Artificial Intelligence is a series of albums by Warp Records released in the early 1990s to exhibit the capabilities and sounds of electronic music. 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 intelligent dance music (IDM). An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Warp Records is a pioneering independent UK record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in electronic music. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in the mid-1980s and primarily refers to a particular style developed in and around Detroit and subsequently adopted by European producers. ... Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise. ... The Orb is a British electronic music band known for pioneering the genre of ambient house. ... Aphex Twin (born Richard David James, August 18, 1971, Ireland) is a UK-based electronic music artist, credited with pushing forward the genres of techno, ambient, acid, drum and bass. ... Autechre are an English electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both natives of Rochdale. ... Intelligent dance music or intellectual dance music (IDM) is a rather ambiguous term that covers a range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ...

The original AI series consisted of the following albums and corresponding artists:

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

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. (Surfing on Sine Waves) is an electronic music and early IDM album by Polygon Window, a pseudonym for recording artist Richard D. James, better known by his other alias of Aphex Twin. ... Aphex Twin (born Richard David James, August 18, 1971, Ireland) is a UK-based electronic music artist, credited with pushing forward the genres of techno, ambient, acid, drum and bass. ... B12 are a techno Intelligent dance music band who have had releases on the UKs prestigious Warp Records. ... Black Dog Productions (or The Black Dog) were a musical trio that produced Spanners, a high point of the intelligent dance music genre. ... Richie Hawtin (born June 4, 1970) is a Canadian electronic musician and internationally-touring DJ who was an influential part of Detroit technos second wave of artists in the early 1990s. ... Speedy J, also known as Slagboom van Loon and whose real name is Jochem Paap, is a Dutch techno producer based in the city of Rotterdam. ... Incunabula, released by Warp Records in 1993, is the debut album by the electronic music group Autechre. ... Autechre are an English electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both natives of Rochdale. ... 33â…“ LP vinyl record album The vinyl record is a type of gramophone record, most popular from the 1950s to the 1990s, that was most commonly used for mass-produced recordings of music. ... Interference colors. ...

A video release, entitled (Motion), was also released for the series.