''Artificial Intelligence'' is a series of

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s by

Warp Records Warp Records is a British independent record label that specialises in Electronic music, electronic, indie rock and experimental music. It was founded in Sheffield in 1989 by Steve Beckett, Robert Mitchell and Robert Gordon. It has released recor ...

released from 1992–1994 to exhibit the capabilities and sounds of

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. Warp described the new (post-

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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." The series is remarkable for its inclusion of groups and individuals who later became leaders in modern electronic music,

techno Techno is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) which is generally produced for use in a continuous DJ set, with tempos being in the range from 120 to 150 beats per minute (bpm). The central rhythm is typically in common time ( ) and often ...

, and

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, such as

Alex Paterson Alex Paterson (also known as Dr Alex Paterson, born Duncan Alexander Robert Paterson; 15 October 1959) is an English musician and co-founder of ambient house group the Orb, in which he has worked since its inception. Life and work Paterson at ...

, Plaid, Richard D. James,

Richie Hawtin Richard "Richie" Hawtin (born June 4, 1970) is a British-Canadian electronic musician and DJ. He became involved with Detroit techno's second wave in the early 1990s, and has been a leading exponent of minimal techno since the mid-1990s. He becam ...

, and

Autechre Autechre ( ) are an English electronic music duo consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both from Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1987, they are among the best known acts signed to UK electronic label Warp Records, through which all o ...

. Every album in the series, aside from Dimension Intrusion, has its name enclosed in parentheses on its cover.

Releases

* ''

Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of re ...

'' (1992) – various artists * '' Surfing on Sine Waves'' (1993) – Polygon Window * ''

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'' (1993) – Black Dog Productions * '' Electro-Soma'' (1993) – B12 * '' Dimension Intrusion'' (1993) – F.U.S.E. * ''

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'' (1993) –

Speedy J Jochem George Paap (born 14 February 1969, in Rotterdam), known by his stage name Speedy J, is a Dutch electronic music producer based in Rotterdam. His breakthrough came with the release in 1992 of the minimal techno track "Pullover". He releas ...

* ''

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'' (1993) –

* ''

Artificial Intelligence II ''Artificial Intelligence II'' is a compilation album released via Warp (record label), Warp on 30 May 1994. It is the eighth and final release in Warp's ''Artificial Intelligence (series), Artificial Intelligence'' series. It peaked at number 16 o ...

'' (1994) – various artists * ''Motion'' (video) – various artists

Background

When asked about the series in a 2016 interview with online

journal ''Resident Advisor'', Sean Booth of

said that,

I dunno, I didn't come up with ''Artificial Intelligence''. You'd have to ask arp founderRob Mitchell and he's not around any more! I think it was a joke, really. There was a definite tongue-in-cheek thing going on with the ''AI'' series initially, everyone knew it was a bit silly. But we were enjoying doing it. Thing is, almost all the artists on that first ''AI'' compilation are just like us, they were regular kids, they're not intelligent people particularly. Richard . Jamesis a fucking blagger,
Richie Hawtin Richard "Richie" Hawtin (born June 4, 1970) is a British-Canadian electronic musician and DJ. He became involved with Detroit techno's second wave in the early 1990s, and has been a leading exponent of minimal techno since the mid-1990s. He becam ...
too... I don't know how the fuck he gets away with the things he does!
Alex Paterson Alex Paterson (also known as Dr Alex Paterson, born Duncan Alexander Robert Paterson; 15 October 1959) is an English musician and co-founder of ambient house group the Orb, in which he has worked since its inception. Life and work Paterson at ...
, people like that, they're not known for being intellectually powerful, they're just fucking good musicians.

Each of the albums was released on

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, cassette and CD; each of the artist albums was also released on limited edition coloured or transparent vinyl. The video release ''Motion'', released on

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(and

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in Japan), mostly contained tracks from ''Artificial Intelligence II''. Each release except ''Ginger'' was distributed in the United States by TVT/

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Records.

References

External links

WARP Records Artificial Intelligence Series
{{Authority control Album series Warp Records albums

Releases

Background

References

Further reading

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