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I agree. How can he say ALL electronic artists are nerds? What about Portishead? Michael Jackson? The Human League? 'Nerd' isn't even an insult in my book.
Portishead cut samples of their own playing back to vinyl so they could bring them back in as scratches. Anyone that dedicated is, in the best possible sense, a bit of a nerd.
I'd say that makes them geeks or wonks, but I think nerd has a "socially inept" connotation.