Well personally, I salute Frank for (finally!) coming over to the aquatic side.
Even the act of setting out on such a gargantuan task in itself shows a degree of dedication to music which several people whom he respects think is great. That in itself is admirable in my view. I'm sure you'll find many more tracks to your liking. I'm not going to give faves myself - there are simply too many; and I say that fairly sheepishly, as it's true. I'd just remind people of some of the late side projects which were perhaps a little overlooked: not so much Other People Place; more like Lab Rat XL, Shifted Phases, Transllusion (especially the very odd second LP on Rephlex) and the very last LP - 'Hypothetical Situations' by Abstract Thought on Kombination Research. Aside from that, how wonderful it is to see so many of the familiar 'old' names back on the list! Long may it continue, I hope ;-). Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: darnistle [mailto:darnis...@cafe-ebola.com] Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 04:08 AM To: 313@hyperreal.org <313@hyperreal.org> Subject: Re: (313) the drexciyan immersion project (was Re: (313) Drexciya reissues) 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! {}0+>| 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) >> >> > > >
