Artificial Intelligence (series)

Artificial Intelligence is a series of albums by Warp Records released in the early 1990s to exhibit the capabilities and sounds of electronic music. Warp described the new (post-rave electronic) music as "electronic listening music" to clarify that it was meant more for the mind than the body. The sleevenote on the 1992 compilation said "Are you sitting comfortably? Artificial Intelligence is for long journeys, quiet nights and club drowsy dawns. Listen with an open mind."^[1] The series is remarkable for its inclusion of groups and individuals who would later become leaders in modern electronic music, techno, and ambient, such as Dr. Alex Paterson, Richard D. James, and Autechre. The series is also considered a major contribution to the genre of what has come to be called intelligent dance music (IDM). The original AI series consisted of the following albums and corresponding artists:

Artificial Intelligence Various Artists WARP 6	Surfing on Sine Waves Polygon Window WARP 7	Bytes Black Dog Productions WARP 8	Electro-Soma B12 WARP 9
Dimension Intrusion F.U.S.E. WARP 12	Ginger Speedy J WARP 14	Incunabula Autechre WARP 17	Artificial Intelligence II Various Artists WARP 23

Each of the albums was released on vinyl, Compact disc, and each of the artist albums were released on limited edition coloured or transparent vinyl. A video release, entitled (Motion), was also released for the series.

References

• amazon.com
• http://music.hyperreal.org/library/ai_series.txt

1. ^ Reynolds, Simon (1998). Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture. Little, Brown and Co.. ISBN 0415923735.