RichB
25-06-2012, 23:29
First of all thanks for the chance to host an album club thread, I've pondered for a few weeks over what to recommend and rather than go for something which you all may be familiar with I decided to nominate an album which has great personal significance for me as it led me to buy my first system and influenced my musical tastes for a long time to come (I still use this album as reference to this day and own it on both vinyl and CD), hope I'm not breaking any album club rules by nominating a compilation but hopefully on listening you'll understand how this forms a coherent whole.
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Are you sitting comfortably? Artificial Intelligence is for long journeys, quiet nights and club drowsy dawns. Listen with an open mind.
Artificial Intelligence was a compilation album released on Warp Records on 9 July 1992 (see 1992 in music), and subsequently for America in 1993 on the Wax Trax label. The album is the first release in Warp's Artificial Intelligence series.
According to Warp co-founder Steve Beckett, the album was primarily intended for sedentary listening rather than dancing, and this was reflected in the album art, which depicts an android asleep in an armchair with Kraftwerk and Pink Floyd albums at its side:
“ You could sit down and listen to it like you would a Kraftwerk or Pink Floyd album. That's why we put those sleeves on the cover of Artificial Intelligence - to get it into people's minds that you weren't supposed to dance to it! ”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_%28compilation_album%29
excellent in-depth review here which gives more background to the artists: http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2011/05/05/flashback-artificial-intelligence/
spotify:album:34aK04FrYZGC4SMS3WEPIi full album on spotify
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Back in 1992 I was somewhere in between the Grunge and Rave Scene when I found myself back at a friend's house late one night for a post club session. He'd just acquired this cd, transfixed by the excellent cover (a scene I've recreated in my own living room many times!) we put it on his system which at the time comprised a pioneer laser disc player, an old rotel reciever/amp and a hefty pair of mordaunt short floorstanders we called the 'boom-fizz boxes' as that is what they did! This album blew through our rave addled brains like fresh air and opened my eyes to new artists who were making dance music you werent meant to dance too! Many of these artists went on to become well known producers in their own right, this album introduced me to the young Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin), Autechre, Richie Hawtin (Plastikman), Alex Patterson (The Orb), B12, Speedy J and artists who would become Plaid and Black Dog Productions.
The influences were clear and this album led me to seek out more of the pioneers of the hypnotic groove, Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream, Pink Floyd, Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, Robert Fripp and more. This music seemed so ahead of its time. Intelligent electronic music which brought together rave kids, ambient heads, hip-hoppers and ageing hippies alike. I once had to take a long train journey to see a girl i was dating and took this album on a sony walkman and a copy of William Gibson's Neuromancer to keep me company. I was 18 and the future was electronic.
Hope you enjoy
http://img12.nnm.ru/3/f/e/7/f/f67aa7ad261a2c341c01d506a9c.jpg
Are you sitting comfortably? Artificial Intelligence is for long journeys, quiet nights and club drowsy dawns. Listen with an open mind.
Artificial Intelligence was a compilation album released on Warp Records on 9 July 1992 (see 1992 in music), and subsequently for America in 1993 on the Wax Trax label. The album is the first release in Warp's Artificial Intelligence series.
According to Warp co-founder Steve Beckett, the album was primarily intended for sedentary listening rather than dancing, and this was reflected in the album art, which depicts an android asleep in an armchair with Kraftwerk and Pink Floyd albums at its side:
“ You could sit down and listen to it like you would a Kraftwerk or Pink Floyd album. That's why we put those sleeves on the cover of Artificial Intelligence - to get it into people's minds that you weren't supposed to dance to it! ”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_%28compilation_album%29
excellent in-depth review here which gives more background to the artists: http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2011/05/05/flashback-artificial-intelligence/
spotify:album:34aK04FrYZGC4SMS3WEPIi full album on spotify
HVp6NH59d3M
1joiGECwPMA
ClVoVYq4meM
9Nru0SFAKtY
_NyfHbyI4o8
bbW4PdJVW90
Back in 1992 I was somewhere in between the Grunge and Rave Scene when I found myself back at a friend's house late one night for a post club session. He'd just acquired this cd, transfixed by the excellent cover (a scene I've recreated in my own living room many times!) we put it on his system which at the time comprised a pioneer laser disc player, an old rotel reciever/amp and a hefty pair of mordaunt short floorstanders we called the 'boom-fizz boxes' as that is what they did! This album blew through our rave addled brains like fresh air and opened my eyes to new artists who were making dance music you werent meant to dance too! Many of these artists went on to become well known producers in their own right, this album introduced me to the young Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin), Autechre, Richie Hawtin (Plastikman), Alex Patterson (The Orb), B12, Speedy J and artists who would become Plaid and Black Dog Productions.
The influences were clear and this album led me to seek out more of the pioneers of the hypnotic groove, Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream, Pink Floyd, Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, Robert Fripp and more. This music seemed so ahead of its time. Intelligent electronic music which brought together rave kids, ambient heads, hip-hoppers and ageing hippies alike. I once had to take a long train journey to see a girl i was dating and took this album on a sony walkman and a copy of William Gibson's Neuromancer to keep me company. I was 18 and the future was electronic.
Hope you enjoy