tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125932072024-03-18T02:58:36.806+00:00Drexciya Research LabDON'T BE AFRAID OF EVOLUTION email: stephenrennicks72 at gmail dot com + GOING DEEPER -Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger380125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-20656480194321524912024-02-29T11:37:00.006+00:002024-03-13T17:45:12.029+00:00Dopplereffekt - Infinite Tetraspace EP, Arpanet Biometry reissue and more<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOpWtlLGCrL_exgCPf91runV9xhTlZZI-hMDfFxVWaSd3tciLGTBdw-NbcAsSYFB2Yp70E6eErPaoFL-rDvZk3MddATh9VShv9_-EkNCMfah4QoMwSKA-KrTShYDLKHWiGZhVBaCOj5VXR_y4sXeNOrLAs22a2cLV7PSm8OnZhlRPUJQOrbkWQfg/s1240/421849740_788040990017080_6969843817766906352_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOpWtlLGCrL_exgCPf91runV9xhTlZZI-hMDfFxVWaSd3tciLGTBdw-NbcAsSYFB2Yp70E6eErPaoFL-rDvZk3MddATh9VShv9_-EkNCMfah4QoMwSKA-KrTShYDLKHWiGZhVBaCOj5VXR_y4sXeNOrLAs22a2cLV7PSm8OnZhlRPUJQOrbkWQfg/s320/421849740_788040990017080_6969843817766906352_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>There is a new four track Dopplereffekt EP <i>Infinite Tetraspace</i> on Italy's Curtis Electronix due on 1st March. You can pre-order and sample all four tracks on <a href="https://clone.nl/item75192.html">clone.nl</a>, <a href="https://curtiselectronix.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> and more. </p><p>Also in March 2024 there is double vinyl re-press of <i>Biometry</i> (2004) by Der Zyklys on Clone Records' Aqualung label. It was last re-pressed in 2015 (for the first time), a sign I suppose of new fans getting into his forever fresh sounding music, no more so than on this futuristic album. <a href="https://cloneaqualungseries.bandcamp.com/album/biometry" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> link up now.</p><p>There is a new Dopplereffekt remodel included on <i>Digital Entropy</i> by Sheffield's Datashader on Tresor Berlin. You can pre-order the vinyl and digital now on <a href="https://datashader.bandcamp.com/album/digital-entropy" target="_blank">BC</a> and elsewhere online. </p><p>You can now get the <i>It's Amazing</i> EP by Lucie Antunes on <a href="https://lucie-antunes.bandcamp.com/album/its-amazing-ep" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> (digital only). Its been available since last August but only now on BC. It includes a remix by Dopplereffekt.</p><p>Dopplereffekt will be appearing at Houghton Festival, Norfolk, England, which runs from 8th-11th August. Full details <a href="https://ra.co/events/1800839">here.</a> They also have a gig in <a href="https://ra.co/events/1880600" target="_blank">Paris</a> on 30th March and at <a href="https://ra.co/events/1875657" target="_blank">Tresor</a>, Berlin on 26th April .</p><p>Arpanet play live at Portugal's Waking Life Festival, which runs from 19th-24th June 2024. Full details <a href="https://ra.co/events/1804236" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>You can now purchase on 12" vinyl and digital the The Exaltics' <i>Das Heise Experiment - The Remixes</i> on the Solar One Music <a href="https://solaronemusic.bandcamp.com/album/das-heise-experiment-the-remixes" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>. It includes Arpanet's 'Helium Shell Remodel' of 'Zwoelf'.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXr_xYNo4HYeCGDuSBvzmv9_A9szsbtW0sBXtpEhTU9VFPesf84aVsHS_wgnDW9x0mbqNpUyVGMNbgzpDtbUg7-Dt17jSAxN5mRMZjdM-K5rgS2dKAB2emyoX4B2N0UYkISw6F88s7CuTx9DxOHtTdiay-15X5Q2nqsMGYkmK9gOjKlLyL-rOkg/s1186/415181970_767669998720846_1103266503936416609_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="795" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXr_xYNo4HYeCGDuSBvzmv9_A9szsbtW0sBXtpEhTU9VFPesf84aVsHS_wgnDW9x0mbqNpUyVGMNbgzpDtbUg7-Dt17jSAxN5mRMZjdM-K5rgS2dKAB2emyoX4B2N0UYkISw6F88s7CuTx9DxOHtTdiay-15X5Q2nqsMGYkmK9gOjKlLyL-rOkg/w245-h365/415181970_767669998720846_1103266503936416609_n.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><br /><p>'<i>The mutant fishmen are back'</i></p><p>I noticed a Drexciya - <i>Digital Tsunami</i> EP press release/info sheet I hadn't seen or archived here before was shared online. I've cropped it to make it readable. While there doesn't seem to be anything directly from the group in the text, written by UK promo company ePM, it's good to know the exact release date (16/12/01) and interesting to see how they were being marketed by Tresor Berlin at the time.</p><p>One of the best things about doing DRL has been finding pieces of forgotten or not widely known information or in some cases a whole website, World Techno Nation (circa 2001). Stewart Caig was in touch to say he ran this website. He also ran the UK label Digital Soul which had another Drexciya connection. Before social media, Wikipedia, You Tube and Discogs these fan run websites and forums etc were an essential part of various underground music scenes, especially for Techno.</p><p>These Wayback Machine links will take you there</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020614152415/http://www.worldtechnonation.com/pages/Dexcyia.htm" target="_blank">Drexciya biog and discography</a></p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020306075612/http://www.worldtechnonation.com/pages/Ultradyneparty.htm" target="_blank">Ultradyne and Dopplereffekt live in Detroit 2001 review and Ultradyne interview</a> (more info below)</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020420151326/http://worldtechnonation.com/pages/archives.htm" target="_blank">General Interviews</a></p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020411115841/http://worldtechnonation.com/pages/WTN.htm" target="_blank">General Menu</a></p><p>I was looking at the old website for World Techno Nation on the Wayback Machine and one of the most interesting things they had was a review of the Ultradyne and Dopplereffekt show at Eyes Only, Liberal Arts Gallery, Detroit during the DEMF in 2001, which I have written about before. This would have been a very early gig for Dopplereffekt and it seems to have been just Gerald Donald on stage. In the pic (below) you can see the flags from Dopplereffekt's set still up when Ultradyne play. On the same page there is also a good interview with Ultradyne. Nice to find this piece of history.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-nYjAh1gK0qReLaMYKsh8umZakFEOAcKBMt6D71BjVmejrHld9HA-Lr7nkCoHO2KXhtDkf79smKy_LHxCdN4SMXW0tZB9_H_W4MlBFLRcM3plt-YMsxIMMKopkvJmQX2-prX3O52eUU0LBXNcjrn9eO-KezXu4EgOkZRjyh7wxjoLMLWHdCypA/s374/419270053_777876137700232_4149604749259701651_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="328" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-nYjAh1gK0qReLaMYKsh8umZakFEOAcKBMt6D71BjVmejrHld9HA-Lr7nkCoHO2KXhtDkf79smKy_LHxCdN4SMXW0tZB9_H_W4MlBFLRcM3plt-YMsxIMMKopkvJmQX2-prX3O52eUU0LBXNcjrn9eO-KezXu4EgOkZRjyh7wxjoLMLWHdCypA/s320/419270053_777876137700232_4149604749259701651_n.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><br /><p>BMG aka Brendan M Gillen of Ectomorph's 2012 piece on Drexciya for Beatportal is no longer accessible but you can still read it on Wayback Machine <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120113081104/https://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/brendan-gillen-remembers-drexciya-a-tribute/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The Detroit music journalist Dan Sicko's research material has long been held at the University of Michigan since his death. I've known there was tape with a Drexciya interview but didn't know the details until now. It's just over 12 mins long and most likely dates from 1997. I think the quotes were used in his Techno Rebels book and quite possibly Techno: The Rough Guide by Tim Barr (Sicko wrote a few of the entries). You can <a href="https://findingaids.lib.umich.edu/catalog/umich-bhl-2013035_aspace_d74d253265bf0b49cb131580691b1091" target="_blank">request </a>the tape in person or listen online if connected to the campus network (for students and staff only). Text for tape below:</p><p>'[Side 1], Undated</p><p>(First Interview with musician of afrofuturist techno duo, Drexciya. discussion of influences, history and music. Discussion of album The Quest (1997) and others; Second Interview with Adam Sherburne musician of Consolidated regarding current issues in band and music direction. First Interview 0-12:38; Second Interview 12:40-end of tape)</p><p>[Side 2], Undated</p><p>(Interview with former Kraftwerk musician, Florian Schneider at Electric Music Studios. Discussion regarding his solo career, and working with Kraftwerk.)'</p><p>This <a href="https://youtu.be/yo0WSn6J58U?si=9A0uqx1dbysCl0gT" target="_blank">video</a> gives you a glimpse of the <i>HOPE</i> exhibition at Italy's Museion. At 2min 30sec there is the section introduced by DeForrest Brown Jr with music by Drexciya and his part of the show can be seen. </p><p>You can hear Zwischenwelt's 'Materialisation' (2011) used underneath <a href="https://youtu.be/urn3lVghydc?si=imXxxg-nyClIFjhi" target="_blank">'Coven of the Dead'</a> (2021) by German Death Metal band Crypts (the beginning is best place to hear). It's actually a brilliant combination. <a href="https://cryptsdeath.bandcamp.com/album/coven-of-the-dead" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> for Crypts' album of the same name.</p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-31658956432113355762023-12-08T17:02:00.004+00:002023-12-09T09:23:36.400+00:00Drexciya catalogue Spotify playlist and more<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHDdYk9OEt9PTOBLjFKfADUJ5ZKj3tYBmWgf6_XXPTbuDChq6ovzB5OH1QQmafaKIV2CYf0vdsLWyAyZ_Teq3oClQ4N5k1HzxqXJNZA7wBd61Kqmtoaltk93EOVpcGCQbM1XzSaux6JoG5-9T7tLnnK2xwceW49e-Rzu7VmMftcOVH1p7MfGpQQ/s1000/407915957_18400050397038218_1909997953373036819_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHDdYk9OEt9PTOBLjFKfADUJ5ZKj3tYBmWgf6_XXPTbuDChq6ovzB5OH1QQmafaKIV2CYf0vdsLWyAyZ_Teq3oClQ4N5k1HzxqXJNZA7wBd61Kqmtoaltk93EOVpcGCQbM1XzSaux6JoG5-9T7tLnnK2xwceW49e-Rzu7VmMftcOVH1p7MfGpQQ/s320/407915957_18400050397038218_1909997953373036819_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Clone, Tresor and Warp have combined their Drexciya catalogues to create a 144 song playlist on Spotify. It includes music by Drexciya, Transllusion, The Other People Place, Abstract Thought, Shifted Phases and Lab Rat XL. It feels like an historic moment to see them all together like this (total play time is 9hrs 30 mins). The only album that's missing is Transllusion's L.I.F.E (hope this gets reissued someday soon). If you have Spotify it can be accessed <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/73lIC6mXXwMPiCvG5JRPM7?" target="_blank">here </a>(if you don't you can still see the list).<p></p><div>Dopplereffekt created a new various artist <a href="https://soundcloud.com/differentsoundofficial/dopplereffekt-differentsound" target="_blank">mix</a> for Different Sound.</div><div><br /></div><div>There is a new Arpanet remix on box set reissue of Das Heise Experiment by The Exaltics. Bandcamp link <a href="https://solaronemusic.bandcamp.com/album/das-heise-experiment-vol-1-remastered-10-years-anniversary-edition" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>A fan <a href="https://youtu.be/grGqWwGAdq8?si=O5Z6qYqx1eoVD76X" target="_blank">video</a> of Dopplereffekt at British Library. </div><div><br /></div><div>A new Drexciya centred <a href="https://soundcloud.com/crixmadine71/offworld-discoveries-09" target="_blank">radio show</a> by Crix Madine. </div><div><br /></div><div>Be sure to check out the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/drexciyaresearchlab" target="_blank">DRL FB page</a> for daily posts. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-66696010702402398662023-10-10T13:38:00.004+01:002023-10-10T16:56:22.721+01:00NRSB-11 Commodified and self-titled 12" EP reissued and more<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Vw-zILhSMrs3Kg_i671Lbzf_dRKLpN0-x4VHWcN3OggiIbH15PUsjhHOSDXUjAQliptvHcp0LgjK1sfv6Z2tjAOC2blURrLji-hVPMHlSdR1EOurFAgTYWXpmBhny95eWSKF2aGqm7wXn7Pyb8a1F8-N6pefUnXX5hb3HyJ6Z7leQqTVqyAqjw/s1000/422145-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Vw-zILhSMrs3Kg_i671Lbzf_dRKLpN0-x4VHWcN3OggiIbH15PUsjhHOSDXUjAQliptvHcp0LgjK1sfv6Z2tjAOC2blURrLji-hVPMHlSdR1EOurFAgTYWXpmBhny95eWSKF2aGqm7wXn7Pyb8a1F8-N6pefUnXX5hb3HyJ6Z7leQqTVqyAqjw/w363-h363/422145-1.jpg" width="363" /></a></div><br /><p>The long out of press and highly sought after album and self-titled 12" EP by NRSB-11 has been reissued by Disciples (a sub-label of Warp Records). You can get both as a bundle along with a tote-bag exclusively from Bleep now at this <a href="https://bleep.com/release/422145-nrsb-11-nrsb-11-bundle" target="_blank">link</a>. You can also get just the album <i>Commodified</i> on double clear vinyl and CD. The three track 12" EP is also available on clear vinyl and features Nina Kraviz on one track. This is fantastic news and has been one fans have wanted at retail price for a long time. The EP and album were originally released on WeMe Records in 2012 and 2013.</p><p>https://bleep.com/release/410892-nrsb-11-commodified</p><p>https://bleep.com/release/411902-nrsb-11-nrsb-11</p><p><i>'NRSB-11 is the brainchild of Dataphysix (of Drexciya and Dopplereffekt) DJ Stingray 313 (Drexciya's touring DJ), Penelope Martin and Lana Jastrevski. Their sole and wholly singular album Commodified dropped in 2013 on Belgium label WéMè Records, enigmatically and to immediate attention. The ever current affairs of economics, capitalism, and consumer culture resonate deeply through sparing digitised voices, electrical discharges, and illustrious mechanical rhythms.'</i></p><p>There was a live stream of Dopplereffekt's recent show for Machina Bristonica. It's still online and I've just watched it and it's pretty incredible stuff, amazing music from sound-desk and visuals by Maria Mendes. Well worth a look, hopefully it will remain online. You will find their whole set at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/2rsnFJLj-34?si=ZnZhVENr-F8RLqYY" target="_blank">1hr 33min</a>.</p><p>It's always a good day when you discover a new Dopplereffekt remix! One of my readers brought 'It's Amazing (Dopplereffekt Hadron Matrix version)' by Lucie Antunes to my attention. Listen on YouTube <a href="https://youtu.be/93XlBtTqkr8?si=B82Ec5uCY_PmLz0b" target="_blank">here</a> and follow links for download,</p><p>'<i>Dopplereffekt’s remix of 'It’s Amazing' takes the dance record and morphs its playful ambiance into a synthetic conceptual soundscape. On the original track, Lucie craftily layers computer generated vocals into the production, while Dopplereffekt have stripped the robotic vocals to bare bones, reminiscent of Kraftwerk with their pulsating new wave FM synths.'</i></p><p><i></i></p><p>Awesome fun <a href="https://soundcloud.com/edmx/k-n-o-p-p-l-e-r-e-f-f-e-k-t?" target="_blank">track</a> inspired by Dopplereffekt and Dire Straits by the very talented Ed DMX. Love the artwork too.</p><p>There is a new track, 'Artimisia' by Avina Vishnu on their <a href="https://avinavishnu.bandcamp.com/track/artimisia" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>. They are really going back to nature with this project.</p><p>Albert van Abbe is releasing a very special four track EP of Heinrich Mueller remixes he has commissioned in the past, including one exclusive mix. You can get it on digital or as a one-off acetate dubplate. The artwork is by Erwin Thomasse. You can listen to the unreleased remix on <a href="https://vanabbe.bandcamp.com/album/dubplate-000-gerald-donald-remixes?" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> too (pre-order now, out on 19th Oct).</p><p>Andrea Benedetti has made an excellent new James Stinson tribute <a href="https://www.radioraheem.it/andrea-benedetti/james-stinson-tribute-13" target="_blank">mix</a> for Italy's Radio Raheen.</p><p>A 30 minute Gerald Donald <a href="https://youtu.be/0vXtFmSOnZw?si=4lqBbaUZJWnKoPUs" target="_blank">video</a> tribute mix I found. The camera angle is right about the decks and mixer, good stuff. Deal With It No. 3 by DJ Tabi aka Olivia Xhignesse.</p><p>Drexciya are included in this exhibition in Italy from September 30, 2023 – February 25, 2024. Full details <a href="https://www.museion.it/2023/09/hope/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>I found this text on Tresor Berlin's old website back in 2004 via the Wayback Machine. Interesting to note how important 'Positron Island' was to the beginning of their relationship back in 1993.</p><p><i>'The first sightings of this nebulous Detroit Techno/Electro outfit began during 1991, forming close liaisons with Underground Resistance and Submerge. "Staying low and staying true", each instalment of the mighty Drexciya discography narrates fantastic accounts of conflict and survival in the dark depths of unwritten history chapters; tales of ...yesternow. Swimming with stories of `aquatic funk bombs and `Darthouven Fish Men, Drexciyan philosophy, technology and time travel are very real aspects and vital parts to the project.Recording mainly within the UR, Submerge, Shockwave triumverate, Drexciyan outings with labels outside of Detroit have been rare with the exception of one-offs for Warp and Rephlex. Tresor established contact with Drexciya in 1993 via UR with the release of "Deep Detroit Vol. 2: Magic Tracks Compiled by Juan Atkins" featuring Drexciya´s "Positron Island"; the track which for many European youth would become anthemic, sonically defining the magic that is Detroit. Within the then revolutionary climates found in united Germany and other Eastern European countries finding themselves anew, Drexciya was the sound of originality; music for change and identity. Armed with freestyle Electro, Techno and Funk, Drexciya defies categorization and sounds like ...`Drexciya'.'</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkeCm_E0J3s77RRDsQ3kkady1JJBonV3veGoe58HUBPlCQPREPLM1VayvGxPM9dr6djhtmUljmG0tclFfd3swg8WGeFQBOiz0-ydZQD0HJRNZvJj-RoE-lrlpg4Ac_EaQjBmceNEJHij1fUhxCIrGh84A_eyXVa5KUjGQnXVLRHGK-vv8lRvtpTQ/s960/357763808_673696408118206_6713687096905096184_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkeCm_E0J3s77RRDsQ3kkady1JJBonV3veGoe58HUBPlCQPREPLM1VayvGxPM9dr6djhtmUljmG0tclFfd3swg8WGeFQBOiz0-ydZQD0HJRNZvJj-RoE-lrlpg4Ac_EaQjBmceNEJHij1fUhxCIrGh84A_eyXVa5KUjGQnXVLRHGK-vv8lRvtpTQ/w354-h266/357763808_673696408118206_6713687096905096184_n.jpg" width="354" /></a></div><br /><p>One of my readers very kindly shared a photo of the new cover artwork for Tresor Berlin's recent Drexciya reissues. If any of you are visiting there soon it can be found outside Tresor's club. You can also just about make out a James Stinson quote underneath, "An infinite journey to inner space within". It comes from the Liz Copeland interview on Detroit Public Radio in 2002. The sentence was in response to being asked to describe the theme of Drexciya; in full he said, “An infinite journey to inner space, within, and find out the beauty that’s inside and bring it out."</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-5983772971463317142023-07-14T15:30:00.007+01:002023-08-26T12:20:34.606+01:00Drexciya Day 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUtBiJaasTZ9N7eO4iGYQM_gcua4zb6cL2WHx7QuXCnzH-vMAF0r91YxfaTeIcirQwbZE96FMdmIDzVWoUVyVZQAY1Zvj9ZxTTZlqgIvroXNwgdC3FRTpI0v4ZopVBf0ocTySu5-Zxflr2z5yjiE-j43NxaxgU9xtt9YJEVIxUU0OsaxtMNakt1Q/s5105/DSC_0317.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3230" data-original-width="5105" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUtBiJaasTZ9N7eO4iGYQM_gcua4zb6cL2WHx7QuXCnzH-vMAF0r91YxfaTeIcirQwbZE96FMdmIDzVWoUVyVZQAY1Zvj9ZxTTZlqgIvroXNwgdC3FRTpI0v4ZopVBf0ocTySu5-Zxflr2z5yjiE-j43NxaxgU9xtt9YJEVIxUU0OsaxtMNakt1Q/w402-h254/DSC_0317.JPG" width="402" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span>‘A date for your diaries. A unique central London Drexciya event is soon to be announced for Friday 3rd November’. I have been allowed to share this much and while this event is happening outside of the Drexciya Day period, I thought it belonged here, more info soon. EDIT: It will be Dopplereffekt live with special guests at the British Library, full details <a href="https://www.bl.uk/events/Late%20at%20the%20Library%20Drexciyan%20Realms?utm_campaign=1443147" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p><span>There will be a Drexciya Day event in Rome on Sat 2nd September, I will put up a link when I have it but for now they say this. <i>'This time for the annual meeting we have been doing since 2017 to remember the disappearance of James Stinson/Drexciya we change space and from Spin with Fabrizio Rega we move to Forte Antenna. At the time it was 15 years old and every year it seems more for the depth of the music that has left us, one of the greatest expressions of Techno Detroit has given us and that today seems even more unreachable. Forte Antenne has given us the opportunity to celebrate it in the Forte Court from 19.00 to 5.00. Paolo Monti aka T/Error, Alessio Qu Er Vernuccio aka Akkaelle, Bob Arctor and the Giano Electronics crew will be there. If you’re in the area come on by! More info soon.'</i></span></p><p><span>Clone Records have announced the reissue of <i>Grava 4</i>, Jack Peoples EP, Abstract Thought EP and the Transllusion EP for the first week of September, bang in the middle of the Drexciya Day period.</span></p><p>The 21st anniversary of James Stinson's death will be in about six weeks time, 3rd September. Since 2017 fans around the world have been celebrating his music on or around this date on what has become known as 'Drexciya Day'. </p><p>As ever there is no pressure from DRL as this concept originally happened spontaneously and I simply remind people about it and promote whatever anyone feels like doing that year. Previously fans have organised DJ nights, radio shows and online events. The former have ranged from a small get together in a bar or café to larger events.</p><p>If anyone wants to organise something please let me know and I will be very happy to share it at the top of this post and on the DRL FB page. Email or contact me through the DRL FB page with an FB event link or whatever. Please use #drexciyaday2023 for your events. </p><p>Thanks</p><p><br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><br /></div></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-87837784710934608132023-07-13T18:47:00.002+01:002023-07-13T18:47:36.459+01:00Heinrich Mueller - False Vacuum Vol. 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8a4SZUNgXtRZNtAyO4ZCpZq7k9fC9hs1E-mkGRQFMYXaQOE1zerDe9El_sleGmfoZPIx_iZAewrnrz-xGFxSkftWOAfYTc1rmASn_xn035XlN6OHGZ68Hj4NEJcLNGlWjzrQrzPyhLUABr3CLZGjEnWXoLtyp7QkLXaPBCm5rTcalz4jx74a0Ug/s700/CS957261-01A-BIG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="700" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8a4SZUNgXtRZNtAyO4ZCpZq7k9fC9hs1E-mkGRQFMYXaQOE1zerDe9El_sleGmfoZPIx_iZAewrnrz-xGFxSkftWOAfYTc1rmASn_xn035XlN6OHGZ68Hj4NEJcLNGlWjzrQrzPyhLUABr3CLZGjEnWXoLtyp7QkLXaPBCm5rTcalz4jx74a0Ug/w366-h366/CS957261-01A-BIG.jpg" width="366" /></a></div><br /><p>WeMe Records have announced a second collection of Heinrich Mueller remixes/remodels <i>False Vacuum Vol. 2</i>. This time they have selected thirteen of these rare tracks, three of which will be on vinyl for the first time. It will be available from 17th September. You can pre-order a 2LP turquoise coloured vinyl now from <a href="https://wemerecords.com/shop/heinrich-mueller-false-vacuum-2-2lp-turquoise-solid-vinyl-pre-order" target="_blank">WeMe</a> only.</p><p>It is also available now to pre-order on regular black 2LP from places like Clone and Juno. It's really great to see a second volume of these being made available and it's something I've been keen to see happen for a long time. To help out I nominated some of the remixes and wrote the promo text as well (below). You can listen to samples of all the tracks at the link above. I've updated the Heinrich Mueller remix/remodel <a href="https://drexciyaresearchlab.blogspot.com/2022/04/all-known-heinrich-mueller-interviews.html" target="_blank">list</a> at this link too, so you can see what is still uncollected on these compilations (ripe for volume 3).</p><p>'Its been five years since Belgium’s WeMe Records lovingly selected the first ever collection of Heinrich Mueller’s (Drexciya/Doppleffekt) best remixes/remodels for a new generation of listeners that won’t have to pay collector prices to have them on vinyl. Volume 2 of False Vacuum is now with us and still has riches to choose from. These 13 rare and hard to find tracks (3 of which make their vinyl debut) all deliver in different ways as he systematically reinvents each one.</p><p>Beginning with his raw and now classic remix of Ultradyne’s ‘Clones’, the hard-edged dance-floor friendly ‘Woman’s Scent’ by Cisco Ferreira (The Advent), the more laidback and futuristic sounding ‘Bohrium 274’ by Jauzas the Shining and Victoria Lukas, the slow and mysterious and first time on vinyl ‘Somehow’ by Rough Days For Diamond Trade, reinventing the darkest of dance-floors on ‘Rytumtraks 0002’ by Albert van Abbe, the moody masterpiece and first time on vinyl ‘Now We Continue’ by White Car, Duplex’s ‘Autoslug’ sounding like its been rearranged inside a black-hole, a balancing act between the light and darkness on Fasenuova ‘Cachito Turulo’, an insistent rise and falling workout for As One’s ‘Where Did He Go and Why’, a tightly wound and almost meditative ‘The Truth’ by The Exaltics, an angular stomping march of the robots ‘Longwang’ by 6D22, a jumpy fidgety groove for first time on vinyl ‘Forty Eight Hours’ by Yan Wagner and perhaps one of his most sublime pieces is kept for last with ‘So Long For A Small Storm’ by Dollska.'</p><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-9369718613737016242023-07-04T15:50:00.006+01:002023-07-04T15:51:25.575+01:00New James Stinson pic, L.A.M., Clarence & Glass Domain reissues, Arpanet & Dopplereffekt live and more<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGRiJMiWFA7SLEUnyaA4DnbO-CekBAn1qtqzl3-Ol0FVXY3a02IT4RqH5PMVIHE0iw3LYhPt4lB5pjoaD5yxzox_hcEpXraULFvvoD81Bocz5hJJRu3bioqeMMTbcQVA81LweNpXdZEJm226_7f5pzHnzYbsKI8q1QGSJVGHd59tHuaU9ila475Q/s1083/350519306_3124531187848326_6485105823130127362_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="1083" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGRiJMiWFA7SLEUnyaA4DnbO-CekBAn1qtqzl3-Ol0FVXY3a02IT4RqH5PMVIHE0iw3LYhPt4lB5pjoaD5yxzox_hcEpXraULFvvoD81Bocz5hJJRu3bioqeMMTbcQVA81LweNpXdZEJm226_7f5pzHnzYbsKI8q1QGSJVGHd59tHuaU9ila475Q/w382-h155/350519306_3124531187848326_6485105823130127362_n.jpg" width="382" /></a></div><br /><p>One of my readers kindly let me know they had shared a Submerge distribution catalogue from 1994 on their <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Csn8aW2RnOc" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set?set=a.10153747381126532&type=3" target="_blank">FB </a>accounts. I gave it a quick look (quite small online) and wondered who was in the UR photo. I checked the full-size image and recognised a very rare sighting of James Stinson, referred to in the text as '<i>1 Militant Sea Dweller'.</i></p><p>The manoeuvres UR were on would most likely have been their trip to New York's New Music Seminar in 1991 or perhaps '92 (when UR played live). In the 2017 Red Bull Music about this legendary first visit (where they all wore UR T-shirts) both Terrence Parker and Agent X were definitely there. If this is correct it's interesting to know that James was part of the crew from even before Drexciya's debut <i>Deep Sea Dweller</i> EP was released or certainly by '92 (which obviously 'sea dweller' references).</p><p>This was a hugely important event for UR to make their mark on the industry and it's even when they met people from Tresor for the first time (at '91 event). As you can see they all look like they were having a great time. </p><p>Please look for similar stuff in your collections!</p><p>Clone Records have re-pressed the full trilogy of pre-Drexciya releases. Clarence's <i>Hyperpace Sound Lab</i> 12" EP, Life After Mutation's <i>Balance of Terror </i>12" EP and Glass Domain's s/t titled 12" EP. They are all available now from clone.nl and all good record stores</p><p>There is a free Arpanet show in Paris on 16th July. It is part of a Post-Web conference. You have to RSVP them, more details <a href="https://ra.co/events/1735199" target="_blank">here</a> and it says 'futuristic/cosmic/cybernetic costumes encouraged'.</p><p>Dopplereffekt play Bristol at a <a href="https://ra.co/events/1250668" target="_blank">festival</a> on 30th September.</p><p>This is a really good and brand new James Stinson and Gerald Donald <a href="https://www.feelmybicep.com/fmb-mixtape-215-phil-lucas" target="_blank">mix</a> by Phil Lucas. He also wrote a text to go with it, some of which is below, enjoy. </p><p>One of my readers tipped me off to this excellent remix of Dopplereffekt's 'Satellites' by Glasgow's Fear-E. It's also make your own price/free if you want to download from <a href="https://fear-e.bandcamp.com/track/dopplereffekt-satellites-fear-es-hovering-over-the-earth-remix" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>.</p><p>Clone Records are celebrating 31 years and will be releasing a new boxset compilation <i>Sonic Transmutations</i>. It's quite a line-up and well done to them. From a DRL perspective, Dopplereffekt rarity 'Dyson Sphere' is included. It was last seen on vinyl in 2012 on an obscure Spanish festival compilation. You can sample all the tracks from the comp at this <a href="https://soundcloud.com/clone-nl/sonic-transmutations-clone-records-19922023-c31" target="_blank">link</a>.</p><p>The All Trades and Prieste5s collaborative EP is now available. They won a contest run by Brighter Sound to tie in with Drexciya Day in Manchester last year. As well as digital there is a limited run 12" dubplate w/ A3 Artwork by Abu Qadim Haqq on <a href="https://interlockliverpool.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-depths" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>.</p><p>Ayana V. Jackson has a new Drexciya inspired art <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/may/09/from-the-deep-drexciva-smithsonian-washington" target="_blank">show </a>on at Washington's Smithsonian from now until 29th Jan 2024. This is the second stage of her project, <i>From the Deep: In the Wake of Drexciya</i>, that I've shared and I continue to be in awe of the lengths she has gone to realise her vision.</p><p>A fan has made an AI generated animated extension of the cover of The Other People Place's <i>Lifestyles of the Laptop Cafe</i> on <a href="https://youtu.be/p6lb14V82lA" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. If you've ever wanted to hear and see more of that forest and see what might be in that room then enjoy the ride. Look out for the Drexciya logo, I missed it the first time I watched. This now iconic artwork was created by The Designers Republic and released on Warp Records in 2001.</p><p>I wrote a <a href="https://www.galwayartscentre.ie/whats-on/the-otolith-group-a-sphere-of-water-orbiting-a-star/" target="_blank">review </a>of <i>A Sphere of Water Orbiting a Star</i> by The Otolith Group at Galway Arts Centre that you can read at this link (exhibition runs until 1st July). The show is very much inspired and informed by Drexciya and the voice of Gerald Donald is featured in both films. The subject of their origin story and more is raised. Well worth a visit if you can, if not I hope the review can suffice.</p><p><i>'Drexciya's Aquatic Invasion was one of the first records Koreman purchased, he told Resident Advisor, and he tried repeatedly to commission a remix from members James Stinson and Gerald Donald in the late '90s, with no success. After a few conversations with Mike Banks, Koreman received a message on his answering machine saying, "Drexciya don't have no phone, but they are too busy to do your remix." '</i></p><p>Back in 2017 Drvg Cvltvre released a 12" EP <i>H-World: Recolonization</i> that was inspired by Drexciya. I did share it here on the DRL FB page at the time but not this part of the article for Resident Advisor. There are still copies in stock at <a href="http://clone.nl">clone.nl</a> too.</p><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-23852833042460228312023-05-08T12:10:00.002+01:002023-05-08T12:11:10.834+01:00Gerald Donald guide on Accolades, The Otolith Group in Galway preview and more<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKysoa6fAq2lLtt7S-VPYazT72xSDX9dGsmpn0s0AQTjek15dBJO51HfGkAzSI-K9HqW7iatAMitGZYjGyOMHvVinm0Wc9la_qKy9W7zOrAqojjfDVfCAgYPAczSIZxcNYDnl5tT8CdGjSFTG1SavUfvmqA6Uujbw7akio3N-ZFEwUojpfER8/s579/Untitled%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="579" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKysoa6fAq2lLtt7S-VPYazT72xSDX9dGsmpn0s0AQTjek15dBJO51HfGkAzSI-K9HqW7iatAMitGZYjGyOMHvVinm0Wc9la_qKy9W7zOrAqojjfDVfCAgYPAczSIZxcNYDnl5tT8CdGjSFTG1SavUfvmqA6Uujbw7akio3N-ZFEwUojpfER8/w383-h193/Untitled%201.jpg" width="383" /></a></div><p>A <a href="https://youtu.be/AV0g_sl3NwM" target="_blank">video</a> interview with DJ Prime Cuts of Scratch Perverts talking to Crate Records about the music of Gerald Donald for their <i>Accolades</i> series (12 mins). Worth book-marking and watching when you can. </p><p>Dopplereffekt are on the bill for this <a href="https://ra.co/events/1699946" target="_blank">festival</a> in Mongolia, 10th June 2023.</p><p>New Drexciya related work from The Otolith Group at Galway Arts Centre, Ireland (13th May - 1st July). The opening includes a talk with The Otolith Group and DeForrest Brown Jr plus a DJ set by the latter. Full details at <a href="https://www.galwayartscentre.ie/whats-on/the-otolith-group" target="_blank">link</a>. </p><p><i>‘A Sphere Of Water Orbiting A Star’, conceived by The Otolith Group in collaboration with sound designer and composer Tyler Friedman for Galway Arts Centre, features unreleased recordings of conversations between Gerald Donald of Detroit Techno duo Drexciya and Kodwo Eshun, along with films made in Galway at the mouth of the River Corrib as it enters the Atlantic Ocean.</i></p><p><i>‘A Sphere Of Water Orbiting A Star’ is an immersive audio visual environment, conceived as a guide to the imagination, exploring a liquid world orbiting a binary star system through the sonic portal of Drexciya.'</i></p><p>You can also watch the trailer and rent <i>Hydra Decapita</i> (2010) by The Otolith Group at this Vimeo <a href="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/hydradecapita" target="_blank">link</a>. The particular section used for the trailer (1 min) is actually really interesting because you can hear Gerald Donald talking about the origins and nature of Drexciya/Drexciyans. </p><p>I've updated the Discography <a href="https://drexciyaresearchlab.blogspot.com/2018/10/discography-2018.html" target="_blank">post</a> on DRL and have now included official stream and digital download links as well. Its been designed as an 'at a glance' guide to Drexciya and all the other related projects I cover here. It's everything I'm aware of and when it was first and last pressed. If there's anything I've missed please let me know, enjoy.</p><p><i>"Between ’98 and ’06 I was working menial jobs and doing minimal production, but nothing that was released with the exception of a mix I did on Ken’s first 12″. It was a strange period for sure. I was a little too focused on chilling. It took the DEMF and a meeting with James Stinson to snap me out of a malaise that I was in."</i></p><p>Great 2010 DJ Stingray 313 interview in Little White Earbuds (full interview <a href="https://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/feature/lwe-interviews-sherard-ingram" target="_blank">here</a>). </p><p>The new <i>Nativist</i> EP from Ultradyne is now available on vinyl at various places online and elsewhere and digitally from their <a href="https://pigaomovement.bandcamp.com/album/nativist" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>.</p><p>Anders Wimpelman has made another great Drexciya and related themed <a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/anders-wimpelman/dont-be-afraid-of-evolution-a-tribute-to-james-marcel-stinson-and-gerald-donald" target="_blank">mix</a>. I like how he includes so many different projects of James Stinson and Gerald Donald as well as interview snippets as well. Part 2 of mix <a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/anders-wimpelman/bunch/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-74519175810590105812023-04-03T16:00:00.004+01:002023-04-06T09:37:03.815+01:00Heinrich Mueller False Vacuum Vol. 2, DJ Mag Drexciya long read, Gedankenexperiment reissue, Dopplereffekt live in Berlin and more<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJH1KY-eTLRzGEDm8f0Rh_8_-YQL_zzvQmsKCiPTfcJv-clOHO5pc1-oPsjyZNI0YkoN9Fd6YkOcRXl0KFlZRHCHKY3Auu-06pSBiJlZ1vptTJQxdzy0OQo7iKuLjLMjceBebBv-V0Fut4SlSjEUuwxRzNr7wUaXesVCSKXWTf_iNirHKlso/s960/332185886_1185856842290891_1793136014103849891_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJH1KY-eTLRzGEDm8f0Rh_8_-YQL_zzvQmsKCiPTfcJv-clOHO5pc1-oPsjyZNI0YkoN9Fd6YkOcRXl0KFlZRHCHKY3Auu-06pSBiJlZ1vptTJQxdzy0OQo7iKuLjLMjceBebBv-V0Fut4SlSjEUuwxRzNr7wUaXesVCSKXWTf_iNirHKlso/w394-h394/332185886_1185856842290891_1793136014103849891_n.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><p>WeMe Records have been in touch with an exclusive, they will have a second volume of Heinrich Mueller's <i>False Vacuum</i> available by the end of the year (WeMe313.33). They have been compiling the cream of his remix/remodel work since 2018. Vol. 1 is sold out but you can check it out <a href="https://wemerecords.com/shop/heinrich-mueller-false-vacuum-2lp-blue-vinyl-pre-order/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>DJ Mag has a new <a href="https://djmag.com/features/how-drexciyas-quest-embedded-detroit-acts-mythology-dance-music-history" target="_blank">long read</a> about Drexciya. It was written by Ben Cardew and he takes his starting point as <i>The Quest</i> and gives an excellent overview of their career as well as putting their music in the context of today. He also looks at the development of their mythology and includes plenty of James Stinson quotes, well worth your time.</p><p>Dopplereffekt have a live <a href="https://ra.co/events/1680077" target="_blank">show</a> at RSO, Berlin on 27th April with visuals by Maria Mendes (who made the cover art and more for <i>Neurotelepathy</i>). For the record they also played a show in Oslo on 31st March. </p><p>Gedankenexperiment's <i>Experiment Defined</i> 12" EP is now reissued on vinyl with one extra track, 'Radiation Vacuum', on Spain's Apena Records. This collaboration between Heinrich Mueller and Beta Evers was originally released on WeMe Records in 2011. You can sample all the tracks on the <a href="https://www.juno.co.uk/products/gedankenexperiment-experiment-defined/927417-01" target="_blank">Juno player</a> and at many more other online shops. </p><p>A New York show by MIROVAYA LINIYA and others was streamed and you can watch it at this<a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/di7dRWOXEbg" target="_blank"> link</a>. Their show starts around 17 mins.</p><p>I came across the rare 1994 Mike Banks/Underground Resistance cover story for <i>Jockey Slut</i> at this <a href="https://testpressing.org/archive/mad-mike-underground-resistancejockey-slutjuly-1994" target="_blank">link</a>.</p><p>DeForrest Brown Jr. has made an impressive two hour Drexciya themed <a href="https://soundcloud.com/carharttwip/carhartt-wip-radio-april-2023" target="_blank">mix</a> ('The Myth of Drexciya') with an <a href="https://www.carhartt-wip.com/en/journal/music/radio/2023/04/artist-feature-deforrest-brown-jr.-on-drexciya" target="_blank">interview</a> to go with it for Carhartt Work In Progress. At the end of the mix there is a brief excerpt from <i>Hydra Decapita</i> (2010) by The Otolith Group where you can hear ‘The Author’ aka 'Remnant of a Hydrogen Element' aka Gerald Donald speaking about Drexciya which is followed by the rare Dopplereffekt track 'Ascension of Genetic Intelligence' (preview edit of track <a href="https://youtu.be/KzS94xDb1FY" target="_blank">here</a>).</p><p>I thought this part of Brown's interview was also important to note and archive here:</p><p><i>'From what I understand, James Stinson was very intentional when he talked to journalists and how that interacted with the maps, liner notes, and track titles of each release. In my conversations with Gerald Donald, I found that the scientific potentiality of Drexciya was a philosophical theory similar to how Plato used the lost city of Atlantis as a way of thinking about societies outside of Athens on a kind of game board. This type of game theory and speculative fiction is what initially attracted me to techno – as a writer, avid listener, and musician, I wanted to explore the world that they built together while jamming in Stinson's mother's basement.'</i></p><div>One of my readers kindly brought these early Drexciya reviews to my attention. They both come from <i>Music Week</i>. The Deep Sea Dweller EP review was penned by Loftgroover aka Tony Collins and <i>Bubble Metropolis</i> was reviewed by DJ and producer Steve Bicknell. The date of the magazine can also give us a better idea of what time of the year they were released. Assuming these were new when reviewed I would now put <i>DSD</i> at about Oct/Nov '92 and <i>Bubble Metropolis</i> at May/June '93.</div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAl5MjL79bvSpOajfRHkLgQXqkqAWqylhVGT3AwYNGGW68KrCz9gHA1yUI3WorCf1O6pM0czKn7mJ3huNgmKvxR6QTXp2Yg8U7sx3L39FHI8rog8CSnffdQanxrxe4zy8-3M5-N_5B5sWLrHgoH-kPbm-JZSE1r4KH65Yi3XmqUQ5gaZ4Rsa0/s648/330969489_2818885804910062_7110562075594934124_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="417" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAl5MjL79bvSpOajfRHkLgQXqkqAWqylhVGT3AwYNGGW68KrCz9gHA1yUI3WorCf1O6pM0czKn7mJ3huNgmKvxR6QTXp2Yg8U7sx3L39FHI8rog8CSnffdQanxrxe4zy8-3M5-N_5B5sWLrHgoH-kPbm-JZSE1r4KH65Yi3XmqUQ5gaZ4Rsa0/w250-h388/330969489_2818885804910062_7110562075594934124_n.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVxuMcRW5tupjI4KvwzT66Bw9Ds_xA9nFRLVbSbAyXeRqFsVcdm1aUYvyQ-5mOKG5C1pgsiLkMebG0owLce-ph8hfnCZt6EbIOxjLD0xWo4su9o5FDHgrYRU7UmboebmDRnMdDRpJ5m46tmOxv6Mh3nUcrcknRDCuNbHgvvL_1J9u8h3BDjc/s288/331061439_549312060311907_3888233163131871042_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="288" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVxuMcRW5tupjI4KvwzT66Bw9Ds_xA9nFRLVbSbAyXeRqFsVcdm1aUYvyQ-5mOKG5C1pgsiLkMebG0owLce-ph8hfnCZt6EbIOxjLD0xWo4su9o5FDHgrYRU7UmboebmDRnMdDRpJ5m46tmOxv6Mh3nUcrcknRDCuNbHgvvL_1J9u8h3BDjc/s1600/331061439_549312060311907_3888233163131871042_n.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-24761441016696213222023-01-23T14:09:00.006+00:002023-02-08T14:09:12.237+00:00Abstract Thought and Shifted Phases albums reissued after 20 years<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxavrvG-trYIBb_X_7_AEXwTqRilhO0rxnnT6CWoRoFiiDAgiT7CRmo81rwZaYTEIvIzCnWWY9EgjdL-gpLnz4k1-8Zj9Mnv7_gJdPDpJ2wfej1FSk00xlqNdFNePb9B8QvxJfTawSFkgzdgA1S3uoWNhi2P1WquIYSDYujoDuIlHR22P-0w/s950/320332634_1895972874088307_2363608131040676112_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="950" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxavrvG-trYIBb_X_7_AEXwTqRilhO0rxnnT6CWoRoFiiDAgiT7CRmo81rwZaYTEIvIzCnWWY9EgjdL-gpLnz4k1-8Zj9Mnv7_gJdPDpJ2wfej1FSk00xlqNdFNePb9B8QvxJfTawSFkgzdgA1S3uoWNhi2P1WquIYSDYujoDuIlHR22P-0w/w365-h365/320332634_1895972874088307_2363608131040676112_n.jpg" width="365" /></a></div><p>Clone Records have announced they are reissuing and are now taking pre-orders for <i>Hypothetical Situations</i> (2003) by Abstract Thought. There seems to initially be a limited orange double vinyl edition exclusive to clone.nl (one per customer). They say it's also possible to pre-order regular black as well (promo text below). Expected release date is 27th Feb. Order from them <a href="https://clone.nl/item71740.html" target="_blank">here</a> and on <a href="https://cloneaqualungseries.bandcamp.com/album/hypothetical-situations" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>.</p><p>This is very long awaited reissue and was one of Drexciya's Storm Series. Back in October DRL ran some posts about the album (scroll down) and maybe this got a dialogue going with the original label Kombination Research or else it has been in the pipeline for sometime as this is its 20th anniversary, either way it's great to have the album widely available again for new and old fans.</p><p>On I think the same day Tresor opened the pre-order for the equally long awaited Shifted Phases album, <i>The Cosmic Memoirs of the Late Great Rupert J. Rosinthrope</i> (2002) (more info below). That makes all but one (Tranllusion's L.I.F.E.) of Drexciya's Storm Series to have now been reissued since first release and some very recently. This is great news and it has been a long journey for the fans who year after year created the demand which the labels have fulfilled.</p><p><i>'Re-issue of Drexciya's 4th storm! Another seminal work of 6 Futuristic deep & Drexciyan Electro/Techno tracks. Hypothetical questions translated into music by one of the visionaries of contemporary electronic music. ''Music beamed through Dimensional Waves by Abstract Thought...''</i></p><p><i>Remastered from the original session tapes.</i></p><p><i>Limited Clone.nl exclusive on Orange Flame coloured vinyl in premium glossy jacket with heavy weight color innersleeves. First come, first serve! (Please ask specifically if you want a black vinyl copy when ordering)'</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSGGY4mKPBUfBJR0tmT0E0VVK49aci1sJw5KhnKOiKOkXBZWhBleaoadVxlcrmUbkIca23oWp63pFrgRWZVlY0L7Pfm-0Dnqttga6vCYIIxpZdTl2Z375fDUzl70aagBeSe0aSn4D_3IpaOdJ2ycQszj9uEzjB2PXdm6SW8nyilFDr2zF9oY/s1200/a4132963085_10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSGGY4mKPBUfBJR0tmT0E0VVK49aci1sJw5KhnKOiKOkXBZWhBleaoadVxlcrmUbkIca23oWp63pFrgRWZVlY0L7Pfm-0Dnqttga6vCYIIxpZdTl2Z375fDUzl70aagBeSe0aSn4D_3IpaOdJ2ycQszj9uEzjB2PXdm6SW8nyilFDr2zF9oY/w354-h354/a4132963085_10.jpg" width="354" /></a></div><p>Tresor Berlin are also now taking <a href="https://tresorberlin.bandcamp.com/album/the-cosmic-memoirs-of-the-late-great-rupert-j-rosinthrope" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> pre-orders for the very long awaited reissue of Shifted Phases' <i>The Cosmic Memoirs Of The Late Great Rupert J. Rosinthrope</i> (2002) in special edition form. It comes with new artwork by Matthew Angelo Harrison and the vinyl is now in triple with CD extra tracks 'Alien Distress Call' and 'Crossing Of The Sun-Ra Nebula' included. It comes in silver and regular black vinyl editions as well as CD (available 31st March). They have also written notes just for this release which I've included below.</p><p><i>'In early 2023, Tresor Records will reissue the sole output from Shifted Phases entitled The Cosmic Memoirs Of The Late Great Rupert J. Rosinthrope. Initially released in 2002, soon after James Stinson passed away, this LP plays a mysterious and compelling role in the Drexciya journey. While other records of Drexciya and related projects have received numerous reprints and editions, The Cosmic Memoirs... has remained out of print since its release. This rarity leaves it more open to interpretation with its place in the Drexciyan storm series, as it became increasingly hard to find and underexplored.</i></p><p><i>Track titles Solar Wind, White Dwarf, and Lonely Journey of the Comet Bopp reveal a focus on cosmic realms, suggesting a link with the Drexciya LP Grava 4 that moves from the underwater to the galactic. As it launches with mechanical blows on a precise orbit, each repetition entrenches the gravitational pull in the galaxy of Shifted Phases. In many places, it sounds like the readout of frequencies harvested from outer space, pockmarked with packet loss from the millions of kilometres distance travelled.</i></p><p><i>The music is hard to contain, intuitively restless in motion through its unfolding universe and achingly resonant. It shapeshifts across affectedly melodic sequences such as in Lonely Journey..., to the sparse, hard-hitting timbres found in Alien Vessel Distress Call and the mangled reverse vocals in The Freak Show, somewhat reminiscent of another Drexciya side-project, Glass Domain. The mythology of Drexciya is evident in how keenly James Stinson and Gerald Donald created their imaginary worlds. In Crossing Of The Sun-Ra Nebula, there is an undisputable reference to another Afro-futurist who delved deep into a galaxy of their own making.</i></p><p><i>This reissue does not merely close the loop on Tresor's reissue series of the Drexciya catalogue but brings Shifted Phases to fresh ears more than other records. Accompanied by newly commissioned artwork from Matthew Angelo Harrison, the 3xLP vinyl reissue also features the tracks Crossing Of The Sun-Ra Nebula and Alien Vessel Distress Call, which were previously only on the original CD release.'</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-yshvp6g5wdR1h1Mjdt3NQO2Is7RoN2Q-s9KlYYcNuSjdI3hXSQ9raZPpN2a0G7PAdLmxB9HksEyJkAESN9QCJX7JbCu_6wWbgmwNZi67qpGjSCpe5fFXDOumD_wewlduMaRl5-GX7u81O80cots1ViGFfDDfK9xam-yWQUcWG9DnKOu1d0/s2476/327470056_1244853436120693_1204452009040687635_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="2476" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-yshvp6g5wdR1h1Mjdt3NQO2Is7RoN2Q-s9KlYYcNuSjdI3hXSQ9raZPpN2a0G7PAdLmxB9HksEyJkAESN9QCJX7JbCu_6wWbgmwNZi67qpGjSCpe5fFXDOumD_wewlduMaRl5-GX7u81O80cots1ViGFfDDfK9xam-yWQUcWG9DnKOu1d0/w401-h135/327470056_1244853436120693_1204452009040687635_n.jpg" width="401" /></a></div><p>Julia Pello and Heinrich Mueller's Mirovaya Liniya have a rare live show in New York on 5th February. Full details <a href="https://roulette.org/event/mixology-qasim-naqvi-mirovaya-liniya" target="_blank">here</a>. EDIT: The show can now be streamed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/di7dRWOXEbg?feature=share" target="_blank">here</a>. You can listen to some of their music so far at this Bandcamp <a href="https://mirovayaliniya.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">link</a>.</p><p><i>'The title of the piece for this performance is “ETHICA: Book 1”; utilizing multiple projections, live vocals, and electronic sound, it takes up Spinoza’s ontology from Book 1: On God. Please note that Heinrich Mueller will not be performing at this event....A livestream will be available free of charge at 8pm on the day of the performance and archived for future viewing.'</i></p><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-60053705878102209212023-01-05T16:46:00.000+00:002023-01-05T16:46:12.647+00:00Transllusion special editions on Tresor, The Other People Place Muzik 2001 interview, new Doplereffekt track and more<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hf6Wn4oE03w5Qfx0g8442Oo1MTDE2mLQgbChJodEjysETVmej5ixDlmkEjIkinfv900ztk5P-FYyb5YtAdBq9dozbld8bH2IioHFSh5r0Gu4SyOSSkeK3REb3y2PIofsQp1W2ko6zlPeLaBToSjmlYrZHYdNasuuMSyiw1UqnwRpOjyG5Mg/s1200/320395106_692637045872472_4564306046482208536_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hf6Wn4oE03w5Qfx0g8442Oo1MTDE2mLQgbChJodEjysETVmej5ixDlmkEjIkinfv900ztk5P-FYyb5YtAdBq9dozbld8bH2IioHFSh5r0Gu4SyOSSkeK3REb3y2PIofsQp1W2ko6zlPeLaBToSjmlYrZHYdNasuuMSyiw1UqnwRpOjyG5Mg/w365-h365/320395106_692637045872472_4564306046482208536_n.jpg" width="365" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can now pre-order Transllusion's <i><a href="https://tresorberlin.bandcamp.com/album/the-opening-of-the-cerebral-gate" target="_blank">The Opening of the Cerebral Gate</a></i> (3LP, clear vinyl 3LP, CD & digital) and the <i><a href="https://tresorberlin.bandcamp.com/album/mind-over-positive-and-negative-dimensional-matter" target="_blank">Mind Over Positive and Negative Dimensional Matter</a></i> 12" on Tresor Berlin's Bandcamp. You can also check out the new artwork by Matthew Angelo Harrison for these special editions. Both available from 10th Feb 2023. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There is a brand new and rather beautiful Dopplereffekt track, <a href="https://obsoletefuture.bandcamp.com/track/bat-ray-myliobatis-californicus" target="_blank">'Bat Ray (Myliobatis Californicus)'</a> on a cassette/digital compilation from Obsolete Future. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Arpanet have one live show coming up, 3rd Feb 2023 in <a href="https://ra.co/events/1617856" target="_blank">Newcastle</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Clone Records have just re-pressed their 2021 reissue of the self-titled and debut 12" by Japanese Telecom. You can find it at usual places.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of those 'Blind Test' youtube video features a track by Drexciya, check it out <a href="https://youtu.be/T1j1IvDYLCk" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>“I said, ‘I’ve got to get my own equipment.’ I didn’t have any money. The equipment I had was pawn shop equipment that I got for like $100, $125 dollars. I found a blue [Roland] SH-101, a [Roland] Juno 2, and I bought a [Roland TR-909] from one of the guys from Drexciya [Gerald Donald].”</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Robert Hood speaking in this very in-depth 2019 <a href="https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2019/05/robert-hood-minimal-nation-track-by-track" target="_blank">article</a> about his classic album <i>Minimal Nation</i> (1994). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I came across a review/interview with The Other People Place in <i>Muzik</i> magazine (Oct 2001 pg. 106). It is a very short box piece but it's revealing in more than one way. The magazine emailed them and got some kind of response and perhaps even a video.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have the full text below but essentially they are treated like a pair of lunatics, even though the album is called 'rather cool'. If you know this is a member of Drexciya speaking it does make more sense but I don't think this was explained to the writer. I have no idea what they emailed back (would be great to know full contents) but I guess this is the big risk of being enigmatic, mysterious or just playful with the press. TOPP was the first of the Storm series albums to be released and coincidently or not from now on James Stinson would do straight forward interviews and get his points across and be treated in a serious way. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">'<i>Who The Hell Are...</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>The Other People Place</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>They all live in a mellow submarine.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Who indeed?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>TOPP, as they're not known in vibey chill out cyber bars across the United States, proved to be some of the most elusive creatures Muzik has ever encountered. The gloopy, loopy valium tech-gnosis of their rather cool 'Lifestyles of the Laptop Cafe' album gives little hint of the lunacy that lies at the heart of the People Place machine. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>When we eventually tracked them down, it was via a now defunct email address whose user claimed to be at a console deep beneath the ocean waves somewhere off the coast of Malta. When quizzed the Peeps (as they are also not known) sent an Mpeg clip. This showed a flying saucer landing on what appeared to the coast of Hawaii. Out step two smartly dressed gentlemen, faces wrapped in the style of The Invisible Man, who flip open attache cases, take a seat beneath the palms and then walk into the sea. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>"You will never find us now", reads their closing statement. "Take heed and learn, for this will be our last communication to your lost planet."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>That and their album, presumably. More power to the weirdo's we say...'</i></div><div><br /></div></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-13666449750584055302022-11-14T08:52:00.006+00:002022-11-18T09:07:49.010+00:00Harnessed The Storm reissue, Der Zyklus remix Tiga, Abstract Thought info and more <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uiw4EM6HXmObbmT9WCk92B_-GrdoRh3ovWRPcGg6-49XhVaZTfqCBnyu2SclbtRNSX5cnnWQMzV_WqxzkDe0W1qaIN5SuvBRij2kdVnKU3uxUUF7uXjs-PQQtpkIiTqXJR-T8uoQF3uvu4dMVbicqY2yBeeaNSuu26Bva7wMtkLGjzjZI4A/s1200/311174296_473168084837707_1732020160367298792_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uiw4EM6HXmObbmT9WCk92B_-GrdoRh3ovWRPcGg6-49XhVaZTfqCBnyu2SclbtRNSX5cnnWQMzV_WqxzkDe0W1qaIN5SuvBRij2kdVnKU3uxUUF7uXjs-PQQtpkIiTqXJR-T8uoQF3uvu4dMVbicqY2yBeeaNSuu26Bva7wMtkLGjzjZI4A/w346-h346/311174296_473168084837707_1732020160367298792_n.jpg" width="346" /></a></div><br /><p>Tresor Berlin have revealed the new artwork and are now taking orders for Drexciya's <i>Harnessed The Storm</i> (orig rel. 2001). They also have the accompanying 12" <i>Digital Tsunami </i>available as well (both can be found at their <a href="https://tresorberlin.bandcamp.com/album/harnessed-the-storm" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>). The album is available on digital, CD, regular double vinyl and limited white vinyl too (out on 11th Nov). The new artwork for all of these Tresor reissues has been designed by Matthew Angelo Harrison.</p><p>Arpanet have a live <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/municipal-arpanet-live-secret-state-live-tickets-466512610777" target="_blank">show</a> confirmed for Newcastle on 3rd Feb 2023.</p><p>Heinrich Mueller is one of the collaborators (electronics) on <i>No. 5</i>, the latest album by Christina Vantzou. It's available on LP, CD and digital. She is also a member of Daughter Produkt and collaborated on a track on the new Dopplereffekt album. Bandcamp link <a href="https://christinavantzou.bandcamp.com/album/no-5" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>There is a new Der Zyklus remix of 'Easy' by Tiga. You can get it on digital and a 12" of remixes on Turbo Recordings (stream here) . Tiga said this about it on his Instagram. </p><p><i>'This is why I have a record label. For this feeling. You fall in love with an artist. You dream of one day working with them. Just somehow getting close to their sound, finding a way to combine your visions or just hang out. Either one will do. In this case, the artist was Gerald Donald aka Der Zyklus, aka one half of Dopplereffekt and Drexciya and Arpanet. Nobody is more foundational and inspirational to what we all do. It simply does not get more legit. Or more mysterious/elusive/harder to reach. Specifically I don’t even think I would make the music I make without hearing records like “pornoactress”. THEN…. The real thrill of the conversation, the back and forth, the real A&R of starting with “holy shit imagine a Der Zyklus mix of Easy” and then GETTING exactly what you dreamed of….. the absolute funkiest, dopest, zero bullshit, godfather, ground zero electro funk track. GAME OVER. None more badass. Thanks G. Out now on turbo. Link in bio. The saga continues 24years deep. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ t'</i></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkpJg-bAq9wn679PVClXzCwwpeylNhupGBSh2diQ3rQ62xcPi5zoH10wYf7BbMgbhLXK0BvixA5ac2YLGnB-ziyyZ7OsercplQE_wASpd0RvDtv1zdMMQDh8Mu7NruTaZopif3qKXa0pXd-_5SFgAen3lNFJHlBmP4_lVeCFkVrDJ0j_iOZA/s960/311940596_3406228849699894_5101070197168956467_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkpJg-bAq9wn679PVClXzCwwpeylNhupGBSh2diQ3rQ62xcPi5zoH10wYf7BbMgbhLXK0BvixA5ac2YLGnB-ziyyZ7OsercplQE_wASpd0RvDtv1zdMMQDh8Mu7NruTaZopif3qKXa0pXd-_5SFgAen3lNFJHlBmP4_lVeCFkVrDJ0j_iOZA/w380-h285/311940596_3406228849699894_5101070197168956467_n.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>One of my readers kindly sent me a pic of a note attached to what seems to be a promo copy of <i>Hypothetical Situations</i> (2003) by Abstract Thought on Kombination Research (from their own collection). The text was probably written by Cisco Ferreira of The Advent who runs the label or perhaps the distributor. I have never seen it before but there was a white label sent out a few months before the album was actually released. This is one of Drexciya's Storm series and has never been re-pressed and is of course most highly sought after. Nice to have this additional message archived anyway. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>'Important: Please try to respect that the members of "Abstract Thought" are not willing to be profiled in a feature because they want their music to be the centre of interest. Nevertheless, articles about the Detroit electro scene in general or reviews of the album "Hypothetical Situations" are welcome. Thanks'</i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Following on from the above, when I posted this on the DRL FB page Cisco Ferreira left this comment<i>.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div style="font-style: italic;">'Thanks for the Post. We treated this release with the upmost respect. And only did a 2000 unit limited run. So anyone who has this in their collection 👏🏻👏🏻, Kombination Research (KR) was originally a label I started to releases only my The Advent solo music, I became very good friends with Drexciya over the 90’s and my KR B-sides were very much Drex Influenced. This ‘hypothetical Situations’ project was a complete honour when I received the Demo for release. Recently during the pandemic I was approached to maybe re releases this from last remaining Drexicyian, but unfortunately the master DATs are completely destroyed with Tape erosion....The CD’s were all in MP3 format, This was an early time in digital that MP3 were mostly used instead of WAV files at CD pressing plants.'</div><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div><div style="font-style: italic;">"I talked to them (Drexciya), we argued about some things. One of their first pieces, I think it was Glass Domain, I was telling them the count from the beginning of the song wasn't even. You know, it didn't come in on like an eight or even a 16, it came in on like a five or a seven." </div><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div>Archived from a DJ Stingray 313 interview with Derek Walmsley in <i>The Wire</i> (April 2010). He could only be talking about 'Shatter Prone' (1991), which just seems to jump into life mid bar and continues to rip along in the same fashion.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>I made a Dopplereffekt <a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/DublinDigitalRadio/tt" target="_blank">special</a> for Dublin Digital Radio. It concentrates on their music post <i>Gesamtkunswerk </i>(1999) as this is when they radically changed their sound. There's an introduction by me at the start and then it's a mix of my favourite music up to their latest album.</div><div><br /></div></div></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><br /></div></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-91361285727615525282022-09-18T10:54:00.002+01:002022-09-18T11:24:34.502+01:00UR/Tresor Drexciya faxes archived <p>In July and August this year Tresor staged an <a href="https://31.tresorberlin.com/" target="_blank">exhibition</a> in Berlin to mark 31 years of the legendary and ground breaking label and club. The exhibits featured two historic faxes sent by UR to Tresor regarding Drexciya. I was kindly sent the images by a fan and am not sure if they have already been shared by others online but now that the exhibition is over I thought it would be okay to archive them here.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaapN_uAKM5lNW4BKZpKrrQHZ-NulaECZqebJfgNLPufinKRhKq9G8lzwtVjqDcn9rCy6oaQeR95cp1DRqKlw8JK1Al0Dek3ZUZwzLpLMpWpIV0hXOqA0BpqxPXZgWD_xTS6DoCoeTBK4eXqrxMjdvpbXuOjdi3s_mpDq9-jzWDMjHaRmspxw/s1938/fax%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1938" data-original-width="1382" height="531" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaapN_uAKM5lNW4BKZpKrrQHZ-NulaECZqebJfgNLPufinKRhKq9G8lzwtVjqDcn9rCy6oaQeR95cp1DRqKlw8JK1Al0Dek3ZUZwzLpLMpWpIV0hXOqA0BpqxPXZgWD_xTS6DoCoeTBK4eXqrxMjdvpbXuOjdi3s_mpDq9-jzWDMjHaRmspxw/w379-h531/fax%201.jpg" width="379" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p> As you can see Mike Banks was writing to let Carola Stoiber at Tresor know that Drexciya were reunited after their hiatus/break in late '95 (this break was only made known with the release of The Quest in '97). It's interesting to note the date of the first fax was 12th January 1999 as Neptune's Lair was released by Tresor in November '99. It's also interesting that even at this stage they were offering a multi-album deal. The 'Storm Series' is not mentioned but it might already have been in James' mind. We don't know if Tresor signed just NL first or went ahead and did the multi deal. Regardless, Tresor would release multiple albums in the coming years, including Drexciya's Harnessed The Storm, the first Transllusion album and the Shifted Phases album along with 12" EPs from all of these albums. I love the excitement evident in Mike's message and even in the writing and exclamation points of Carola's response.</p><p>The second fax is more detailed and obviously in response to the first (or Tresor's follow-up with details of the deal) and again Mike is writing and even appears to be seated with James Stinson at the time. Again the language Mike uses is infectiously enthusiastic. It's interesting to note that even at this early stage they had the artist in mind for the artwork (Abdul Haqq). The British based labels Mike mentions could be Rephlex and Warp but whatever issues James had with them must have been resolved as both he and Gerald Donald would go on to work with both again (Transllusion, The Other People Place, Dopplereffekt, Arpanet etc). Unless he is referring to UK labels that licenced a track for a compilation or something?</p><p>When Carola Stoiber was <a href="https://youtu.be/sNvjbP5KQuc" target="_blank">interviewed</a> by Red Bull Music Academy in 2018 she spoke about travelling to Detroit and meeting James at Belle Isle Park. If this was still concerning Neptune's Lair the visit must have happened later on in 1999 or if it concerned the multi-album deal it could have been the following year or later. </p><p>It's great to see these faxes and to get a sense of the times and how they returned as Drexciya.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpQCsZa4lDIJb4AOTgKOd8irnK8Z3OpUs5wCwT7lrZGza2TrfEhJBWCce21OOnePIXDC9nlKoffDmlFFRAzLe38JOWD7HzTA9320-FwrqaZQYPS8YVhV056duObUVk_730vI8n4LumQd82CkbDc5buHYofVlBQptYNhnxMIqgl2bv-qHHlVI/s1870/fax2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1870" data-original-width="1386" height="543" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpQCsZa4lDIJb4AOTgKOd8irnK8Z3OpUs5wCwT7lrZGza2TrfEhJBWCce21OOnePIXDC9nlKoffDmlFFRAzLe38JOWD7HzTA9320-FwrqaZQYPS8YVhV056duObUVk_730vI8n4LumQd82CkbDc5buHYofVlBQptYNhnxMIqgl2bv-qHHlVI/w402-h543/fax2.jpg" width="402" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-15918565597378794252022-08-14T15:50:00.014+01:002022-08-27T10:26:14.562+01:00Drexciya Day 2022, Dopplereffekt Recomposite and James Stinson tribute by Scape One <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnNa4tsg3kvK0DUlFTLsC9qQB6oT41EEcw_dJYPB8f392WVIu-HoTm6g_TW-_ea8-f7-GC6V77zX2T6nu6cRYV2HJlLThzkdyUy_CDSIKTONn6SXiGSmhKd-jYguCxRhUd5o7YOjfq4ybgHTFgs11TDvHOysSsKfLNNEqzqaAqi8KGs62WD8/s3999/DSC_0082.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3821" data-original-width="3999" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnNa4tsg3kvK0DUlFTLsC9qQB6oT41EEcw_dJYPB8f392WVIu-HoTm6g_TW-_ea8-f7-GC6V77zX2T6nu6cRYV2HJlLThzkdyUy_CDSIKTONn6SXiGSmhKd-jYguCxRhUd5o7YOjfq4ybgHTFgs11TDvHOysSsKfLNNEqzqaAqi8KGs62WD8/w381-h364/DSC_0082.JPG" width="381" /></a></div><br /><p><b>Drexciya Day Events</b></p><p><a href="https://www.brightersound.com/event/drexciya-day-eastern-bloc" target="_blank">Manchester 3rd September</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1165032457380448" target="_blank">Helsinki 3rd September</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/422817313164584" target="_blank">Humpty Records Saarbrücken, Germany 3rd September</a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/5799722373394547" target="_blank">Spin Beer & Record Shop, Rome, Italy 3rd September </a></p><p>The 20th anniversary of James Stinson's death will be in less than a months time, 3rd September. Since 2017 fans around the world have been celebrating his music on or around this date on what has become known as 'Drexciya Day'. </p><p>As ever there is no pressure from DRL as this concept originally happened spontaneously and I simply remind people about it and promote whatever anyone feels like doing that year. Previously fans have organised DJ nights, radio shows and online events.</p><p>If anyone wants to organise something please let me know and I will be very happy to share it. Email or contact me through the DRL FB page with an FB event link or whatever. Please use #drexciyaday2022 for your events. Thanks</p><p>The only confirmed <a href="https://www.brightersound.com/event/drexciya-day-eastern-bloc" target="_blank">event </a>I'm aware of so far will be happening at Manchester's Eastern Bloc Records on 3rd September. They have an amazing line-up and it also ties in with two artists (All Trades and Prieste5s) being commissioned by Brighter Sound to produce new music. I will add any new event into this post.</p><p>There is what is called a 'Dopplereffekt Recomposite' of 'Cameo', the new single by Kavinsky. It's almost a conventional remix in that the vocal is very much intact but the music is very Dopplereffekt. It doesn't seem to be available on vinyl but can be streamed and downloaded at this <a href="https://youtu.be/Y6JELC1Uk34" target="_blank">link</a> and others. Kavinsky is label-mates with Arpanet on Record Makers and back in 2006 Arpanet reworked 'Nightdrive'.</p><p>One of my readers pointed out an early tribute to James Stinson by Scape One aka Kurt Baggaley. You will find the rather beautiful 'The Light Of Other Days (Atlantis) (For James)' on his 2003 Planet Funk Express: Journeys 3 & 4 12" for Electrix. You can listen on YouTube <a href="https://youtu.be/o8ItC-HM3Uc" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>As ever keep an eye on Resident Advisor for the latest <a href="https://ra.co/dj/dopplereffekt" target="_blank">Dopplereffekt</a> live dates (six at this time).. </p><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-76770032182573612782022-06-28T16:06:00.003+01:002022-06-28T16:16:27.253+01:00Tresor launch Drexciya reissue campaign with new artwork, including Shifted Phases and Transllusion <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaYfSzkwwP_u1rHPZi_wXj08Lsy6OO9X7i76WpN_pBj2G8HLQ1NjRyjM2qqU5SDo4wWdBCCO_pO2p6xaQsXIEkD-JB_HfZfR10N85oYgB5EeC4X-_isQKqZDYDfJX_Y0inAdQ636JpyQMN_VJH1JvD2dXncq2ErIud_exVI9EhvyxnUCg5Gw/s1200/Neptunes-Lair.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaYfSzkwwP_u1rHPZi_wXj08Lsy6OO9X7i76WpN_pBj2G8HLQ1NjRyjM2qqU5SDo4wWdBCCO_pO2p6xaQsXIEkD-JB_HfZfR10N85oYgB5EeC4X-_isQKqZDYDfJX_Y0inAdQ636JpyQMN_VJH1JvD2dXncq2ErIud_exVI9EhvyxnUCg5Gw/s320/Neptunes-Lair.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Tresor Records are beginning a Drexciya reissue campaign. The first release will be <i>Neptune's Lair</i> on double LP, double clear vinyl LP and CD. You can pre-order it now on <a href="https://tresorberlin.bandcamp.com/album/neptunes-lair" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>, it will be available on or around 2nd September. They have commissioned Detroit artist Matthew Angelo Harrison to make new artwork for it. <p></p><p>After this they will also be releasing <i>Hydro Doorways</i> 12" EP, Drexciya's <i>Harnessed The Storm</i> and <i>Digital Tsunami</i>, Transllusion's <i>The Opening of the Cerebral Gate</i> and Shifted Phases' <i>The Cosmic Memoirs of the Late Great Rupert J. Rosinthorpe</i>. They will all have new artwork by Harrison too. This will be the first time the Shifted Phases album will be available since it was first released in 2002. </p><p><i>'Tresor Records is proud to announce forthcoming special editions of its entire catalogue of Drexciya and related projects. </i></p><p><i>2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of James Stinson and the releases of the Transllusion and Shifted Phases albums. In recognition, the rightsholders, their families, and the label have commissioned Detroit-based contemporary artist Matthew Angelo Harrison to re-conceptualize the covers of Tresor's Drexciya-related catalogue. These editions will be released sequentially, bimonthly, starting early-September 2022.'</i></p><p>Dopplereffekt have a new live <a href="https://31.tresorberlin.com/artists/dopplereffekt-live" target="_blank">show</a> conformed as part iof Tresor 31, a two month festival in Berlin. They play in Globus on Sat 13th August.</p><p>Avina Vishnu's DJ set for Belgiums's Meakusma show on Studio Neau radio is available now at this <a href="https://www.studioneau.be/emissions/meakusma/gast-avina-vishnu/" target="_blank">link</a>. It's a great set and seems to be a mixture of their music, other Mueller projects like NRSB-11 and maybe various artists. </p><p>One of my readers kindly let me know that Sean Booth of Autechre briefly talked about Drexciya in a recent 'Ask Me Anything' online <a href="https://youtu.be/_fdMgIUnsOU" target="_blank">video</a>. He's talking about how some of Autechre's early music would be rejected by Warp and it took two years before their debut <i>Incunabula</i> (1993) was compiled from what was accepted. This section starts at 1hr 28min 50sec.</p><p><i>"I remember at the time, just after Drexciya 2 (1993) came out...and that was the first Drexciya record I'd heard so I went to Rob Mitchell (RIP) at Warp and said, have you heard this Drexciya shit it's fucking fire, it's like amazing, you need to sign them. I don't know where they are or anything about them...and he was like, no, it's too retro. And that was like the problem, a lot of the Warp tape stuff (Autechre's early music), it was like, yeah it's good but it just sounds a bit old." </i></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-10686476877222420582022-06-08T15:40:00.006+01:002022-06-08T16:59:11.068+01:00Arpanet Quantum Transposition re-press, Der Zyklus remodel, Drexciya lesson plan and more<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5tOAx8bdz2lJTu3ghfJkZZkiU4dyCE__4a2QhvY69p-bdKyKxx8tB910YY2n6gtX5D_wkSNNhKy85rGASSPmIoJzo7CQ1Iy-jS2hf-S1KMyTPZg0t3DztXz32670T8_a3QBr0aR0SlTdo3TBsTrIdJZv0wfkPJfS7L06Nqj_1Vm2vMWEi1U/s950/280540862_5456587131060375_2104891611042519690_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="950" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5tOAx8bdz2lJTu3ghfJkZZkiU4dyCE__4a2QhvY69p-bdKyKxx8tB910YY2n6gtX5D_wkSNNhKy85rGASSPmIoJzo7CQ1Iy-jS2hf-S1KMyTPZg0t3DztXz32670T8_a3QBr0aR0SlTdo3TBsTrIdJZv0wfkPJfS7L06Nqj_1Vm2vMWEi1U/w362-h362/280540862_5456587131060375_2104891611042519690_n.jpg" width="362" /></a></div><br /><p>Clone Records are re-pressing and re-mastering Arpanet's <i>Quantum Transposition</i> (2005). It will be on double vinyl and there is a new unreleased track too. It was previously available on Rephlex Records but has been out of press since then. This is another incredible album, you can sample all the tracks and pre-order at this <a href="https://clone.nl/item69154.html" target="_blank">link</a>. It's due about 1st July.</p><p>There is a Der Zyklus remodel on Marija Jovanovic's new remix release on Third Ear Recordings. It's available on <a href="https://third-ear-recordings.bandcamp.com/track/love-trilogy-heinrich-mueller-aka-dopplereffekt-and-elena-sizova-remodel" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> along with a solo remix by Elena Sizova of DZ too. The remixes come from Jovanovic's 2019 EP <i>Delicate Minds</i>.</p><p>Another re-press/re-stock has gone under the radar, if you missed out on the vinyl edition of Dopplereffekt's <i>Cellular Automata</i> (2017) on Leisure System it's available again on the <a href="https://leisuresystem.bandcamp.com/album/cellular-automata-2" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> page with no quantity restrictions (eg. 1 remaining) so maybe it's a re-press? Awhile back they also pressed it on CD for the first time as well and that is still available too. The vinyl and CD copies of Dopplereffekt's latest album <i><a href="https://leisuresystem.bandcamp.com/album/neurotelepathy" target="_blank">Neurotelepathy</a></i> are also out on 10th June. </p><p>Through Resident Advisor you can check out Dopplereffekt's latest upcoming live shows <a href="https://ra.co/dj/dopplereffekt" target="_blank">here</a> (3 at this time). </p><p>John R. Eperjesi, who recently published an academic paper, <a href="https://www.academia.edu/75521439/Drexciyas_Bubble_Metropolis_and_Blue_Cultural_Studies" target="_blank">'Drexciya’s Bubble Metropolis and Blue Cultural Studies'</a> has created a Drexciya based lesson plan for teachers. You can read <a href="https://www.academia.edu/80646775/Lesson_Plan_Drexciya_and_Our_Ocean_Planet_Rough_Teachers_Guide" target="_blank">'Drexciya and Our Ocean Planet'</a> and read the Teacher's Guide <a href="https://www.academia.edu/80646774/Drexciya_and_Ocean_Planet_Rough_Teachers_Guide" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p>The Wonky Angle has done a deep dive on Gerald Donald, from Drexciya right up to the latest Dopplereffekt album. Great to find he is a fan, well worth a <a href="https://youtu.be/4c0GutEALsc" target="_blank">watch</a>. </p><p>There is a new all vinyl Drexciya themed <a href="https://youtu.be/faTnNIoPgv8" target="_blank">mix</a> by DJ and producer Niall Power with visuals by Francesca Bonci. It went out as part of the Mindframe series on deepspaceradio in April. A lovely mix with some incredible visuals.</p><p>Lastly, I wonder if Detroit Police's Underwater Recovery Team listen to Drexciya? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoi68JEzsR4G8b0npA9BBXXgfrmTwJojEV2BCRFJiUj-HxknyxdV6AP1ZDo8GeaF_lH0ZL3bNJWhS_koUOezVjeqxGN3zoJehdAzWKb-54ZkjXWzpQ_-DHZsV2ZS_9odv0Ezh14NJ-oF3GAC8GPRvKt5wBc_csMUwIdWaJpuH4Ss6b1O2K0Q/s526/279846537_5430848726967549_3288770148329660782_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="526" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoi68JEzsR4G8b0npA9BBXXgfrmTwJojEV2BCRFJiUj-HxknyxdV6AP1ZDo8GeaF_lH0ZL3bNJWhS_koUOezVjeqxGN3zoJehdAzWKb-54ZkjXWzpQ_-DHZsV2ZS_9odv0Ezh14NJ-oF3GAC8GPRvKt5wBc_csMUwIdWaJpuH4Ss6b1O2K0Q/s320/279846537_5430848726967549_3288770148329660782_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-20345962429539766272022-04-25T10:32:00.003+01:002022-04-25T10:33:27.223+01:00Drexciya commission, Dopplereffekt radio show and more<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Zc-YqocBD7NzuT6HKZWB030NhtNeiRcLyr3pXyf4Hx_ebAA-xC06mM0guxa11lpO9uPYRpuo24PxSI7Kbhcxxt0wmfAapYvGVUz2GOuLqIGn7Ci58JpFOpEFr3crWXKR816S6l-zZSpl5FblWGXzkAdFNbBocdwvnnx7Dc-g6OhYld6blEc/s950/BS_FTD_WEBBANNER-950x411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="950" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Zc-YqocBD7NzuT6HKZWB030NhtNeiRcLyr3pXyf4Hx_ebAA-xC06mM0guxa11lpO9uPYRpuo24PxSI7Kbhcxxt0wmfAapYvGVUz2GOuLqIGn7Ci58JpFOpEFr3crWXKR816S6l-zZSpl5FblWGXzkAdFNbBocdwvnnx7Dc-g6OhYld6blEc/w386-h166/BS_FTD_WEBBANNER-950x411.jpg" width="386" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">To
tie-in with Drexciya Day 2022 (which will be the 20th anniversary of
James Stinson's death) </span><a href="https://www.brightersound.com/artist-call-out-from-the-depths" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Brighter
Sound</span></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;"> are 'commissioning two artists, one from the
North of England, and one from the USA, to collaborate and produce
new music reflecting on the legacy of Detroit electro-techno duo
Drexciya'. The deadline is 15th May.</span></span><p></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 11pt;">There
is a £2000 prize for the selected work which will be performed live
on Drexciya Day (3rd September) during an event at Manchester's Eastern Bloc.</span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">This
is also a good time to remind fans who are interest in organising
their own Drexciya Day events to start thinking about it. As usual I
will be happy to share them here to spread the word. Drexciya Day is
on and around 3rd September.</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; padding: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Avina-Vishnu-588666028483678/?__cft__[0]=AZVlYGuNNxQitR0HJGvzeOemvf4AXKnE-ww1g2-7Pp4XzXmDN3dxK1FkXfvKZQG0RCQfjnQeFMzSogzJmM1WPJ9LBsRn31MRPPSv-8JLXzlBqSAJCumfEtjRqWha9LUlxA4cMBAs7s5SnjK6Zqxh0bBznm3p5OabjGiu4VMZTOboNvxVri0Cdm0xBFCO6v_LMNU&__tn__=kK-R"><span><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Avina
Vishnu</span></span></span></span></a><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
(Aina & Heinrich Mueller) are playing a very rare <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1377592806015984/" target="_blank">gig</a> in Belgium
on 5th June (it may even be their first ever live show).</span></span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 11pt;">Dopplereffekt's new album <i>Neurotelepathy</i> is now available for digital download from <a href="https://leisuresystem.bandcamp.com/album/neurotelepathy" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>, vinyl and CD from 10th June. More info about them below. </span></span></span></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 11pt;">There
is a new Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mirovaya_liniya/" target="_blank">account</a> for Mirovaya Liniya (Julia Pello &
Heinrich Mueller) with some new artwork.</span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; padding: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">John
R. Eperjesi has just published an academic paper, <a href="https://online.ucpress.edu/jpms/article/34/1/118/120452/Imagined-OceansDrexciya-s-Bubble-Metropolis-and" target="_blank">'Drexciya’s
Bubble Metropolis and Blue Cultural Studies'</a> in the University of
California's <i>Journal of Popular Music Studies</i>. He sent me a copy and
I must say he has some fresh analysis, has brought their
environmental concerns to the fore and even got to grips with their
complex origin mythology. It is accessible and well worth reading by
all fans of Drexciya for sure. </span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
</span></span></span>
</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; padding: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The
Feb/March issue of France's </span></span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Gonzai.magazine/?__cft__[0]=AZVk8nzF-cGQDwCAdavav6ynNNkHtQIFp101WzJYZtlCNBaRNWWoDMCn8CXKjHaeIg2-1FdLVEv7tG_DxnV_-DwOqY1wpYJR_kV7hTWilC-LUoNq8iUZLDCs_t1Ho2rG_QoP1q3t8vWAtQJCKKqz2WcyVIa5yny0YiqhfAS_WCe_KffB15eF7JfEBgykqCyVoQc&__tn__=kK-R"><span><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>Gonzaï</i></span></span></span></span></a><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
</span></span></span><span><span face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">magazine
is a special on Afrofuturism. There is a piece on Drexciya by Ruddy
Guilman and this very cool illustration by Olivier Laude. It seems to
be only available as a hardcopy from this <a href="https://gonzai.com/produit/gonzai-n40-afrofuturisme" target="_blank">link</a> (it's also
written in French). I did an interview for it back in January so it's
nice to see it available.</span></span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; padding: 0cm;">
<span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: white;"><i>"Dopplereffekt
is Gerald Donald. Gerald's a very interesting character. I've known
this guy since he was a little punk. He used to come to my house and
play my music—or play his music, which was crazier back then than
any of this stuff. He would try anything. He pushed buttons. That was
great about Gerald. He's a huge Kraftwerk fan, a huge Juan Atkins
fan. He's also had another group [with James Stinson] called
Drexciya."</i></span></span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; padding: 0cm;">
</p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; padding: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/carlcraigofficial?__cft__[0]=AZWH1CKIJbVnOmPw5MTTh7e9KTI1Rzw1GaUTzjxlCIMwfMEStPoy0W47SyVlkXNnPObMOVZaIWiw8f2DIEMK0i1wRfGsodBNq_mSG0zPeTne91m8gc39hDELWmfj8IuoTQdyjvhYdQcmgMbemCcIb6__K6w0GVw7ZSXUPvM2S-4bGE8LyjhvPHu_8EK8N0m2S8Q&__tn__=-]K-R"><span><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Carl
Craig</span></span></span></span></a><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
selects Dopplereffekt's <i>Linear Accelerator</i> for this excellent 2021
<a href="https://www.grammy.com/news/record-store-recs-dj-carl-craig-selects-some-detroit-faves-talks-planet-e-30-year-anniversary-interview" target="_blank">piece</a> about the 30th anniversary of Planet E. His label also released
music from Donald and Brendan M Gillen's Flexitone in the mid '90s.</span></span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; padding: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><i><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">"Yeah,
it’s such a shame he’s not here anymore (James Stinson). I always
wonder what music he might be making if he was still around today. I
discovered Drexciya’s music just from hanging out at </span></span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/rubadubglasgow/?__cft__[0]=AZXrfYsCqA21IXeL32el2-l7utozpc8HoUbUR0xyfgjtEfm5zkqJTFGRA6gfoXKiqVnyCO5fdBnQKvozw3YeAQAgTWrEJPqmwjA3tqh7SgBf8179LRnOW_w4M2b4UTZE3t028Rf9bPZ4uTWqLrghtRVeZCH1ujXtSjrXJFycoCtX2LU5qLLvt6Ho7_Hl2_OT0Ag&__tn__=kK-R"><span><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Rubadub</span></span></span></span></a><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">,
everyone there was always going on about them. They held them in such
high esteem that you just get sucked into it that way. I think this
Transllusion album, Neptune’s Lair and Lab Rat XL’s Mice or
Cyborg are my favourite Drexciya records. I picked the Transllusion
album because of ‘Dimensional Glide’, which was a direct
influence on ‘I’m For Real’, the track I did with Nightwave for
the album. Doing at the Art School and [Paisley venue] Club 69, and
hanging out at loads of afterparties in Glasgow, Drexciya’s music
was always essential." </span></span></span></i>
</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; padding: 0cm;">
</p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; padding: 0cm;">
<span style="color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Glasgow's
</span></span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Konx-om-Pax-150890518300189/?__cft__[0]=AZXrfYsCqA21IXeL32el2-l7utozpc8HoUbUR0xyfgjtEfm5zkqJTFGRA6gfoXKiqVnyCO5fdBnQKvozw3YeAQAgTWrEJPqmwjA3tqh7SgBf8179LRnOW_w4M2b4UTZE3t028Rf9bPZ4uTWqLrghtRVeZCH1ujXtSjrXJFycoCtX2LU5qLLvt6Ho7_Hl2_OT0Ag&__tn__=kK-R"><span><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Konx-om-Pax</span></span></span></span></a><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">
selects Transllusion's <i>The Opening of the Cerebral Gate </i>for this 2019
<a href="https://thequietus.com/articles/26716-konx-om-pax-interview-favourite-music-bakers-dozen-planet-mu" target="_blank">piece</a> for </span></span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheQuietus/?__cft__[0]=AZXrfYsCqA21IXeL32el2-l7utozpc8HoUbUR0xyfgjtEfm5zkqJTFGRA6gfoXKiqVnyCO5fdBnQKvozw3YeAQAgTWrEJPqmwjA3tqh7SgBf8179LRnOW_w4M2b4UTZE3t028Rf9bPZ4uTWqLrghtRVeZCH1ujXtSjrXJFycoCtX2LU5qLLvt6Ho7_Hl2_OT0Ag&__tn__=kK-R"><span><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The
Quietus</span></span></span></span></a><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Dopplereffekt
were on Bristols's Noods Rad</span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">io
and </span></span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">are
taking part in a three month residency there so expect more to
follow. So far they have made a mix show called <i><a href="https://noodsradio.com/shows/hydrogen-pulsar-dopplereffekt-20th-april-22" target="_blank">Hydrogen Pulsar</a></i> which
has now been archived, in case it disappears the track-list is below. You can find the latest Dopplereffekt live shows at this <a href="https://ra.co/dj/dopplereffekt" target="_blank">link</a>. Nothing scheduled for Arpanet right now but Dopplereffekt's next show is in Cologne on 29th April (more at link). </span></span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; widows: 2;"><span style="color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Grand
River - Canopies</span></p><p align="LEFT" class="western" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 0cm; orphans: 2; padding: 0cm; widows: 2;"><span style="color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">JakoJako
- Neogenese</span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;">Mirovaya
Liniya - Book II Definitions V + VI</span></span></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;">Dopplereffekt
-Cerebral Data Download 2100 A.D</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;">Bjork-Pagen
Poetry</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;">Goldfrapp
- Human</span></span></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;">Jeff
Mills - Silence</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;">Jeff
Mills - Transformation A</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;">X-101
- The Flyby</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;">Monic
- What Lies Behind Us</span></span></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;">Jeff
Mills-Revolt</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;">Dopplereffekt
-Cerebral to Cerebral Interface</span></span></span></p>
<p align="LEFT" class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">
<span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;">Dopplereffekt
-Neutron Impulse Acutator</span></span></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: white; font-size: small;">JakoJako
- Viridis</span></span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-44517951983765427352022-04-14T15:44:00.012+01:002022-04-18T16:46:12.011+01:00All known Heinrich Mueller interviews to date and more<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Dl75F9zzfjQI_UBiT3DOcPE0VuE43Ib0uocoQpr1lS3KLBYrCLdAXDGNRpST6kV3aB38MihbYSRf-bymZNvFIIhHfX6keYDuyaaAjFYhsug4FAf2fLigbW31XMZTejgbUDmQJt6WczuO_x-UMoccNA6meWNYRAgXzS23bEpVgYdqlTrO6vA/s665/dopplereffekt-new-ep-6.6.20131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="665" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Dl75F9zzfjQI_UBiT3DOcPE0VuE43Ib0uocoQpr1lS3KLBYrCLdAXDGNRpST6kV3aB38MihbYSRf-bymZNvFIIhHfX6keYDuyaaAjFYhsug4FAf2fLigbW31XMZTejgbUDmQJt6WczuO_x-UMoccNA6meWNYRAgXzS23bEpVgYdqlTrO6vA/w397-h238/dopplereffekt-new-ep-6.6.20131.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><p>I thought it was well overdue to compile links to read all the Heinrich Mueller interviews I am aware of. There have been 13 so far, two of which included Michaela To-Nhan Le Thi as well. As you can see from the list, I've also included interviews with other collaborators for projects he was directly involved with (eg. Black Replica, Zwischenwelt and Zerkalo). If you notice that I've missed any please do let me know. I will continue to update this post as new and old interviews come to light. </p><p><a href="https://drexciyaresearchlab.blogspot.com/2005/12/arpanet-interview.html" target="_blank">Arpanet interview by John Osselaer (Techno Tourist April 2002) with</a> Heinrich Mueller. The original should still be viewable through the Wayback Machine <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040318145716/http://technotourist.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=38" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p><a href="http://www.kindamuzik.net/interview/arpanet/arpanet/1730/" target="_blank">Arpanet interview by Koen Marien (KindaMuzik July 2002) with Heinrich Mueller</a></p><p><a href="https://drexciyaresearchlab.blogspot.com/2018/10/der-zyklus-interview-for-superfly.html" target="_blank">Der Zyklus interview by Andrea Benedetti (Superfly 2004) with Heinrich Mueller</a></p><p><a href="https://drexciyaresearchlab.blogspot.com/2005/11/heinrich-mueller-speaks.html" target="_blank">Der Zyklus interview by Pawel Gzyl (Gaz-Eta 2004) with Heinrich Mueller</a></p><p><a href="https://drexciyaresearchlab.blogspot.com/2008/07/2006-arpanet-interview.html" target="_blank">Arpanet interview (Chronic'art July 2006) with Heinrich Mueller</a></p><p><a href="https://drexciyaresearchlab.blogspot.com/2007/10/black-amnesia.html" target="_blank">Black Replica interview by Pawel Gzyl (Gaz-Eta 2007) with Black Replica</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thewire.co.uk/issues/308" target="_blank">Dopplereffekt interview by Derek Walmsley (The Wire Feb 2009/Publ Oct 2009) with Heinrich Mueller & Michaela To-Nhan Le Thi</a> This is behind a paywall</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/_E2FAIljT7k" target="_blank">Zwischenwelt interview by Derek Walmsley (Resonance FM April 2010) with Susana Correia (Part one</a> & <a href="https://youtu.be/TXT5XcOaKbg">part two</a>) (Audio)</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/3DFTghK4oWA" target="_blank">Dopplereffekt interview (Red Bull Music Academy Radio Fireside Chat series August 2010) with Heinrich Muller (Audio)</a> You can find some of the interview in text form <a href="https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2011/11/dopplereffekt-feature" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.factmag.com/2010/04/30/zerkalo-the-mirror-crackd/" target="_blank">Zerkalo interview by Kiran Sande (Fact Magazine April 2010) with Victoria Lukas</a></p><p><a href="https://drexciyaresearchlab.blogspot.com/2010/12/zerkalo-cynetart-interview.html" target="_blank">Zerkalo interview by Tamash Kestawitz (Cynetart Nov 2010) with Victoria Lukas</a></p><p><a href="https://www.hartzine.com/zwischenwelt-linterview/" target="_blank">Zwischenwelt interview by Thomas Corlin (Hartzine June 2011) with Heinrich Mueller & Beta Evers</a></p><p><a href="https://groove.de/2012/07/15/drexciya-antworten-aus-der-tiefe/" target="_blank">Drexciya subject of interview by Florian Sievers (Groove May 2012) with Heinrich Mueller </a></p><p><a href="https://www.electronicbeats.net/gerald-donald-interview/" target="_blank">Dopplereffekt interview by A.J. Samuels (Electronic Beats Winter 2012) with Heinrich Mueller</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5a8ff636-36be-11e3-8ae3-00144feab7de" target="_blank">Short Dopplereffekt interview by Clemency Burton-Hill (Financial Times Oct 2013) with Heinrich Mueller</a></p><p><a href="https://ra.co/features/2015" target="_blank">Dopplereffekt interview by Joe Muggs (Resident Advisor Feb 2014) with Heinrich Mueller & Michaela To Nhan-Thi</a></p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141128232041/https://www.boom-asia.com/2014/11/01/dopplereffekt/" target="_blank">Dopplereffekt interview by Oliver Clasper (Boom Nov 2014) with Heinrich Mueller & Michaela To Nhan-Thi</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-26326438917995153152022-03-24T16:30:00.006+00:002022-05-10T14:54:08.723+01:00Dopplereffekt - Neurotelepathy pre-order, Mirovaya Liniya and more<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0fr8fD7FKX3H4a6AsUEHCOmQ6YwrSxzHIRb8aNaSjYi7qbV_UYGneOBGgsPbmKdCPLXoyoCz3PaE3GiFfrLHIgjqvBrZnTFy63PPoC4Lr0eomGZIuHY5vTqM2sWJeZMA0hVrEetQTY5VGD6_o_ITGSlq6_6OGvgsXxzyavDXwi9NP7kCcGs/s1200/a3961422720_10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0fr8fD7FKX3H4a6AsUEHCOmQ6YwrSxzHIRb8aNaSjYi7qbV_UYGneOBGgsPbmKdCPLXoyoCz3PaE3GiFfrLHIgjqvBrZnTFy63PPoC4Lr0eomGZIuHY5vTqM2sWJeZMA0hVrEetQTY5VGD6_o_ITGSlq6_6OGvgsXxzyavDXwi9NP7kCcGs/w356-h356/a3961422720_10.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There is a new Dopplereffekt album coming soon on Leisure System. The 10 track <i>Neurotelepathy</i> will be released on double vinyl and CD on 10th June and 14th April for digital. Full details and pre-ordering at this Bandcamp <a href="https://leisuresystem.bandcamp.com/album/neurotelepathy" target="_blank">link</a>. There is one track on the BC player that you can listen to now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>'Who controls the mind controls the body.</i></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>After three years of experimentation in isolation, Dopplereffekt have emerged with Neurotelepathy, an oracular narrative of cerebral entanglement and advancement. The sleek mathematical models of 2017’s Cellular Automata have evolved into these synaptic interpretations, transferences and modifications, rejecting binary expectations to meditate on the possibilities and pitfalls of what’s to come.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>With their second LP and fifth release in total on Leisure System, the duo of Rudolf Klorzeiger and To-Nhan have themselves achieved a near-telepathic capacity for collaborative thought and mechanical construction. They continue to use live appearances to present experimental trials of theoretical models, and that effort is heard in the sizzle and swing of the percussive highlights here, programmed with a serious depth and wriggle that reflect both an extension of and return to form. Considerations of the machine-human interface, neurological realities and physical probabilities dominate. But these tracks are economical and precise, glittering with emotional depth and cinematic effects. The album's core, a three-act movement of symphonic uncertainty and revelation, marks one of the pair's most evocative compositions in a career full of them.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Territory is monitored, traced and scanned, resulting in unexpected modulations. Underlying systems are questioned, competing mindsets animated and mutated: brain-to-brain, brain-to-machine and beyond. Neurotelepathy processes these transformative mental, psychological and transgenerational states both traumatic and triumphant.'</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Leisure System will also issue <i>Cellular Automata </i>(2017) on CD for the first time, it's out on June 10th and can be pre-ordered on <a href="https://leisuresystem.bandcamp.com/album/cellular-automata-2" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Dopplereffekt were one of the artists who took part in a show to celebrate 30 years of Tresor on Arte. You can watch their 32 min opening performance at this <a href="https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/106373-003-A/dopplereffekt/" target="_blank">link</a>. It's great to see and hear them filmed in such quality (they are in a studio with no audience).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A new collaborative audio visual project between Heinrich Mueller and Julia Pello has just been announced. They are using the name World Line / Mirovaya Liniya and there are currently three tracks on their <a href="https://mirovayaliniya.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> page. They seem to be following the poetic theme of Zerkalo (Julia Pello was a member). Great to see them working together again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's possible that US sci-fi series <i>Man From Atlantis</i> (1977-1978) was another early influence on the underwater world of Drexciya. James Stinson would have been around 8 when it first aired (there were 4 TV movies and a 13 part series). I've previously written about <i>The Abyss, Battle of the Planets and Sealab 202</i>0 in this context. An outline of the story concept is below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>'Mark Harris is the lone survivor of the legendary sunken continent of Atlantis. Having adapted to life underwater, Mark possesses webbed hands, light-sensitive eyes, and the ability to swim at low depths in the sea for long periods. He draws strength from water and can overpower most ordinary men. Mark assists an institute for undersea research operated by his human friends, Dr. Elizabeth Merrill and C.W. Crawford, and joins Dr. Merrill in several exploratory missions aboard a high-tech submarine. They encounter several bizarre phenomena, including portals leading to other dimensions, a substance capable of altering personalities, an impish creature whose touch causes a mental return to childhood, and the scheme of a portly millionaire, Mr. Schubert, to melt the polar icecaps.'</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Some of this certainly sounds familiar; a humanoid adapted to life underwater, a research lab, an aqua wormhole, strange phenomena and a Dr. Blowfin type character. You can even spot a prominent sea snake in this <a href="https://youtu.be/dMsSEdwa2_4" target="_blank">video</a> of the opening credits.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Drexciya and Deltron 3030 are the main subjects of this excellent <a href="https://www.keymag.co.uk/features/the-y2k-afrofuturism-bug" target="_blank">piece</a> by Nathan Evans for Key Mag.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A really wonderful new fan made <a href="https://youtu.be/9ZBp9AUoCEk" target="_blank">video</a> for Glass Domain's 'Interlock' from 1991. I've said here before how the lyrics sound like advert copy and this video really makes the music seem to come from an official LEGO advert too.</div><div><br /></div></div></div><p><br /> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-20719141625566349582022-03-07T10:20:00.004+00:002022-03-07T11:23:11.349+00:00Dopplereffekt Calabi Yau Space reissue, live dates, radio mix, Wavejumpers and archiving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoOBIRmnIVM50TaWYnubT9QvLpx86NxHvofYMbjbsv03pDQhtCda9CuSOvutAp_aE78oq3vxzHHmKUFyx5hlQ1PFqcCIL0ytf20RLl3YC8derQhkNYUCpLpduvMsD1QgmKwUwAZpebxc8VYNA1Kw3B3BAdx_u3A3dIvlOzR7AVGGFl_t31yF0=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoOBIRmnIVM50TaWYnubT9QvLpx86NxHvofYMbjbsv03pDQhtCda9CuSOvutAp_aE78oq3vxzHHmKUFyx5hlQ1PFqcCIL0ytf20RLl3YC8derQhkNYUCpLpduvMsD1QgmKwUwAZpebxc8VYNA1Kw3B3BAdx_u3A3dIvlOzR7AVGGFl_t31yF0=w367-h244" width="367" /></a></div><br /><p>The reissue on WeMe Records of Dopplereffekt's <i>Calabi Yau Space</i> (2007) on regular black double vinyl is now in stock online and record shops. Image and text comes from <a href="https://bleep.com/release/266723">Bleep.com</a>. The regular black vinyl reissue of Japanese Telecom's <i>Virtual Geisha</i> (2001) by Clone Records is also now available in all good record shops. </p><p><i>'14 years since it was originally released on Rephlex Records, WeMe Records give Dopplereffekt's 'Calabi Yau Space' the reissue treatment, following their excellent reissue of 'Linear Accelerator'.</i></p><p><i>Here, eight analogue experiments referencing deep space exploration, theoretical physics and the supernatural are brought into focus. When first released, the tracks were perceived by some as Dopplereffekt at their most challenging and avant, standing out from the quintessential beat-driven electro sound they were known for. The tracks have an experimental focus and are at times completely free of rhythm, with shifting layers and discordant melodies achieving a rich, austere timbre. Close your eyes and turn it up for maximum effect as the precision sound engineering acts as a kind of eyelid cinema. It's certainly a departure as 'Calabi Yau Space' falls neatly into the lineage of deep experimental listening, and is more reminiscent of Schultzian Tangerine Dream or the Radiophonic Workshop than the fetish electro Dopplereffekt is best known for.</i></p><p><i>An essential record and a joyous outlier for Dopplerfekkt fans, and a great voyage for all fans of Techno in the sense that the term was originally intended.'</i></p><div><div>Dopplereffekt provided the 'Phones Down Finale Mix' on Afrodeutsche's The People's Party on BBC Radio 6 Music. She also plays Drexciya's 'Bottom Feeders' earlier in the show and talked about what a huge influence they were on her. I hope this <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0013ypw" target="_blank">podcast</a> plays in every territory, if not the track-list is...</div><div><br /></div><div>Dopplereffekt - Mitosis</div><div>Robert Hood - Internal Empire</div><div>Jeff Mills - Life Cycle</div><div>The Exaltics - The Truth</div><div>Cosmocracy - Human Rebellion</div><div>Joey Beltram - Drome</div></div><div><br /></div><div>It's great to see more shows for Arpanet and Dopplereffekt getting booked. The line-up for Arpanet's Liverpool (8th April) <a href="https://ra.co/events/1491580" target="_blank">show</a> now has a a greatly expanded line-up and a new <a href="https://ra.co/events/1503023" target="_blank">show</a> for Berlin (14th April), Mexico city <a href="https://ra.co/events/1495966" target="_blank">show</a> on 30th April. has also just been announced (details for both are linked in comments). Dopplereffekt too are confirmed for a <a href="https://ra.co/events/1491580" target="_blank">festival</a> in Portugal (17th August).</div><p>Wavejumpers is a new group featuring Tyree Stinson (ex-Aquanauts), their debut release <i>The Sunken Treasure</i> EP on Underground Resistance will be released in late March/early April according to Rubadub. You can pre-order and sample all five tracks from it at this <a href="https://rubadub.co.uk/products/the-sunken-treasure-ep" target="_blank">link</a>. There is even a video interview with them at 56 min <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RolandSynthandAIRA/videos/527452791849045/" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p>I found this excellent <a href="https://youtu.be/-dsfvqmTQZ8" target="_blank">video</a> from 2013 where Jessy Lanza discusses her love of <i>Lifestyles of the Laptop Cafe</i> by The Other People Place. </p><p>I've updated my 2014 post on <a href="https://drexciyaresearchlab.blogspot.com/2014/06/heinrich-mueller-remixes-1996-2013.html" target="_blank">Heinrich Mueller's remixes/remodels</a>. I've included everything I know about for sure with links to play every track. There are now 42 of them and essentially he creates something unique to the original in most cases. The first was in '96 for Scan X and the latest was in 2018 for Death in Vegas. If you know of any I've missed please let me know, enjoy! </p><p>This is an epic 2018 <a href="https://djmag.com/longreads/dj-stingray-future-focused-selector-helm-electro-renaissance" target="_blank">interview</a> with DJ Stingray for DJ Mag. Some sample text below...</p><p><i> 'Sherard tells of a folder of plans and designs a freshly inspired Stinson gave him during this time, which he’s never shown in public. Sadly, these plans never came to fruition, as Stinson passed away of a heart defect aged just 32. “I took the Drexciya off my name out of respect,” explains Sherard. “I never wanted people to think, ‘Who is this clown riding off the back of Drexciya’s legacy?’ I wanted to show eternal respect and gratitude. He got me onto the world stage and I probably wouldn’t never have made it as a DJ to this stage otherwise. It wasn’t something I was after.”'</i></p><div>It seems like Drexciya saw each of their projects as existing in different dimensions from each other with perhaps The Other People Place being the most literal example of this. For the Storm Series they created the 'Dimensional Waves' production company and James Stinson talked about this as a way to 'wave jump' from label to label around the world as well. 'Dimensional Glide' (2001) by Transllusion could be a reference to this process, an evolution of their 'Wavejumper' track and concept from 1995.</div><p>So it could make sense to see Drexciya, Lab Rat XL, Transllusion, Shifted Phases, Abstract Thought, Jack Peoples and even Elecktroids as existing in different dimension from each other. Gerald Donald, as quoted as The Author aka Remnant of a Hydrogen Element in the film, Hydra Decapita (2010) by The Otolith Group has also talked about Drexciya in these terms, <i>'There is no more Drexciyan dimension. That dimension is closed. Like a wormhole, like a stargate. So this final information you read here is just remnants of a possible possibility that could have happened.'</i></p><p>One of my readers kindly shared this press release/info sheet and as it's not on Discogs or anywhere else online I'm archiving it here. This came with the vinyl album (there was a shorter press release that came with a four track promo 12" EP).</p><p><i>'A coffee table album for the cyber generation or music that can change by sonic revolution?</i></p><p><i>"Lifestyles of the Laptop Cafe" is the work of an infamous and highly regarded techno artist from Detroit. An associate of Underground Resistance, his true identity remains a mystery.</i></p><p><i>An interstellar fugitive who fictionalises frequencies into unreal environments. "Lifestyles" combines the chilled summer sounds of low groove techno with eerie radar bleeps, muffled underwater echoes and liquid synth producing soundscapes that are romantic and unsettling, strangely alien yet strangely familiar. </i></p><p><i>Highly evolved techno-chillout for darkness or light</i></p><p><i>Lifestyles of the Laptop Cafe (Warp 90) is released on 3rd September'</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFU-yELgKjEYlqjAnBrweoqv-cuZry-OgZQkGhlzmEl_Asj1CeEinv6QgyyjKMcnUKWGhHgAbWs1uYDi6P3Z-3iOvDu9gIoNLJvR4xUXd-2hUqvzmVRbkL2MkW7v8w-AclaRcYWxqGAk1bShdWpJXgWnyToBKrRqj1bOWkyhnGTvxDGbDyD4U=s671" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="540" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFU-yELgKjEYlqjAnBrweoqv-cuZry-OgZQkGhlzmEl_Asj1CeEinv6QgyyjKMcnUKWGhHgAbWs1uYDi6P3Z-3iOvDu9gIoNLJvR4xUXd-2hUqvzmVRbkL2MkW7v8w-AclaRcYWxqGAk1bShdWpJXgWnyToBKrRqj1bOWkyhnGTvxDGbDyD4U=w380-h472" width="380" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-79495581859468386202022-02-13T11:58:00.008+00:002022-02-13T12:51:57.129+00:00One-off collaborations featuring Heinrich Mueller (2013 - 2021)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGjAZCeCDGIclC4RU4LdzPSpZjnCXQCJzxPKUD2E_n24E_qdCjT3akWjQJGkoSpRDk_m3_yWXX9VNO9cFONTy0pItSG7h6If5zfZqfDBWpCQUrdwkgSO4B30PidPjOSptAf6GMYLg-6D_Oa57bhf9kUuGoox-IxpnD9q3oBh4JcBEum2nQGxQ=s500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGjAZCeCDGIclC4RU4LdzPSpZjnCXQCJzxPKUD2E_n24E_qdCjT3akWjQJGkoSpRDk_m3_yWXX9VNO9cFONTy0pItSG7h6If5zfZqfDBWpCQUrdwkgSO4B30PidPjOSptAf6GMYLg-6D_Oa57bhf9kUuGoox-IxpnD9q3oBh4JcBEum2nQGxQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p>There is an ever growing number of collaborations with Heinrich Mueller/Dopplereffekt which don't fit into his remix/remodel work (full up to date list of those <a href="https://drexciyaresearchlab.blogspot.com/2014/06/heinrich-mueller-remixes-1996-2013.html" target="_blank">here</a>) so I thought it was time to make a list to keep track of them and hopefully bring this music to more people's attention. It might be a little confusing as he has collaborated so often but what I am focusing on here tend to be a one-off single track or one time only projects. You can find his usually more long lived group orientated collaborative projects at this discography <a href="https://drexciyaresearchlab.blogspot.com/2018/10/discography-2018.html" target="_blank">link</a> (eg. Black Replica, Zerkalo, Gedankenexperiment, Dark Body Parameter etc) but there is some overlap for sure. I just think these listed tracks have fallen through the cracks of categorisation a bit and deserve to be more widely known.</p><p>The way this list is designed to work is if you click on the first line you will be brought to the track audio and info about the release itself is included underneath. I will continue to update this post, please let me know if I've missed anything.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/r2CldbV6sRk" target="_blank"><b>Visonia - 'Die Reisen' (with Dopplereeffekt) (Last Known Trajectory Records 2013)</b></a></p><p><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/630865-Visonia-et-Dopplereffekt-Die-Reisen" target="_blank">Info </a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/wVvoGb1I9mY" target="_blank"><b>Project STS-31 - 'Spiralgalaxie' (Heinrich Mueller & Robert Witschakowski) (Solar One Music 2016)</b></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/XAX2gdiASPo" target="_blank"><b>Project STS-31 - '50000 Light Years Away'</b></a></p><p>Project STS-31 - 'Density Waves'</p><p>Project STS -31 - 'The Supermassive Black Hole'</p><p><a href="https://solaronemusic.bandcamp.com/album/project-sts-31-spiralgalaxie-repress" target="_blank">Info</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://solaronemusic.bandcamp.com/track/000450026" target="_blank"><b>The Exaltics & Rudolf Klorzeiger - '00045.00.2.6' (Solar One Music 2017)</b></a></p><div><a href="https://solaronemusic.bandcamp.com/album/das-heise-experiment-2-the-prequel" target="_blank">Info</a></div><div><br /></div><p><a href="https://youtu.be/4lWL0-mXVrs" target="_blank"><b>Beta Evers & Heinrich Mueller 'Innerhalb Der Zeit' (Peripheral Minimal 2017)</b></a></p><p><a href="https://peripheralminimal.bandcamp.com/album/split-12-e-p" target="_blank">Info</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/hV_PPYsTYcw" target="_blank"><b>Kasra V - 'Atropa Belladonna' (with Dopplereffekt) (Firehouse 2018)</b></a></p><p><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/1472278-Kasra-V-Akasa-EP" target="_blank">Info</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://solaronemusic.bandcamp.com/track/000440015-in-zusammenarbeit-mit-rudolf-klorzeiger" target="_blank"><b>The Exaltics - '00044.00.1.5' (in cooperation with Rudolf Klorzeiger) (Solar One Music 2018)</b></a></p><p><a href="https://solaronemusic.bandcamp.com/album/das-heise-experiment-2-2" target="_blank">Info</a></p><div><br /></div><div><b>The Exaltics & Heinrich Mueller – <i>Dimensional Shifting</i> (Solar One Music 2020)</b></div><div><a href="https://solaronemusic.bandcamp.com/album/dimensional-shifting" target="_blank">An entire album, more info and tracks here</a></div><div><br /></div><p><a href="https://youtu.be/HlsHsM4mY4U" target="_blank"><b>K1 - 'Star Gazing' (featuring Dopplereffekt) (Puzzlebox Records 2021)</b></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/UeXjicDjrTY" target="_blank"><b>K1 - 'Telescope Array' (featuring Dopplereffekt)</b></a></p><p><a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/18202768-K1-Featuring-Dopplereffekt-Star-Gazing-EP" target="_blank">Info</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-45138553863591414522022-01-12T16:16:00.007+00:002022-01-12T16:18:59.483+00:00Dopplereffekt's Calabi Yau Space reissue, Arpanet's Hydrostatic Equilibrium EP and more<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXZLKvR7JZn9-0tXLVLvsqg5um6ktK2mC3ZQsvmXD-V7kgCojbwrKOi-2zKbxxu1yp7yOUoNTAoEIR-KPVmecG__Y2NzXV47e7sjCo_mRUD_FTEskTTLPWZB-GwJVbcb2H6T8SOgKz8iozKTwg-ULAUfjniJLR9mAfQKfGv16qtyPzB5HjSiQ=s1251" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="1251" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXZLKvR7JZn9-0tXLVLvsqg5um6ktK2mC3ZQsvmXD-V7kgCojbwrKOi-2zKbxxu1yp7yOUoNTAoEIR-KPVmecG__Y2NzXV47e7sjCo_mRUD_FTEskTTLPWZB-GwJVbcb2H6T8SOgKz8iozKTwg-ULAUfjniJLR9mAfQKfGv16qtyPzB5HjSiQ=w407-h206" width="407" /></a></div><p>WeMe Records are reissuing Dopplereffekt's <i>Calabi Yau Space</i> album on vinyl. There is a special limited edition silver double vinyl from this <a href="https://wemerecords.com/shop/dopplereffekt-calabi-yau-space-2lp-silver-vinyl-pre-order" target="_blank">link</a> only. Black vinyl edition is also now available to pre-order from most online shops including <a href=" https://clone.nl/item67671.html" target="_blank">Clone</a>. It will be available to ship about 11th Feb 2022. This has not been available since 2007 and was originally released on Rephlex Records. In 2020 WeMe reissued Dopplereffekt's <i>Linear Accelerator</i> in a similar way. Great to see this album available again for new and old fans.</p><p>Arpanet will play a live <a href="https://ra.co/events/1491580" target="_blank">show</a> on Fri 8th April 2022 at Liverpool's very cool IWF Substation venue (Invisible Wind Factory). </p><p>If you prefer getting your music from Bandcamp, the new Arpanet 12" from 30D Records is now available <a href="https://30drecords.bandcamp.com/album/hydrostatic-equilibrium-ep-30dexo-011" target="_blank">there</a> on vinyl and digital. Available from most online shops too, press info below...</p><p><i>'Arpanet needs no introduction for those who know. Hydrostatic Equilibrium EP is a reissue of the 2 tracks released by 30D Records from the Detroit artist back in 2018 (cat# 30D-006), now presented together in a special limited edition single sided 12" vinyl. The EP includes the original tracks Supernova Remnant and Main Sequence Star, being the only two tracks produced by Arpanet since 2006.</i></p><p><i>Presented with a new artwork, designed by Arpanet himself, and this time on 30D Records sub label ExoPlanets, Hydrostatic Equilibrium EP becomes an instant collectors must have, especially after the quick sell out that followed the 2018 release and the numerous reissue requests received since then.'</i></p><p>One of my readers tipped me off about this excellent <a href="https://soundcloud.com/openlabradio/escape-pods-09-helena-hauff-hosted-by-ralph-lawson-ben-randm" target="_blank">interview</a> with Helena Hauff for OpenLab (Escape Pods hosted by Ralph Lawson & Ben Randm). She selects some incredible tracks for her journey through space including Transllusion's 'Bump It', which sparked an hilarious conversation about high pitched alien voices. This section starts about 49min but you will definitely want to listen to the whole thing, recommended.</p><p>DJ Bone tells some Drexciya stories on this radio show he made: <i><a href="https://soundcloud.com/djbonegoesfurther/dj-bone-presents-further-x-radion-ep1" target="_blank">Mutated Machines - A Journey Through Detroit Techno</a></i>. Starts at 9 min, but the whole show is worth a listen.</p><p>If Drexciya were fans of Star Trek it's quite likely they enjoyed Seaquest DSV (Deep-submergence vehicle), an underwater sci-fi show from the US which ran from 1993-'96 (the period of <i>The Quest</i> compilation). This <a href="https://youtu.be/vQNXOscKEhY" target="_blank">video</a> compiles the intro to all three seasons and some of the lines are very Drexciyan indeed. </p><p><i>'The series follows the adventures of the high-tech submarine seaQuest DSV 4600, a deep submergence vehicle operated by the United Earth Oceans Organization (UEO), a global coalition of up-world countries and undersea confederations, similar to the United Nations.'</i></p><p><i>"I never thought for one minute that Drexciya would inspire Afrofuturism. Me and James thought this one thing up about the slaves getting tossed overboard and having a baby underwater and never thought it would be the catalyst. So I learned to just keep my mouth shut and never tell people what the record really is about because sometimes our view is too dark. Other people took it and saw it another way. That was cool, we needed that, we needed them to do that because our shit was fucked up."</i></p><p>Mike Banks speaks a little about Drexciya (51 mins) in this panel <a href="https://soundcloud.com/memco/detroit-techno-resistance-a-black-history-month-symposium" target="_blank">interview</a> from 2021 and sheds a bit more light on the collective nature of what has become their most well known and loved mythology. The whole interview is of course worth your time.</p><p>If you are interested in tracing and understanding the development of what has become the most well known and dominant mythology associated with Drexciya you will enjoy this link to a <a href="https://monoskop.org/images/b/b2/Eshun_Kodwo_More_Brilliant_Than_the_Sun_Adventures_in_Sonic_Fiction.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> of Kodwo Eshun's <i>More Brilliant Than The Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction</i> (1998). </p><p>As many of you know, originally the 'pregnant African slaves thrown overboard' mythology was written only as a possible origin story by UR's The Unknown Writer (with input from Mike Banks and James Stinson) in the CD sleeve notes of <i>The Quest</i> in 1997. Mike Banks refers to it above and how its been embraced by so many others since then and become more of a collective mythology. </p><p>On page 102 of the PDF (pg. 83 if you have a physical copy) you will find 'Liquid Dystopia'. For years this text was also one of the very few available about Drexciya online at Phinnweb and Global Darkness. </p><p>With so little information about Drexciya and so few interviews, right up until the Storm Series really, these pieces in physical and online form of what Eshun called his sonic fiction would have been a major influence on other journalists and fans at the time. </p><p>In 2017, Mike Rubin in <i><a href="https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2017/06/drexciya-infinite-journey-to-inner-space" target="_blank">Infinite Journey to Inner Space: The Legacy of Drexciya</a></i>, talked to Eshun specifically about this subject and he explained his sonic fiction process in relation to Drexciya. This is something that fans have been doing ever since (including The Unknown Writer and of course myself). His full answers are worth reading (article linked in comments) but I thought this section gets to the core of it. </p><p><i>“It was a world that was only being filled in partially, track by track, and you were doing a lot of that navigating, with the help of the music and the track titles. In a sense, to be a Drexciya fan was to build the mythos by yourself.”</i>- Kodwo Eshun</p><p>This powerful and poetic mythology has given a key to so many people to understand (or misunderstand) Drexciya but most importantly to discover their music and then decide for themselves what it might be all about. </p><p>Drexciya themselves did appear to settle their origin once and for all in the <i>Grava 4</i> (2002) sleeve notes. 'Earth has finally discovered Utopia (Drexciya Home Universe).' I like to think this more deep space rather than deep sea origin still leaves space for interactions with African slaves thrown overboard from their underwater base on Earth but like Eshun, it's up to all of us to figure out how the narrative/sonic fiction fits, everyone will find their own meanings and do it differently.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-89727720085797824842021-11-19T16:52:00.000+00:002021-11-19T16:52:11.332+00:00Japanese Telecom's Virtual Geisha reissued, Arpanet live, Drexciya info and more<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFl_YxyWlOTf_ZOqrnRt9VQvXThGrd_jjYe66Qp2D2Llg6U6JdUHnBm62k2mgHzpzuQRtsEkYSjFVrkdCnaH_LDdhwSqoTaQKu4DWdmuAc2Ts5gULQzWsQy19lujbSxqM73JCXdQ/s1200/0026782448_10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFl_YxyWlOTf_ZOqrnRt9VQvXThGrd_jjYe66Qp2D2Llg6U6JdUHnBm62k2mgHzpzuQRtsEkYSjFVrkdCnaH_LDdhwSqoTaQKu4DWdmuAc2Ts5gULQzWsQy19lujbSxqM73JCXdQ/w403-h302/0026782448_10.jpg" width="403" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Clone Records' Aqualung label is reissuing Japanese Telecom's <i>Virtual Geisha</i> album from 2001. I have been calling this one of Gerald Donald's best albums for a long time now so this is major (its been out of press for about 20 years as first released on Gigolo Records). They have already reissued the self-titled Japanese Telecom <a href="https://clone.nl/item64272.html" target="_blank">12"</a> from 1999. Right now it's only available on purple vinyl (limited to just 100 copies) but I assume it will be followed by a full release. It will be available from 31st Jan 2022 but can be pre-ordered now on <a href="https://cloneaqualungseries.bandcamp.com/merch/japanese-telecom-virtual-geisha-coloured-vinyl" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> and the clone.nl website <a href="https://clone.nl/item67220.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Love the new cover too.<p></p><p>Very nice to see a new Arpanet <a href="https://ra.co/events/1477531" target="_blank">date</a> announced (the first in a long time). It's not until 1st Jan 2022 but in case anyone wants to plan a New Year's trip to Berlin I thought I'd mention it now. Hopefully more to follow. There is a Dopplereffekt live <a href="https://ra.co/events/1464377" target="_blank">show</a> too but that is not until April 2022 in Mexico.</p><p>Ghostly International have commissioned a brief <a href="https://ghostly.com/blog/dopplereffekt-and-gerald-donald" target="_blank">history</a> of Dopplereffekt and Gerald Donald by DeForrest Brown, Jr. </p><p>This is a new 2 our <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dusk_ams/dusk150-by-dopplereffekt" target="_blank">mix</a> curated by Dopplereffekt for DUSK. </p><p>This is an excellent new Drexciya and Detroit vinyl mix. There is a great <a href="https://youtu.be/96uwZYLjNu8" target="_blank">video</a> where you can see how it's all done.</p><p>I love this <a href="https://youtu.be/OISiIGrlWSk" target="_blank">video</a> from SPIN - Beershop & Records' Drexciya Day event. It's great just see people playing their records and socialising again. These Italian fans have supported Drexciya Day every year since it began in 2017. </p><p>One of my eagle eyed readers noticed Drexciya listed for a London New Year's Eve event in 2000 (cutting from Muzik). I assume they never played but I guess the rest did. It was quite a line-up. They would have been on Tresor by now (<i>Neptune's Lair</i> came out the year before) but it looks like there was a plan to have them over as part of this UR showcase. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAKwqwBl4Q2ivFVNrM2wdfv50aktkGUQJZmM_otPpN02cBkZFgM_HWM5ZoP69cxoi9_MWcFtuVH-e4lvG9Ac00FNRaxcfObTpM1Cc13b5pXrbKXV2r5wz-e4gSEwkVHAhwapBnQ/s350/256780094_4880077018711392_5157121108673086478_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="350" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAKwqwBl4Q2ivFVNrM2wdfv50aktkGUQJZmM_otPpN02cBkZFgM_HWM5ZoP69cxoi9_MWcFtuVH-e4lvG9Ac00FNRaxcfObTpM1Cc13b5pXrbKXV2r5wz-e4gSEwkVHAhwapBnQ/s320/256780094_4880077018711392_5157121108673086478_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><i>"When it was time I started hooking up with friends trying different styles until one night I could not sleep, cold sweat, tossing and turning and around 3am September 18, 1989 I stood up and said Drexciya. It felt like a tidal wave rushing across my brain. All kinds of ideas were coming out. I could not stop it and I would not stop it. For the next three years we worked hard to perfect Drexciya before we would release it onto the world. Getting into production was not quick. It took a year of experimenting."</i></p><p>This James Stinson quote comes from <i>Techno Tourist</i> (Feb 2002) in a piece by John Osselaer. I've often wondered why he gave such a specific date for coming up with the name Drexciya and I'm not saying this is the reason at all but it's an interesting coincidence I think (I've previously speculated it connects to the release of the movie The Abyss).</p><p>I discovered that the issue of <i>Time</i> magazine that week (dated 11th Sept) ran a cover story on the drug problems in Detroit and in the wider US and how community groups were trying to solve it. The woman on the cover, Rantine McKesson, even lived in his part of the city (Seven Mile-Van Dyke on the east-side). It's quite possible he read it.</p><p>The article may well have nothing to do with his naming of Drexciya but at this <a href="https://time.com/vault/issue/1989-09-11/page/24/" target="_blank">link</a> below you can read the story in full (pages 24-28) and at least get a picture of what it was like for him growing up at that time and why he might have wanted to create an alternate reality (he would have just turned 20). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi3XJEOHF_B2EeO-TH6ZF4ehxIxwZJFh4b27_VQ5VM4UuqfWLkojvoPXTWPJGN3AEVEvoVUbOV2vk5ia8Jjee0Nn-OIKmehyHGg7xhLXuyMamTPADpAA1UzW8PgWW9D3-7v9jDZQ/s1441/249394996_4822075587844869_6074706662273679820_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1441" data-original-width="1095" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi3XJEOHF_B2EeO-TH6ZF4ehxIxwZJFh4b27_VQ5VM4UuqfWLkojvoPXTWPJGN3AEVEvoVUbOV2vk5ia8Jjee0Nn-OIKmehyHGg7xhLXuyMamTPADpAA1UzW8PgWW9D3-7v9jDZQ/w294-h387/249394996_4822075587844869_6074706662273679820_n.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-89083856348281675032021-10-17T13:13:00.005+01:002021-10-19T16:10:26.204+01:00New Dopplereffekt tracks, Drexciya Day, old stories and more<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2pfzf2seER1ChKyxGvkmarhaSHRc6BzcWmvP0HL-b5zmOK2eIqbVc8E5evMaSR4d9h4vEsBXikRXL1BmrAlZBVk8wGN8MmiLIzmfIP_MkOtrjalLRqR-6tdWUArQNg61KEqjPg/s1200/a1503541734_10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2pfzf2seER1ChKyxGvkmarhaSHRc6BzcWmvP0HL-b5zmOK2eIqbVc8E5evMaSR4d9h4vEsBXikRXL1BmrAlZBVk8wGN8MmiLIzmfIP_MkOtrjalLRqR-6tdWUArQNg61KEqjPg/s320/a1503541734_10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>There are three new tracks up on Dopplereffekt's <a href="https://dopplereffekt.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> page since my last post here.</p><p>Tiga interviewed DJ Hell for his Last Party On Earth <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tiga/firstlast-party-on-earth-18-dj-hell" target="_blank">podcast</a> and it's a real treat to hear some of the ins and outs and ups and downs of International DeeJay Gigolos. At 48min 30sec he tells a great story about going to Detroit and meeting Gerald Donald and proposing to license the first three Dopplereffekt releases as <i>Gesamtkunswerk</i>.</p><p>Clone Records boss Serge played an epic James Stinson tribute mix on the anniversary of his death. Available on <a href="https://youtu.be/-zAYbAhtJOc" target="_blank">You Tube</a> and elsewhere online. </p><p>There is a new <a href="https://dwellerforever.blog/2021/10/06/lifestyles-of-the-laptop-cafe-experiments-in-capturing-real-life" target="_blank">long read</a> by Christine Ochefu for Dweller about<i> Lifestyles of the Laptop Cafe</i> by The Other People Place. She also interviews Abu Qadim Haqq about it and more.</p><p>Until 31st October you can see Hydra Decapita by The Otolith Collective at <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain/display/turner-collection/otolith-group-hydra-decapita" target="_blank">Tate Britain</a> (film was inspired by Drexciya).</p><p>Mixanthrope made a Drexciya Day 2021 mix <a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/LeMixanthrope/drexciyaday" target="_blank">here</a> and you will find one from Edinburgh <a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/ehfm/drexciya-day-special-w-dansa-030921/" target="_blank">here</a>. Search #drexciyaday2021 for what else happened. </p><p>Rob Graff has made a really rather clever Gerald Donald <a href="https://time.graphics/line/533214" target="_blank">timeline</a> which covers 1995 up to today. </p><p>Marc Teissier du Cros of Record Makers wrote this fascinating account of working with Gerald Donald. It was on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/drexciyaresearchlab/posts/4648710721848024" target="_blank">RM FB page</a> and I've decided to archive it here as well. You can order Arpanet's two Record Maker albums <a href="https://arpanet.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><p> '<i>In 1999 I started writing to Gerald Donald via email. His band Dopplereffekt had just released "Gesamtkunstwerk" the compilation of their first singles, and I got in touch in order to distribute it. Gerald was renowned for being hard to communicate with, I had no problem with that, I even enjoyed his cryptic messages a lot.</i></p><p><i>A couple of years later, I had just started Record Makers and suddenly I received a mysterious DAT tape which appeared to be from Gerald. His first solo album under the moniker Arpanet : "Wireless Internet". The music was mindblowing. I felt its addictive power instantly. My kind of record, definitely.</i></p><p><i>When you run a label, you better have a deal with the artist, otherwise you expose yourself to a lot of complexity. And before I sign a deal I like to meet in person.</i></p><p><i>Visiting Berlin, where Gerald was based back then, I proposed a date. Before we actually met, I had to follow his precise instructions, go to a special restaurant where I found the address of another cafe, where from I had to make a call to a phone booth, and so on. Wtf, is he a secret agent as well? Once in front of the man, I was impressed. He was strange, kind and passionate. We signed the deal, and the only picture that he allowed was us shaking hands.</i></p><p><i>It’s interesting that with the years "Wireless internet" has become the classic that it always was for me. You have to realize that in 2002 we had cellphones, but they were far from being as smart as they are nowadays. He had it all figured out, in Kraftwerk’s prophetic tradition.</i></p><p><i>Finally, after 20 years, the first Arpanet vinyl, "Wireless Internet", is now back in stock such as the next one, "Inertial Frame".</i></p><p><i>Find them at your local record store, or at http://arpanet.bandcamp.com</i></p><p><i>Marc'</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZzuPODca0zMjiCJ6o16Hsl6wj2XZ6jBNoGaWsXUV2ggANjjTjdkZgyE-TGqnPsKxhYUX7TfGLSYc4zf61cnyy9oZGsokE37flGj17YhrPzWW-WtG1Ihnwo4v6azHF_-Q71noAA/s632/241299725_248136853982083_9064383963795808519_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="626" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZzuPODca0zMjiCJ6o16Hsl6wj2XZ6jBNoGaWsXUV2ggANjjTjdkZgyE-TGqnPsKxhYUX7TfGLSYc4zf61cnyy9oZGsokE37flGj17YhrPzWW-WtG1Ihnwo4v6azHF_-Q71noAA/s320/241299725_248136853982083_9064383963795808519_n.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-5152700327648066782021-08-01T09:22:00.006+01:002021-08-27T16:55:02.943+01:00Drexciya Day 2021, Arpanet re-press and more<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbEP7-m3QpDbq-CI1ECV7kfN_w6HUeqB__mQQVBNt6xGA1FItBk61xCFrcsJ_zETGs6rkQ3RqBSA4AvaIJMpywArA0fpmBrzHaiggEKmPHpr6FLpgU0fYReQqrG_djtwmM1XuH7Q/s1500/drexciya-inst-post.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="1500" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbEP7-m3QpDbq-CI1ECV7kfN_w6HUeqB__mQQVBNt6xGA1FItBk61xCFrcsJ_zETGs6rkQ3RqBSA4AvaIJMpywArA0fpmBrzHaiggEKmPHpr6FLpgU0fYReQqrG_djtwmM1XuH7Q/s320/drexciya-inst-post.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />EDIT: There will be a Drexciya Day event in<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1241951972925442/" target="_blank"> Rome, Italy on 3rd September 2021.</a><div><br /><div>I've just been contacted by the first fan wanting to organise a Drexciya Day this year so I guess it's time to remind people of what this is all about.<p></p><p>The 19th anniversary of James Stinson's death will be in about a months time, 3rd September. Since 2017 fans around the world have been celebrating his music on or around this date on what has become known as Drexciya Day. Due to COVID-19 last year there was only two physical events (Rome & Weimar) and no doubt this year will also be very different due to restrictions, so perhaps some people might want to organise online or radio events instead or get more creative. Whatever you do please stay safe!</p><p>As ever there is no pressure from DRL as this concept originally happened spontaneously from fans and I simply remind people about it and promote whatever anyone feels like doing that year.</p><p>So far over the last five years there have been events in Tallinn, Vienna, Cambridge, London, Dublin, Birmingham, Liverpool, Glasgow, Reykjavik, Grenoble, Rome, Manchester, Turin, Thessaloniki, Weimar and on radio (hope I didn't leave any out). There is no guarantee that the same people will do it again in these places, best to go ahead and organise it yourself if you want (as soon as I get confirmation of one I will post details here).</p><p>Search online for previous Drexciya Days to get ideas. If anyone wants to organise something please let me know and I will be very happy to share it. Email or contact me through the DRL FB page with an FB event link or whatever. Please use #drexciyaday2021 for your events. Thanks</p><p>France's TV Showw has made a rather remarkable Drexciya and Yellow Magic Orchestra <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tvshoww/ymo-vs-drexciya" target="_blank">mixtape</a>. I've commented here before how they both have a lot in common and that YMO must have been an influence on both James Stinson and Gerald Donald. Elecktroids, Clarence, Dopplereffekt, Japanese Telecom and even JS phone interviews also turn up in the mix, obviously a lot of work went into this one.</p><p>This is a very fascinating new <a href="https://selector.news/2021/08/09/drexciya-moby-dick-playlist/" target="_blank">piece</a> by John Eperjesi for <i>Selector</i> that connects Drexciya with Herman Melville's Moby Dick. It has useful Drexciya video links for those new to the band as well.</p><p>There is an exclusive new Heinrich Mueller track 'Plasma Field' on a limited boxset from Vinylograph. Available on Bandcamp <a href="https://vinylograph.bandcamp.com/track/plasma-field-heinrich-mueller" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>You can now pre-order both <i>Wireless Internet </i>(2LP & CD from 2002) and <i>Inertial Frame</i> (2LP & CD from 2006) by Arpanet at a brand new <a href="https://arpanet.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> page. It must have been set up by Record Makers and will be very useful for those of you who prefer to get your music this way (all the tracks can be sampled or downloaded too). Physical copies will be ready to ship on 6th September. </p><p><i>"We sold a lot of music to Europeans that we couldn't give away during the rest of the year...Tearing up bins like flesh, I actually filmed the bins, people grabbing titles. Drexciya, UR, Transmat, KMS, Metroplex. It was nuts."</i> </p><p>-Mike Huckaby (RIP) and many other Detroit luminaries <a href="https://ra.co/features/1186?fbclid=IwAR0lpNObXSZC1jQXGMUvMhd4OAZBiCS17b6DVVAVUNBv9_7JNahneS09q1Y" target="_blank">remember</a> Detroit Electronic Music Festival aka Movement 2001-2009.</p><p>Alex Wilcox is back with a brand new Drexciya breakdown <a href="https://youtu.be/vNjS3s1CcIE" target="_blank">video</a>, this time for 'Species of the Pod' from <i>Neptune's Lair</i>. </p><p>This is an excellent Drexciya <a href="https://www.fkawdw.nl/en/review/sediments/welcome_to_drexciya" target="_blank">long read</a> I missed from 2016 by Patrick Langley.</p><p>I've never seen this press release for <i>Lifestyles of the Laptop Cafe</i> by The Other People Place before but it has probably been on Discogs for ages. It's actually from a four track promo 12" EP. It's very interesting to see the date of release, which by chance would turn out to be just eight days before the 9/11 attacks but even stranger is that it's exactly a year to the day before James Stinson's very tragic early death (he was about to turn 33).</p><p>This album was the start of what he called the Storm Series, seven albums (there would actually be eight in total) that would be released around the world in one year. As it turned out, the final album (Lab Rat XL) would be released on 27/10/03 (just under two years since the release of TOPP).</p><p>These promo copies of TOPP were available a month before in August. The opening typeface of the press release/info sheet looks like something Warp might have already used for Autechre. It's also made very clear this is a solo release and there are so many hints that it's something to do with Drexciya.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihanuWLR5EIG5bBo8KiPqKc-N85e0aDPEGzx4oJcI6rSDKXO1FoEEo7tUtwieLJZWK10OEJXL8nRMdz9lINf8tOhH7erL0ADDvxFE_jk8xM0s9h6Zw97hd0758K1mgHGVtQsTOAQ/s763/201229462_4417480364971062_6183014955436227_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="557" height="501" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihanuWLR5EIG5bBo8KiPqKc-N85e0aDPEGzx4oJcI6rSDKXO1FoEEo7tUtwieLJZWK10OEJXL8nRMdz9lINf8tOhH7erL0ADDvxFE_jk8xM0s9h6Zw97hd0758K1mgHGVtQsTOAQ/w366-h501/201229462_4417480364971062_6183014955436227_n.jpg" width="366" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12593207.post-65289687716701161302021-05-19T13:16:00.006+01:002021-05-19T18:46:53.241+01:00Dark Matter: A History of Afrofuture, BBC4, Black Assembly, Dopplereffekt and K1, The Quest poster and more<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosrKqx1fMyufGvgR3JH7X6quQS1pPG3dIVG6MsJTVbCi4jQPib22oYOH_SWvdB-y34LTkf5nWqvYzm3qJNiwWdgneGykEV8k6o8gN86NdcdVexTFCDzXxDJBAlhNleobv4Q33SA/s480/187623054_845236126339136_4253063765853853956_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosrKqx1fMyufGvgR3JH7X6quQS1pPG3dIVG6MsJTVbCi4jQPib22oYOH_SWvdB-y34LTkf5nWqvYzm3qJNiwWdgneGykEV8k6o8gN86NdcdVexTFCDzXxDJBAlhNleobv4Q33SA/s320/187623054_845236126339136_4253063765853853956_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Along with many other artists, Drexciya are included in <i>Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture</i> on BBC4 on Sun 23rd May 9pm (<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000wfcj" target="_blank">details here</a>). The series producer was in touch with a question back in January so I'm glad to see it's ready for broadcast. This is some high profile recognition, which I'm really looking forward to. </p><p><i>'Told in four acts, Act 1, The Door of no Return, explores the collision of technology and blackness, focusing on the devastating and transformative experience of enslaved Africans during the Middle Passage across the Atlantic. Featuring enigmatic Detroit techno supremos Drexciya, along with visual artists Ellen Gallagher and Hew Locke, we see how each has taken the Atlantic Ocean – a site of violence, pain and loss – and through their work, imbued it with hope, beauty and new possibilities.'</i></p><div>Dopplereffekt and K1 (Keith Tucker) have collaborated on the <i>Star Gazing</i> EP on Puzzlebox Records. You can purchase and sample both tracks <a href="https://www.juno.co.uk/products/k1-dopplereffekt-star-gazing-ep/822169-01/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>You can now listen to all six of the shows Dopplereffekt curated for NTS recently at this handy <a href="https://www.nts.live/shows/nts-10-dopplereffekt" target="_blank">link</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Drexciya's 'Black Sea' got the breakdown treatment from <i>Attack</i> magazine <a href="https://www.attackmagazine.com/technique/deconstructed/drexciya-black-sea/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPFl0dwGyLPu3F_IU3NtYFgWyEvrG1BmR-SOb2BTYZp6zUasau-BFkDLTt3mDsrUlMrex71rqBamcHbPlN1fO-DZZbY1I5HPdi2zQwbeHNXMv76qKMHj3y4HbjTuNpAqdKjral0Q/s640/6151_667693733370184_111813491876818745_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="640" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPFl0dwGyLPu3F_IU3NtYFgWyEvrG1BmR-SOb2BTYZp6zUasau-BFkDLTt3mDsrUlMrex71rqBamcHbPlN1fO-DZZbY1I5HPdi2zQwbeHNXMv76qKMHj3y4HbjTuNpAqdKjral0Q/w373-h248/6151_667693733370184_111813491876818745_n.jpg" width="373" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I only recently found out that back in 2016 LA's <i>Dublab</i> had the mystery girl from Black Replica and a new producer partner (Carlos Hinojosa of Additiv) in for a live session and interview. They were using the name Black Assembly but I don't think they still exist. I did find one studio track, 'Time Stands Still', on their <a href="https://soundcloud.com/blackassembly/time-stands-still" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a>. Their section starts about <a href="https://www.dublab.com/archive/zoraya-wguest-black-assembly-the-phuture-perfect-04-04-16" target="_blank">47 min</a> and they play about five tracks and then there is a short interview. Cool to hear this and see the new pic too. The mystery only ever deepens with Black Replica!</div><div><br /></div><div>There are currently 15 tracks up on the daughter Produkt <a href="https://daughterprodukt.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>. Keep an eye for new material there.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mixmaster Morris recently created a new Drexciya themed mix <a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/mixmastermorris/mixmaster-morris-drexciya-mix/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpdoL3Vgckv6j94AhNtxfDEEsPjY4by3yAlqcUBU0Tt0bkJszkEKDNE4b6jcb287ZQWufyjL200TU6ujWIqiEujVlpnefJAbCN96slwzCFJUyKcGPU05o_79LuLoCiM5YXJwG8A/s905/182019820_4289631897755910_9095362745105823072_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="621" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpdoL3Vgckv6j94AhNtxfDEEsPjY4by3yAlqcUBU0Tt0bkJszkEKDNE4b6jcb287ZQWufyjL200TU6ujWIqiEujVlpnefJAbCN96slwzCFJUyKcGPU05o_79LuLoCiM5YXJwG8A/w275-h400/182019820_4289631897755910_9095362745105823072_n.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I found this photo of the rare promo poster for <i>The Quest</i> by Drexciya. It features text not included elsewhere, even on the CD booklet. I think it was up in UR's Somewhere In Detroit record store (might even still be there).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>'A liquid product of years of toxic waste dumping in Detroit's Rouge River?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>An aquatic cousin of the cell from hell?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Or an amoeba of society?</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>These and many other type of questions that 'You Don't Know' may become apparent in the forthcoming 28 track double CD 'The Quest'.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Also available on double vinyl are 9 tracks of Detroit's most vicious Drexciyan jams.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Both vinyl and CD feature unreleased underwater terror.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>This is Drexciya's Final Transmission.’</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It sounds like UR's The Unknown Writer coming up with more alternative theories about Drexciya. He would continue these questions of their origins in the CD booklet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've seen one of these posters just once before and it was signed by James Stinson. It hung in the offices of Dublin's D1 Recordings. Label boss Eamonn Doyle told me it was given to him while at the UR offices in 1997 and that James Stinson himself had been there and signed ‘Drexciya’ in large silver letters right in front of him. There were also three luminous green paint spots which look like thumbprints pressed into the bottom left hand corner, a kind of mark of a Drexciyan, which had already been placed there.</div><div><br /></div></div></blockquote></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2