Drexciya: Legendary Neptune's Lair Reissued
A legendary and long sold-out classic of Detroit techno and electronica is now being made available again by German label Tresor. Drexciya's „Neptune's Lair“, originally published in 1999, is generally considered a milestone for its futuristic sounddesign, intelligent, emotionally charged arrangements and complex concept. A double 12'' Vinyl double album, it worked on and with various levels of consciousness and merged several adjacent genres into a demanding work of art. The way it looks, the Vinyl edition is only available at a few select places (Boomkat for example), but at least audiences can again treat themselves to record CD or in a low-priced download version directly from Tresor. „Neptune's Lair“ is generally considered the most influential and „important“ album of Drexciya, the duo project of producers James Marcel Stinson and Dopplereffekt, which came to a tragic end when Stinson died of heartfailure in 2002.
On a total of 21 tracks, some short soundscapes, other powerful, pulsating dance tracks of hypnotic intensity, „Neptune's Lair“, almost a decade after its first release, demonstrates why Drexciya were anything but a short-lived hype at their prime: Few other acts before or after them were capable of fusing the spirits of the two seemingly opposed worlds of carefully constructed headmusic and sweaty, physical clubtracks into a coherent unity. Aggressively pumping kick drums and acrid electro beats were juxtaposed with frostily floating pads and nervous, neuroactive two-tone melodies and then placed in between threedimensional alien ambient pieces with several layers of sound running in sync or against each other.
Drexciya's „Neptune's Lair“ is one of several reissues from Tresor, other albums include Christian Vogel's „The Never Engine“ and Octave One feat. Random Noise Generation's „Off The Grid“.
Homepage: Tresor Records
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