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But the manner of the production of the music is important to me
For example, I'll research a classic album whilst listening to it to find out where the recording was done, who the producer was, stuff that happened during the recording process that forced them to rethink the direction of where they were going, weird/rare instruments used on specific tracks, shit like that.
The background and method of how a recording was made is one of many components that contribute to my overall enjoyment of the listening experience

The above statement is, admittedly, more applicable to music played with instruments. Within electronic dance music, it's down to the person twiddling the knobs and generating the actual sounds for me.
You - and, apparently, most people on here - may not care about stuff like this, but I do

Gotta feel for you though mate. Sounds like hell to be not able to enjoy music for what it is. You're missing out.