New Drexciya interview archived from Jockey Slut 1999

One of my readers vey kindly sent a new to me Drexciya interview from Jockey Slut (Dec 1999) by Emma Warren. It's been a long time since another interview has surfaced, was beginning to think that was it. 

James Stinson talks about the just released Neptune's Lair on Tresor Berlin and his plans for the millennium, UR and more. There is also a previously unseen illustration by Haqq, which fits in nicely with his original Neptune's Lair artwork. Very nice to read this at last. Check your old magazines for anything we've missed!

I've added it to the Drexciya Speaks post with all the other James Stinson interviews. 

THE AQUA MARINES: THE WEB-FOOTED DETOITES WHO PUT THE "UNDERWATER" IN THE UNDERGROUND - DREXCIYA SPEAK!

Q: What words would you use to sum up Neptune's Lair?

Dimensional, progressive, umm, heavy vibes. Imagination and stimulation. We try to stimulate the mind and the imagination.

Q: What do you want people to get from your album?

The same thing they get when they open their minds to a new perspective. Do the things you feel like, be fee, it kind of reminds me of the hippies (laughs) but those were creative days. Those people invented the computer, which are now running the world.

Q: Explain the aquatic gillmen theory that is frequently referenced in Drexciya releases

Water runs free, it runs wild, it can give life and take life and that's what we are about. We flow where we want to go. We like to keep moving.

Q: A lot of you Detroit contemporaries look to space for inspiration. What attracted you to water? 

I don't follow others. If I was at the bottom of the ocean, I'd be the only person there because only I can go that deep. I try to open everybody else up and say go deep, dive inside yourself'. At the moment we're not using that much of our brains.

Q: How linked are you to UR?

I see myself as a military reserve. If we're needed, we'll be there. We are like Navy Seals. They might have their normal lives  doing the groceries and stuff, but once their pages go off...they're there!

Q: Would you travel on a plane on millennium eve?

Technically, yes, because I don't think anything's going to happen. I have faith that tells me that every other plane might fall out of the sky, but mine won't.

Q: What are you going to do on NYE? 

I might run down the street butt naked. Go jump in the Detroit river. Join the Polar Bear club. It's a rush! 

and we thought you were all serious Detroit electro freaks

Yeah - you got to have different perspectives in life. You got to take a beak sometimes. When you come back, that's when you get fully passed up. That's what keeps ideas coming.

Q: What's next after Neptune's Lair?

After these few interviews you're not going to hear anything from us, apart from a steady flow of releases. We're going to go back into the studio and dig in deep until the other side of the millennium. What does the future hold? Who knows. Wherever the water takes us, we're going.

(interview by Emma Warren)