Drexciya

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Drexciya were a mysterious electro unit from Detroit, Michigan. The late James Stinson was the only officially identified member of Drexciya, but it was considered an open secret that he had a partner, Gerald Donald.

The majority of Drexciya’s releases were in the style of harsh, dancefloor oriented Electro, punctuated with elements of retro, 1980s Detroit Techno, with occasional excursions into the Ambient and Industrial genres.

Drexciya combined a faceless, underground, anti-mainstream media stance with mythological, sci-fi narratives, to help heighten the dramatic effect of their music. In this respect they were similar to artists within and close to the Detroit collective Underground Resistance.

Their name referred to a myth comparable to Plato’s myth of Atlantis, which the group revealed in the sleeve notes to their 1997 album “The Quest”. “Drexciya” was an underwater country populated by the unborn children of pregnant African women thrown off of slave ships that had adapted to breathe underwater in their mother’s wombs.

Reports of Drexciya’s disbanding in 1997 were contradicted two years later when a new Drexciya track appeared on the Underground Resistance compilation Interstellar Fugitives, followed by three more Drexciya albums. It appears that these were the solo work of Stinson. Both he and Gerald Donald continued to be prolific in their respective side projects.

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shamrock08 wrote:
last month

Everyone who loves Drexciya should check out Arpanet (Arpanet = 1/2 of Drexciya9!

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Glampers wrote:
last month

Some more lovin' for Drexciya - classic stuff.

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telephasics wrote:
August 2008

Andrean Sand Dunes and You Don't Know. Nuff said.

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l0v3parade wrote:
August 2008

agree with olizz. Also with numerous aliases point to someone to who had alot of control over his music.

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wielmoznypan wrote:
July 2008

respect.

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Grizz wrote:
July 2008

Drexciya deserve more love and praise

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fuzzpedalino wrote:
July 2008

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olizz wrote:
June 2008

rodanside, yes they were two but the brainchild is considered to have been James Stinson. It is unknown how big part Gerald Mitchell had in the making of the Drexciyan music. So, therefore "he" =)

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laserite wrote:
June 2008

Respect!

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rodanside wrote:
May 2008

Why do people keep referring to Drexciya as he? There were two of em.

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Notabene wrote:
March 2008

nerf! .. dexciya <3 - the myths speak for themselves..

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l0v3parade wrote:
January 2008

glitz

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liaroner wrote:
January 2008

TOP!

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ilovecharts wrote:
January 2008

junner

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breathmint wrote:
November 2007

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kmt000 wrote:
October 2007

!!!!!!!!!,!!!!!!!!!!!

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ZiSTER wrote:
October 2007

我喜欢。一直在听，并且告诉很多人这个不错。

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carlogiova wrote:
September 2007

hello this is carl gowan - born in scotland and living in italy i can describe the music i make as chill out down tempo electronica with a heavy influence m indian and japanese music see the sites www.virb.com/wooferfriendly and www.wooferfriendly.com - with lots of tracks and artwork i like your tracks can i ask you what kind of set up you use??? see u carl g

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tranceplant wrote:
August 2007

may you rest in peace inelligent one

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weet_abix wrote:
May 2007

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