There was this weird moment I remember when it felt like this was a bit of a 'thing' like a mini movement with raime, demdike, Andy stott, Haxan cloak, the blackest ever black label. I'm sure almost all of em are still going actually, but it did feel like there was a push for this sound. Which I dig.
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It died off when no one came up with a snappy genre tag like "IDM". 🤗