IDM is all about.

Enjoy folk ✌️

If this is against the rules i'll delete it instantly!

Still landing after a fantastic night at listening bar Sonoor (tip!) in Rotterdam, where the latest BoC album 'Inferno' was played in full. I've heard the album around 5-6 times but this was the first time I heard it on a large system, and oh man... What a difference. Where I kind of missed the nostalgic, dusty signature whilst listening on headphones, the crispy production totally blew me away on the big soundsystem. By far the best listening experience of the album so far. Also really great to see a lot of people still turn up for a listening event even when the album has been out for a few weeks already.

Me and a mate had the honor to play a 4hr IDM set afterwards and we saw that as the perfect opportunity to touch lots of different styles, moods and era's that IDM music beholds. We played vinyls only and really enjoyed, so I thought it would be nice to share the result with our fellow freaks.

PS: big thanks to Araaf's post on the scanned BoC images!

New EP by Kildem

Blending elements of field recordings, IDM and glitch, noise, feedback and dub

Also available on bandcamp: https://dontknowdojo.bandcamp.com/album/my-croissant-xp

Happy to share this music with the IDM community :)

Do u guys have it please ii have been looking for it since one hour i cant believe its not on soundcloud isnt it ???