{"id":88638,"date":"2012-05-12T10:44:36","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T14:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/88638\/machines-exceed-human-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2012-05-12T10:44:36","modified_gmt":"2012-05-12T14:44:36","slug":"machines-exceed-human-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/88638\/machines-exceed-human-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"WHEN MACHINES EXCEED HUMAN INTELLIGENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">The Hacker (Michel Amato) is an electronic producer from France.\u00a0 Inspired by Depeche Mode and early electro, he released Melodies En Sous-sol on his own Good Life label &#8211; following several 12&#8243; singles on DJ Hell&#8217;s Gigolo label.\u00a0 Then he collaborated with Miss Kittin on First Album.\u00a0 It was good timing (right at the start of the electroclash movement).\u00a0 The Hacker toured extensively with Miss Kittin.\u00a0 Then they went their separate ways and worked on their solo albums.\u00a0 The Hacker released Reves Mecaniques in 2004.\u00a0 It is more focused and varied, compared with the earlier material.\u00a0 It is one of my favourite albums.\u00a0 The Hacker has also done remixes for Air, Fischerspooner and Nitzer Ebb (to name a few).<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0FOhJVOPwJg<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">The compilation X was released in 2008.\u00a0 It marked The Hacker&#8217;s tenth anniversary as a producer.\u00a0 The CD contains ten live tracks and three previously unreleased tracks.\u00a0 The DVD contains the full live show plus a one-hour documentary and some bonus material.\u00a0 The Hacker and Miss Kittin reunited, and their second album (imaginatively titled Two) was released in 2009.\u00a0 It is adequate but doesn&#8217;t quite match the vivacity and originality the pair displayed eight years before.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Miss Kittin &amp; The Hacker - 1000 Dreams\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0mJSewIWxZc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gIeuvG6YG-U<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Hardfloor released just three albums, prior to The Best Of Hardfloor (1997).\u00a0 The compilation contains the singles plus a bunch of remixes (on a separate disc).\u00a0 The German duo created a unique sound, simultaneously using up to six TB-303s (the machine which produces those squeaky acid bass lines we&#8217;ve been hearing since the mid-eighties).\u00a0 There have been five more albums, over the past fourteen years.\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t heard any of them (my techno\/trance phase was very brief).<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X_h8NgSJv7k<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Mark Pritchard (ex-Global Communication) has only released one album, as Harmonic 313.\u00a0 The name refers to a research laboratory which conducted various experiments &#8211; or scenarios &#8211; relating to creative artificial intelligence.\u00a0 When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence is an interesting but often frustrating experiment in itself.\u00a0 While it doesn&#8217;t exactly replicate the &#8216;scenarios&#8217; of the Harmonic 313 laboratory (mercifully) the spirit of adventure is present.\u00a0 It has its moments (eg. Falling Away and Quadrant 3).\u00a0 A lot of it is just too disjointed and abstract though.\u00a0 I suppose that is the point, but it doesn&#8217;t make for easy listening.\u00a0 It is a typical Warp Records release.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I8Bx9Vg91S8<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">The Ideal Condition by Paul Hartnoll (the older brother from Orbital) is somewhat more accessible &#8211; and often quite beautiful.\u00a0 The album is less electronic and more acoustic, compared with Orbital&#8217;s output.\u00a0 The rhythms on The Ideal Condition are not strong &#8211; and neither are the vocals.\u00a0 However, the album is pleasant enough.\u00a0 Robert Smith (The Cure) is one of the vocalists (on Please, the second single).\u00a0 The Hartnoll brothers have since resurrected Orbital (see my blog entitled New Orbital).<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul Hartnoll - Patchwork Guilt\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tJXRAm5IS1o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Norwegian singer\/songwriter Kate Havnevik worked with Royksopp, before releasing her debut album.\u00a0 Melankton is not a particularly joyous album.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not really dark though.\u00a0 It is very melodic.\u00a0 The strings (arranged by Havnevik herself) are frequently uplifting.\u00a0 Havnevik is a classically-trained musician and plays the piano and guitars on this album &#8211; as well as doing the singing.\u00a0 She blends classical styles with electronic elements.\u00a0 Some of her songs have been used in television programmes (eg. Unlike Me in Grey&#8217;s Anatomy and Travel In Time in The OC).\u00a0 Fans of Dido may like Kate Havnevik (although Havnevik&#8217;s voice is stronger).<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kate Havnevik-New day\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qRrPdDUqI78?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"4\">Further listening<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"R\u00f6yksopp - Only This Moment\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ze9Oei__Vvg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OcMM_qyyRGs&#038;feature=related<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iJN2ohwYzLc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hacker (Michel Amato) is an electronic producer from France.\u00a0 Inspired by Depeche Mode and early electro, he released Melodies En Sous-sol on his own Good Life label &#8211; following several 12&#8243; singles on DJ Hell&#8217;s Gigolo label.\u00a0 Then he collaborated with Miss Kittin on First Album.\u00a0 It was good timing (right at the start [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5185,5186,5188,108,5187,5184],"class_list":["post-88638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-hardfloor","tag-harmonic-313","tag-kate-havnevik","tag-music-2","tag-paul-hartnoll","tag-the-hacker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}