artificial intelligence was born in 2005 with the ai series events in madrid as a deep and sincere tribute to the pioneers of the early bleep, braindance and idm sound. thanks to labels such as warp, planet mu, skam records, rephlex... and artists such as richard d. james, autechre, jega, boards of canada

massage brain cult return with a long ep from dj desobediente tip for fans of old sqaurepusher, jega and mid 90s aphex.

the vinyl factory is proud to present an 18-track vinyl edition of µ20, spread across three 12inch records. for a label thats existed in an orbit of its own, on very independent terms, its remarkable that planet mu has survived 20 years. pushing buttons from idm and breakcore to dubstep and grime, and lately footwork, mike paradinas’ (µ-zip) label has a strong history of joining the dots betweens genres by supporting idiosyncratic artists from label stalwart venetian snares to kuedo, machinedrum, boxcutter, vexd, falty dl, luke vibert, ital, jlin and mr. mitch to name just a few. µ20 is a living document of that history. a colourful and adventurous ride across the roster, the compilation features contributions from the current decade as well as some of the old guard, dipping back to the late nineties and early 2000s for a range of noisier, knottier track