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Drexciya was an American electronic music duo from Detroit, Michigan, consisting of James Stinson (1969–2002[1][2]) and Gerald Donald.[3]

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Drexciya
Origin	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genres	Detroit techno electro
Years active	1992–2002
Past members	James Stinson Gerald Donald

Career

The majority of Drexciya's releases were in the style of dancefloor-oriented electro, punctuated with elements of retro, 1980s Detroit techno, with occasional excursions into the ambient and industrial genres. They had 3 releases on the highly influential Underground Resistance Detroit record label. Tracks were mostly centered around the Roland TR-808 drum machine.[4]

Drexciya, which eschewed media attention and its attendant focus on personality,[5] developed a nautical afrofuturist myth.[6] The group revealed in the sleeve notes to their 1997 album The Quest that "Drexciya" was an underwater country populated by the unborn children of pregnant African women who were thrown off of slave ships; the babies had adapted to breathe underwater in their mothers' wombs.[7] The myth was built partly on Paul Gilroy's The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness (1993), according to Kodwo Eshun.[8]

In 1997, Drexciya released a compilation album, titled The Quest.[9] The duo released three studio albums: Neptune's Lair (1999), Harnessed the Storm (2002), and Grava 4 (2002).[10]

Stinson died suddenly on 3 September 2002 of a heart condition.[11] Gerald Donald continues to produce music under other names such as Dopplereffekt with To Nhan Le Thi and Japanese Telecom.[1]

Discography

Studio albums

• Neptune's Lair (1999), Tresor
• Harnessed the Storm (2002), Tresor
• Grava 4 (2002), Clone

Compilation albums

• The Quest (1997), Submerge
• Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller I (2011), Clone
• Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller II (2012), Clone
• Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller III (2013), Clone
• Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller IV (2013), Clone

EPs

• Deep Sea Dweller (1992), Shockwave Records
• Drexciya 2: Bubble Metropolis (1993), Underground Resistance
• Drexciya 3: Molecular Enhancement (1994), Rephlex, Submerge
• Drexciya 4: The Unknown Aquazone (1994), Submerge
• Aquatic Invasion (1994), Underground Resistance
• The Journey Home (1995), Warp Records
• The Return of Drexciya (1996), Underground Resistance
• Uncharted (1997), Somewhere in Detroit
• Hydro Doorways (2000), Tresor

Singles

• "Fusion Flats" (2000), Tresor
• "Digital Tsunami" (2001), Tresor
• "Drexciyan R.E.S.T. Principle" (2002), Clone

References

Further reading

• More Brilliant Than The Sun: Adventures In Sonic Fiction by Kodwo Eshun, pp. 06[083] - 06[085] (Quartet Books, London, 1998)
• "The genius of Drexciya in 10 essential releases". Fact. 9 September 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
• Lindsay, Antoin (3 September 2015). "Delving Into The Drexciyan Deep: The Essential James Stinson". Vice. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

External links

• Drexciya at AllMusic
• Drexciya discography at Discogs
• Artist page with extensive discography at Global Darkness
• The Drexciya Research Lab blog

На других языках

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- [en] Drexciya

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[es] Drexciya

Drexciya fue una banda de música electrónica de Detroit, Míchigan. El malogrado James Stinson era el único miembro oficialmente reconocido de Drexciya, pero se consideraba un secreto a voces que tenía un socio, Gerald Donald.

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[ru] Drexciya

Drexciya — одна из самых знаменитых и влиятельных команд в американском экспериментальном техно. Одна из немногих групп, использующих техно как политическое средство для эффективной критики расового неравенства и уничтожения андеграундных сообществ. Они привнесли широчайший социальный и эстетический спектр проблем в стиль, в котором верность биту является единственным условием.

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