Various Artists – Artificial Intelligence
By 1992, the British rave explosion had generated so much creative energy that seemingly overnight a whole world of new sounds had shot through the cosmos. Coupled with increasingly sophisticated programming software, higher chip capacity, and lots and lots of MDMA, one tribe in the UK gathered together on a compilation called Artificial Intelligence. Released by a fledgling Warp Records, the collection introduced the world to artists including Richard D. James, Autechre, and Alex Patterson. Harnessing the computer’s ability to create seamless polyrhythms, textures and arrangements that would have taken entire orchestras to replicate, the artists on Artificial Intelligence saw the future of computer music, and Warp’s new 30th anniversary reissue further reinforces its import – not to mention that every single track bangs.
Recommended – Full Listen
A1 The Dice Man– Polygon Window
A2 Musicology– Telefone 529
A3 Autechre– Crystel
A4 I.A.O*– The Clan
A5 Speedy J– De-Orbit
B1 Musicology– Preminition
B2 UP!– Spiritual High
B3 Autechre– The Egg
B4 Dr Alex Paterson*– Loving You Live
Artwork [Pixelpainting + Decorating] – Phil Wolstenholme