Genre branding in electronic music has had only one positive benefit: to be a litmus test for idiots. Find me a person who uses the word "electronica" in a sentence, then convince me they're not a giant tool. The worst offender of this exercise is the term "Intelligent Dance Music".  What makes a song intelligent?  Does it mean any electronic music that subverts expectations by not following the cookie cutter format of sonic predictability? If this is the case, why call it dance music at all? I don't see a lot of glow in the dark hula hoops at Autechre shows.  At some point, people are going to have to accept the advent of technology being absorbed by every genre of music they love and will have to simply call it what it is: Music.

Speaking of which (where were we?), if you're the kind of person that craves the adventurous side of music, you owe it to yourself to head down to Soundlab tonight for an evening of sonic unpredictability.  Shigeto, a.k.a. Zach Saginaw, will be treating Buffalonians to his rare blend of live instrumentation fused with electronic wizardry, forming deliciously organic beats that overflow with emotion and personality.  If you're an electronic music enthusiast, yet loathe the presence of under-evolved slugs craving "drops" like monkeys hitting buzzers in a lab, then this show is for you. He will be joined by fellow Ghostly International artist Mux Mool, rounding out yet another classy bill from MNM Presents. Doors are at 9 and tickets are $10.