DREXCIYA (+related projects, albums only)

I thought Drexciya was Stinson and Donald together, not just Stinson by himself?

we are all aware that the dopplereffekt guy and the drexciya guy are different guys right?

you'll need to expand on this

xp to tuomas - my understanding is that drexciya became a solo stinson project around 1995

Okay, I really don't know that much about Drexciyan history except a couple of articles I've read online, and the Resident Advisor mini-documentary, and I've never seen any breakdown of who did what on the Drexciya albums... Is there any good source for further information?

There's really not much reliable information on who wrote what but it's believed that Stinson and Donald were Drexciya. It's rumoured that there were a couple of other guys in Elecktroids and I think The Other People Place was a Stinson solo thing

The Elecktroids EP that was just reissued isn't great by the way. I picked up the Elecktroworld album and it's good but I was a bit underwhelmed tbh, not one of their best for me

Is there any good source for further information?

― Tuomas, Tuesday, March 19, 2019 1:12 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no, which is why i thought it was interesting that tlg was getting pedantic about it

This is really cool btw. 'The Book Of Drexciya, Volume One', a graphic novel about their history (and it raised nearly $19,000!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgG-QiChiA8

Oh and this is a great piece on their history.

LBI, that's exactly the mini-documentary I mentioned above, but it doesn't say anything about who made which records... And the Red Bull article you linked seems to confirm Drexciya was a duo effort right until Grava 4.

Sorry, oversaw that you mentioned it already.

In that article, this bit about the Shifted Phases pretty interesting:

Stinson’s death in September 2002 hardly stemmed the tide: Appearing posthumously were another Transllusion album (2002’s L.I.F.E. on Rephlex), Lab Rat XL’s Mice Or Cyborg in 2003 via Clone and Shifted Phases’ The Cosmic Memoirs of the Late Great Rupert J. Rosinthorpe, also released in 2002 via Tresor. At least, the Shifted Phases album is widely believed to have been by Stinson. According to Stoiber, however, Donald gave Stinson the completed album as a wedding present, “so it’s a Gerald record.”

If Shifted Phases is indeed Donald and not Stinson, then that would certainly mean Donald was contributing to Drexciya records post-1995, because the last track on the Shifted Phases album is the same tune as "Song of the Green Whale" on Harnessed the Storm.

"this bit about the Shifted Phases album is pretty interesting"

There was a great Wire piece by Kodwo Eshun that went deep into the mythos surrounding the various incarnations of Drexciya, playing heavily on Paul Gilroy's Black Atlantic.

I threw out all my old Wires last week and can't check which edition. I felt I needed to confess.

the red bull piece mentions and links the piece: https://www.last.fm/pt/user/sannur/journal/2010/12/28/44l6br_fear_of_a_wet_%20planet_-_kodwo_eshun_on_drexc%EE%80%80!a

http://drexciyaresearchlab.blogspot.com/

lotta old articles there if you go back

transllusion l.i.f.e. is maybe the most out-there stinson/drexciya-related release, it is incredible

i am waiting for the day harnessing the storm fully clicks with me

this happened btw, and i am no closer to figuring out what the best drexciya release is

ugh i love drexciya

hell yeah

today i would like to shout out “organic hydropoly spores”

https://www.galwayartscentre.ie/whats-on/the-otolith-group/
Exhibition by Otolith Group that ties in directly with Drexciya , influenced by the mythos etc. & had talks by Kodo Eshun and Deforrest Brown last Saturday. Followed a while later by a dj set by Brown.

Has had me investigating the music of the band. I think I may have read the Kodwo Eshun piece way way back since I've been picking up Wire since the mid 90s.
Tresor seem to be running low on their supply of the reissue if the bandcamp page is anything to go by. May not be but is down to the single digits there. Am I think right that the 2 album length sets include the e,p as bonus tracks or as in one each.
Been listening to individual tracks on Spotify but may not be the best way to immerse myself.

Dopplereffekt live and special guests.

https://www.bl.uk/events/late-at-the-library-drexciyan-realms

wow, would love to go to that
just got the rereleases of the NRSB-11 LP and 12", love the 12" especially

After splitting with his long term girlfriend, and in a moment of weakness, my best mate purchased a physical copy of a pornographic magazine named “Panty Girl” from the local newsagents. Amusingly, there was a review of Drexciya’s Neptune’s Lair in the small music section, which just seemed rather incongruous.

It was a very positive review though.

"A friend", I get you.