I go through Drexciya-fests every now and then, though not to the extent
you are right now. Twenty-four hours of the same artist sounds arduous,
though. I can't imagine listening to that much of anyone's music,
except maybe Atom Heart or Pierre Henry.
My favorite is still Neptune's Lair, especially "Running Out of Space"
and "Lost Vessel"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwqjYhoiKzs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esOSZtSe05E
The Other People Place always hits the spot too!
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On 9/1/2011 6:34 PM, Frank Glazer wrote:
Since August 1st I've been trying to concentrate entirely on devouring
the oeuvre of Gerald Donald and James Stinson (R.I.P.). We're talking
about 24 full hours of music over about 45-50 albums, EPs, and singles
including all their various pseudonyms. The reason I am doing this is
because I find their music to be relatively tricky to wrap my head
around in general, while so many of my friends consider Stinson/Donald
to be among the best of their contemporaries. Specifically a lot of
Stinson/Donald tunes sound particularly chaotic even to my modern ears
well trained in noise, avant garde, and the repetitive loops of
minimal classical (Steve Reich, Philip Glass) and "techno" music. I
wondered if completely saturating my ears with only their music would
change my opinion/enlighten me to their supposed genius at all.
To date I am about halfway through the project based on mostly casual
subway ride listening, and I've not been as diligent in avoiding the
fast forward button as I'd hoped I could be. It's really difficult to
stick to one artist who produced a pretty consistent style of music
without listening to anything else for such an extended period of
time. I do occasionally give my ears a bit of a break and allow myself
to hear some non Stinson/Donald tunage.
To date "Wavejumper" from their 1995 "Aquatic Invasion EP" remains my
absolute favorite Drexciya tune:
http://youtu.be/imKh_TKqHt4
As a side note, the name I've given this experiment - Drexciyan
Immersion Project - is a kind of funny nod to the sci-fi underwater
mythology that Drexciya built around their music/built their music
around.
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Jason Kenjar<jasonk1...@gmail.com> wrote:
an undiscovered track or three would be nice..i can dream rite?
On Sep 1, 2011, at 5:14 PM, Patrick Wacher wrote:
Some interesting news on the wire:
http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2011/09/drexciya-reissues-coming-soon
Sadly, it's been nearly a decade since early '90s Detroit
techno/electro duo Drexciya last released new music. However, we've
just discovered that reissues of the pair's early material will be
surfacing in the near future. Clone Classic Cuts, the reissues imprint
for Dutch label Clone, announced just yesterday: "We will reissue the
early Drexciya catalogue on Clone. We are currently busy restoring the
original master tapes, and hopefully we will have the first one ready
before the end of the year! Of course, we will keep you updated on the
process." No further details were shared, but the news itself is
certainly exciting, to say the least. (via FACT)
