Drexciya


Drexciya was an American electronic music duo from Detroit, Michigan, consisting of James Stinson and 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. Tracks were mostly centered around the Roland TR-808 drum machine.
Drexciya, which eschewed media attention and its attendant focus on personality, developed a nautical afrofuturist myth. 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. The myth was built partly on Paul Gilroy's The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness, according to Kodwo Eshun.
In 1997, Drexciya released a compilation album, titled The Quest. The duo released three studio albums: Neptune's Lair, Harnessed the Storm, and Grava 4.
Stinson died suddenly on 3 September 2002 of a heart condition. Donald continues to produce music under other names.

Discography

Studio albums