Artificial Intelligence (series)

"Artificial Intelligence" is a series of albums by Warp Records released from 1992–1994 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."cite book| author = Reynolds, Simon| title = Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture| publisher =Little, Brown and Co.| year = 1998| id = ISBN 0415923735] 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 Alex Paterson, Plaid, Richard D James, Richie Hawtin, 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, listed in order of release:

* "Artificial Intelligence" - Various Artists
* "Surfing on Sine Waves" - Polygon Window
* "Bytes" - Black Dog Productions
* "Electro-Soma" - B12
* "Dimension Intrusion" - F.U.S.E.
* "Ginger" - Speedy J
* "Incunabula" - Autechre
* "Artificial Intelligence II" - Various Artists

Each of the albums was released on vinyl, cassette and CD; each of the artist albums was also released on limited edition coloured or transparent vinyl. A video release, entitled "(Motion)", was also released for the series. Finally, each release except "Ginger" was distributed in the United States by TVT/Wax Trax! Records.

References

* [http://www.amazon.com/Warp-Records-quot-Artificial-Intelligence-quot-series/lm/R37UIO6PXJ3X4C amazon.com]
*http://music.hyperreal.org/library/ai_series.txt