Very little is known about the forces behind Drexciya, although links with Dopplereffekt, Japanese Telecom, Transllusion and The Other People’s Place are undeniable. Let’s prick one bubble by saying that James Stinson is responsible for the two latter projects and also is half of Drexciya. To get a bit of a grip on the mystery we tried to find out how Drexciya first saw the light of day. James: “I got my first taste of techno around 1980-1981. I was a kid riding my bike with a small radio and ‘Alleys Of Your Mind’ by Juan Atkins came on. I stopped my bike to get a better listen. It was the sweetest sound I had ever heard at that time. I was hooked and for the next eight years I would be programmed by some of the best electronic music on the planet by the Electrifying Mojo. 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 3 am 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.
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