Artificial Intelligence

I've heard a lot of talk about the AI series (only two albums right?) and I've tried searching on the forums for topics on the subject but wound up with nada. What is so special about them? Are they worth purchasing? As I am sure all of you know by now, I've only been introduced to the IDM/electronic genre for the past few months (being a hardcore indie/rock/folk fan beforehand) and I need some direction!!

So your thoughts on AI would be wonderful ^_^

just buy them, they are great introductory albums, were for me at least

  On 3/26/2010 at 2:51 AM, halisray said:

I've heard a lot of talk about the AI series (only two albums right?)

8 albums

Warp's AI series has the iconography of what the US labelled as "IDM" but the Trance Europe Express comps had far more influence and sales at the time

A.I. #1 and Aphex Twin "On" were my first two electronic albums, back in '93 or '94 (if you don't count the maxi-single for LA Style's "James Brown is Dead).

A.I. #1 has some dope shit on it.

It's worth getting to hear all of those songs in juxtaposition to each other.

It's cool that it was somewhat of a flagship for the whole "ambient techno" movement.

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  On 3/26/2010 at 2:54 AM, tht tne said:

  On 3/26/2010 at 2:51 AM, halisray said:

I've heard a lot of talk about the AI series (only two albums right?)

 

8 albums

2 compilations, anyway.

Love the comps, and it is worth checking out the albums. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_(series)

Great introductory albums.

It's pretty interesting listening to AE's Eggshell in its infancy

i think all 8 releases are worth listening to. the Link track "Arcadian" on the second comp is just.....oh my god...perfect

  On 3/26/2010 at 7:45 AM, Spore said:

Love the comps, and it is worth checking out the albums. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_(series)

Huh, I only knew of AI as the compilation albums, never knew there was a series of albums associated with the name. I'm especially surprised since I have a few of those albums.

you can get both compilations in a box set these days, for about a tenner. highly recommended.

  On 3/26/2010 at 4:45 PM, sidewinder said:

  On 3/26/2010 at 7:45 AM, Spore said:

Love the comps, and it is worth checking out the albums. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_(series)

Huh, I only knew of AI as the compilation albums, never knew there was a series of albums associated with the name. I'm especially surprised since I have a few of those albums.

yeah same here.. I have the first AI compilation.

It might be sacrilege to say, but I think AI 1 has dated poorly on the whole, though it does have a few standouts. AI 2 on the other hand really held up quite well. I'd recommend looking into the OOP special editions of AI 2 if possible, since there are good extra tracks. In particular, the vinyl special edition has a 2nd song by Bola that isn't on any of the other versions. It's hard to understand the logic behind this decision, since this song is considerably better than the other Bola track which appeared on other versions, and is one of the best tracks on the whole album. Also, the special edition has tracks by Kenny Larkin and Aphex Twin, the latter of which would have fit in nicely on Melodies from Mars.

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Artificial-Intelligence-II/release/610015

i didn't realize this whole time that all of those albums (polygon window and F.U.S.E.) were all part of the same series on Warp, that's pretty awesome. I popped in that F.U.S.E. disc for the first time in like 8 years yesterday and it's aged pretty well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW-dxhDHK5Q&feature=related

i always loved the Beaumont Hannant track on vol2

A series I've been meaning to get into for quite sometime .

how do people post on an idm forum and not know these albums?

  On 4/3/2010 at 9:38 PM, Hanratty said:

how do people post on an idm forum and not know these albums?

heheheh

  On 4/3/2010 at 10:45 PM, narkeworld said:

  On 4/3/2010 at 9:38 PM, Hanratty said:

how do people post on an idm forum and not know these albums?

 

heheheh

I'm not laughing at Hanratty, I'm just in total agreement with his/her point.

  On 4/4/2010 at 2:39 AM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

  On 4/3/2010 at 9:38 PM, Hanratty said:

how do people post on an idm forum and not know these albums?

if by "know" you mean "heard" then I can sorta understand that. I rarely download music, so I never got a chance to hear AI1 and 2 until warp reissued them in 2CD form for warp20. (It is for this reason that I also got broadcast's first two albums, and LFO's frequencies and sheath).

 

I really would love if they re-released bytes and spanners though. that would really make it for me. some b12 too.

yeah, well, if i didnt download there would be a lot that i'd never hear. so yeah there's that. i didnt know they reissued A1 & A2 for warp 20. isnt there like a second cd in AI2? are those tracks on the reissue?

I just assume everyone downloads everything. didnt mean to question anyone's integrity.

Surfing on Sine Waves shall not disappoint

These are the albums that got me and my friends into Warp Records back in '93. For me, they are the groundwork for my love of techno, IDM, whatever you call it these days.

AI2 on cassette makes my day every time I put it on in the car.

watmm can be educational, this thread made me go look up the series and i found out that there were a number of solo albums in the series including Polygon Window, a B12 and Black Dog LP. I always thought it was just the 2 compilations

the speedy j album seems underrated