James Stinson and Gerald Donald (UR) 3 hours 2006

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James Stinson and Gerald Donald (UR) 3 hours 2006

Hailing from Detroit, Stinson and Donald released a wealth of music under a number of different names, but mainly under the mysterious guise of Drexciya. Heavily influenced by Kraftwerk and the godfather of techno, Juan Atkins, Drexciya quickly amassed a cult following after a number of thundering releases on the Underground Resistance label. Stinson and Donald created a world called "Drexciya" which followed on from black science fiction ideas furthered before by the likes of Sun-Ra and George Clinton. The Drexciyan world was underwater, populated by mysterious mermen, which according to them, had survived being thrown overboard off slaveships on the journey from Africa to the Caribbean. The majority of releases from them from 1993 to 1999, which culminated in the classic "Neptunes Lair", were associated with a futuristic nautical theme, with titles such as "Wavejumper", "Bubble Metropolis" and more abstractly, "Lardossan Funk" and "Dr Blowfins Black Storn Stabilizing Spheres".

Whilst Stinson was somewhat of a loner production-wise it seems, Donald's influence spread over the electro scene in Detroit, participating in other bands such as Ectomorph and sharing production duties with UR and others. He also released music and continues to do under the monikers of Japanese Telecom, Arpanet, Heinrich Mueller and Der Zyklus. Donald's work in particular seems to concentrate more on the technical side of science and communication, whereas Stinson's work was more fantastical.

In 2000 Stinson announced the release of "7 storms", 7 LPs that would complete the Drexciyan cycle of records. Between 2001 and 2004 7 LPs indeed were released, but in 2002, Stinson died from heart irregularities at the tender age of 32. It was clear that he knew his time was up.

Gerald Donald continues to make music today, but Drexciya has moved on and into legend. Stinson and Donald defined the genre of electro-techno as their own..

1. Intro
2. Welcome to Drexciya
3. Bubble Metropolis
4. Powers of the Deep
5. Aquarazorda
6. High Tech Nomads
7. Dr Blowfin's Black Storm Stabilizing Spheres
8. You don't Know
9. Z-Turbine (Clarence G)
10. Waterwalker
11. Dimensional Glide (Transllusion)
12. Isotopic Balance (Arpanet)
13. Future Tone (Elecktroids)
14. Nipponese Robots (Japanese Telecom)
15. 4-Data Transfer (Clarence G)
16. Polymono Plexusgel
17. Undersea Disturbances
18. Sea Snake
19. Fusion Flats (Chaos 43 mix)
20. Black Sea
21. Shatterprone (Glass Domain)
22. Lake Haze
23. Polar Coordinates (Der Zyklus)
24. P2101V (Arpanet)
25. Intro
26. Lonely Journey of the Comet Bopp (Shifted Phases)
27. Memories of Me (Transllusion)
28. Gravity Waves
29. Drexcyen R.E.S.T Principle
30. Hydro Theory
31. Making of Ultraman (Japanese Telecom)
32. Aquabahn (remix)
33. Wave Jumper
34. Digital Tsunami
35. Crossing of the Sun-Ra Nebula (Shifted Phases)
36. Andrean Sand Dunes
37. Lifestyles of the Casual (The Other People Place)
38. Cascading Celestial Giants
39. Wireless Internet (Arpanet)
40. Vampire Island
41. Bottom Feeders
42. Doctor Blowfin's Water Cruiser
43. Japanese Animation (Japanese Telecom)
44. Orbital Wavelengths (Arpanet)
45. Walking with Clouds (Transllusion)
46. It's Your Love (The Other People Place)
47. Sighting in the Abyss
48. Neon Falls
49. Bermuda Triange (Abstract Thought)
50. The Last Transmission

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[Kinetic]

Re: James Stinson and Gerald Donald (UR) 3 hours 2006

What an amazing upload. Thank you so much!

It´s sad that this doesn´t get more attention here. Drexciya were amazing.

[tommasson76]

Re: James Stinson and Gerald Donald (UR) 3 hours 2006

thanks man for sharing this one