Re: (313) the drexciyan immersion project (was Re: (313) Drexciya reissues)

[Ronny Pries]

Yeah, Wavejumper. Lost Vessel also got that something something. But for 
some reason i never got around to play that one, dunno why.

WaveJumper is probably my favorite as well...  but as far as general 
listening, The Other People place gets played over and over and over 
again.   But that's easy listening.

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Frank Glazer <cpe1704...@gmail.com 
<mailto:cpe1704...@gmail.com>> 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
    <mailto: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)
    >
    >



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    peace,

    frank

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