Why Drexciya took Detroit electro underwater | Resident Advisor

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  • @detroitologist
    @detroitologist 9 місяців тому +16

    Drexciya really pushed and expanded what you could do as a dj. It really put your mind in a different place. Sometimes we would get in my car and drive outside the city, out into the countryside, and this is the kind of stuff I would listen to. It was a a part of the soundtrack for escaping Detroit for a while.

  • @rubikovakocka1693
    @rubikovakocka1693 6 років тому +185

    probably the most important techno narrative ever, the Drexciyan myth.
    mission out.

  • @CatfishD
    @CatfishD 2 роки тому +22

    This is fantastic. Thank you so much for keeping their story alive for the generations that missed out on this wonderful time in electronic music history.

  • @21stCenturyDub
    @21stCenturyDub 6 років тому +256

    Thanks for recognizing some of the true pioneers of electronic music in the US. Would be wonderful to see more on Detroit techno in general (Mad Mike Banks interview please... ?)

    • @yg101
      @yg101 4 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/sNvjbP5KQuc/v-deo.html

    • @CatfishD
      @CatfishD 2 роки тому +5

      Mike would never do an interview !

    • @popcycles
      @popcycles Рік тому

      @@CatfishD He has in the past.

  • @CopeLtda2
    @CopeLtda2 6 років тому +126

    I am already underwater… thanks to all these tears. Much respect for RA on this one, Drexciya is forever!

  • @Phylopn
    @Phylopn 6 років тому +68

    tracks played in here (well, almost every one, dunno what that track is during that Jeff Mills bit for example), in order:
    bubble metropolis
    black sea
    a number of names - sharivari
    neon falls
    wave jumper
    aqua jujidsu
    temple of dos de aqua
    polymono plexusgel
    drexyen star chamber
    cascading celestial giants
    astronomical guidepost

  • @Fabforfuture
    @Fabforfuture 5 місяців тому +1

    This mini doc deserves much respect as much as Drexcya themseves. Well dione !!!!

  • @SIAKPHDLIVE
    @SIAKPHDLIVE 6 років тому +64

    "Experiments must continue. Even till death" RIP J. Stinson

    • @rexmundi649
      @rexmundi649 6 років тому +11

      The corrrect quotation goes like this: "Experiments must continue at all costs, even if it means death!"

    • @sacredflames07
      @sacredflames07 3 роки тому +1

      @@rexmundi649 I loved your music you kept the actual trance in your style of trance

  • @diversifyyobonds
    @diversifyyobonds 6 років тому +130

    Stay Deep.

  • @gkhan2973
    @gkhan2973 6 років тому +26

    Underwater Resistance! Gotta love the Drexciyan belief behind these legends. Great video, big up! RIP Mr Stinson

    • @sawtooth808
      @sawtooth808 4 роки тому +2

      There was also a side project that the Drexciya Duo were involved with called Doppler Effect, think a more robotic Kraftwerk fronted by a female vocalist speaking in monotone. It had to be heard to be believed.

  • @liviaschliv0024
    @liviaschliv0024 4 роки тому +7

    I remember when I heard hydro theory and bang bang for the first time three years ago on youtube. My neck hair raised and my whole body got goosebumps, I was immediately captivated by their sound... learning more about them just deepens the meaning of their music to me and creates new fantasies about Drexciya and the entire journey their mythical civilization has made

  • @juliancumpian2747
    @juliancumpian2747 6 років тому +14

    Life is short. Drexciya is forever.

  • @mechanesthesia
    @mechanesthesia 6 років тому +14

    This fed my soul. This was beautiful. Stinson and Donald were such a huge influence in my life and are so underrepresented. Thank you for making this!
    You guys HAVE to do a follow up with Dopplereffekt and all his associated acts!
    Much respect.

  • @djtrakakadrunkpoet8598
    @djtrakakadrunkpoet8598 Рік тому +2

    Love being from Detroit, so much talent

  • @illiteratethug3305
    @illiteratethug3305 6 років тому +6

    There's a special kind of happy when a video with a title like this pops up on your homepage :D

  • @hiddentechno8266
    @hiddentechno8266 6 років тому +42

    Great documentary, wish it was an hour long.

  • @Marco-oo7bk
    @Marco-oo7bk 6 років тому +22

    I discovered Drexciya though a tracklist of a Helena Hauff set this month. Perfect timing RA!

    • @desertshamatha
      @desertshamatha 6 років тому +5

      drexciya has so much good stuff for real, even the side projects are fantastic... and helena hauff is one of the best djs rn

    • @TrinkdestilliertesWasser
      @TrinkdestilliertesWasser 6 років тому +23

      no! be happy for him. he now has a lot new stuff to listen to.
      Enjoy the joruney m8!

    • @nikolademitri731
      @nikolademitri731 6 років тому +1

      Koekebakker Don’t know if you picked up any of their albums yet, but I discovered them back around 09 or 2010, when the first “Journey Of The Deep Sea Dweller” collection of their trax came out, and I fell in love. I ended up buying each subsequent JotDSD releases, four in all, and honestly, if you’re not looking to be a completist and just want a great collection of their trax, I highly recommend.

    • @ChurKirby
      @ChurKirby 6 років тому

      Helena Hauff and DJ Stingray both played a night in Bristol last October

  • @keppj0nes
    @keppj0nes 6 років тому +4

    Damn this video isnt even 10 minutes long and it is already the best thing the Resident advisor channel has ever done. GREAT JOB keep it up and make more.

  • @Dispo030
    @Dispo030 6 років тому +2

    "[...] just love each other. Love the music and go for it. Whatever your heart desires."
    James Stinson, 2002

  • @Hempujonsito
    @Hempujonsito 6 років тому +30

    Drexciya must be one of the musical acts with the deepest lore out there

  • @alessandrodamario3319
    @alessandrodamario3319 6 років тому +10

    One of the best random weird corner of the record shops finds of my life

  • @MikeHancho663
    @MikeHancho663 6 років тому +3

    fuck me up this is the kind of electro I've been hunting for. Absolutely timeless.

  • @beastieboy3455
    @beastieboy3455 6 років тому +23

    just saw dj stingray play still absolutely killing it

    • @phillypay88
      @phillypay88 6 років тому

      where?

    • @_DRMR_
      @_DRMR_ 6 років тому +1

      Amsterdam Dance Event
      I'm going to check him out tonight for another round ;)

    • @alexanderv8807
      @alexanderv8807 4 роки тому +1

      Hes a beast saw him playing at BASSIANI last year and hes pretty often there like 2-3 times a year so we are quit lucky here in georgia lol

  • @Huskasin
    @Huskasin 6 років тому +42

    Cybotron is another noteworthy electro duo that comes to mind with similar lineage

    • @ROTEsimplemachines
      @ROTEsimplemachines 6 років тому +2

      Cybotron3070 does not get the same recognition as his partner, though (when referencing techno history). I have a hypothesis that Rik Davis is the Unknown Writer.

    • @ROTEsimplemachines
      @ROTEsimplemachines 6 років тому +1

      Smif and Wesson Model 500

    • @MrFunktone
      @MrFunktone 5 років тому

      R. M Don’t think Davis did any other records solo as 3070 but I’m sure he co-wrote Time Space Transmat with Juan.....after that he was finished with music maybe?

    • @Medliana19
      @Medliana19 3 роки тому

      True

  • @banditoto
    @banditoto 6 років тому +53

    Stay pressurised!

    • @jb44421
      @jb44421 7 місяців тому

      Oof ❤❤❤

  • @tone.rec_5557
    @tone.rec_5557 4 роки тому +2

    I find it intresting listening to artists like drexciya and dopplereffekt whilst in run down areas with bordered up houses, dirt and litter everywhere. It feels like this music is the sound track to this scenery and in a way a private escape from the reality of life in areas that are run down, with the arists coming from Detroit that makes sense.

  • @Scienide1995_Deep_and_Dub
    @Scienide1995_Deep_and_Dub 4 роки тому +2

    Music with the concept and soul!
    Long live their heritage 🌸

  • @ROTEsimplemachines
    @ROTEsimplemachines 6 років тому +29

    I was listening to Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Chile yesterday- and realized that even after listening to this duo for years, I missed a reference to the Methane Sea from my first favorite rock-n-roller. Rik Davis aka Cybotron3070 wrote a track called "Methane Sea" which I now believe pays homage to the idea Jimi and Drexciya are getting at- an idea illustrated by another Hendrix track, 1983... A Merman I Should Turn to Be from Electric Ladyland: 1983 is not a year, it is a reference to United States Code 42 USC 1983- which basically gives the right to seek reparations when any authorized group, working in the service of the United States, works outside of Its authority. Otherwise, Drexciya was cognizant of Afro musical history, something I'm still learning about; most of all they have taught why some people identify as Afro-American rather than African-American. They've led me to Sun Ra, RammEllZee- and gave me further understanding of the continuing work of Gerald Donald, DJ Stingray, Jeff Mills, Robert Hood and perhaps even a (supposedly) caucasian woman who calls herself The Doubtful Guest.

  • @Brokout
    @Brokout 6 років тому +1

    Amazing look into two real musical geniuses, they are still far ahead of their time, thank you for making this.

  • @inbedwithbz
    @inbedwithbz 6 років тому +1

    Their creative mythology really impressed and influenced me years ago as a child, and even still today.

  • @phoqueme
    @phoqueme 3 роки тому

    "To stay sane in an insane world"... The most relevant thing today 🔥❤️

  • @emori96
    @emori96 6 років тому +2

    A doc this good rarely comes along. incredible story.

  • @currentlyunderwater
    @currentlyunderwater 6 років тому +1

    So much love for these underwater soundscapes

  • @jyonda
    @jyonda 4 роки тому +1

    Well produced video which deserves more attention, just like Drexciya.

  • @koreanmoviesost4570
    @koreanmoviesost4570 6 років тому +4

    Drexciya didn't just make music, he made his music art trying to transmit something to people, that's something that nowadays in the music industry isn't done anymore, you just want to make a lot of money producing repetitive and empty music from my point of view, thank you James and Donald very much for making your music art.

    • @tochn
      @tochn 5 років тому +1

      @ROOTSCONTRA lol man don't even bother responding to these guys. They usually don't make the effort to try and hear for themselves what's up today on the techno and electro scene. And if they do, they do it with some dark devil in their mind saying "yeah but remember it will always be better before". This guy probably doesn't know Stingray plays loads of new stuff as well in his sets.

  • @21stCenturyDub
    @21stCenturyDub 6 років тому +18

    Da aquabahnnnnn!! . RIP James Stinson.

  • @Lyonsytron
    @Lyonsytron 6 років тому +8

    Just hit the Aquabhann, and tear down it in your Lardosian cruiser. Nice piece RA

  • @nikolademitri731
    @nikolademitri731 6 років тому +3

    This was/is beautiful. Thank you. ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏼✊🏽❤️♾

  • @Nyconbr
    @Nyconbr 6 років тому +25

    First Burial, now Drexciya's history. Thank you resident advisor for making these awesome documentaries.
    Are you planning to make more videos? Can you make one about Aquacrunk?

  • @jeffdavis7001
    @jeffdavis7001 6 років тому +4

    So well made and very informative , even for a 20 year fan

  • @therealoinjman
    @therealoinjman 4 роки тому +1

    Fro sun ra to drexciya. When your mythology and culture is stolen, you create your brand new own. The legend is written.

  • @deemarr9151
    @deemarr9151 2 роки тому

    Just found 3 vinyls in my collection...ooohhhh!!!!...vinyl forever!

  • @s90210h
    @s90210h 6 років тому +14

    This is pretty well made actually.

  • @rank9
    @rank9 5 років тому +1

    The masters! Thanks for showing us your soundzz.

  • @rubikovakocka1693
    @rubikovakocka1693 6 років тому +2

    much props to RA for having this feature.

  • @whatistau
    @whatistau 6 років тому +5

    i must mention Ultradyne, who produced back to back with Drexciya and are also a part of Drexcian universe

    • @mr_diatribe2324
      @mr_diatribe2324 6 років тому

      Yeahman ;)

    • @JMJC1
      @JMJC1 5 років тому

      @@mr_diatribe2324 no way, we meet again. I am of the conclusion now that you tube recommends me the videos you have viewed and commented on. Although I am already a minor drex fan.

    • @mr_diatribe2324
      @mr_diatribe2324 5 років тому

      @@JMJC1 Hows it going Quartz ............. ;)

    • @mr_diatribe2324
      @mr_diatribe2324 5 років тому

      @@JMJC1 ua-cam.com/video/QdagrI2ax2E/v-deo.html

    • @JMJC1
      @JMJC1 5 років тому

      @@mr_diatribe2324 what's the video meaning?

  • @matthewy393
    @matthewy393 6 років тому +7

    Legends. The originals.

  • @Project5am
    @Project5am 6 років тому

    Amazing break down of a very special group. Only re listened to Stinsons interview with Liz Coperland...very inspirational poetic and haunting seeing that he passed away months after recording the interview.

  • @EMAHGERD
    @EMAHGERD 6 років тому +1

    sound of my (now fading) youth, great job on the video

  • @wistonn
    @wistonn 6 років тому +1

    What a piece of art

  • @nanobot808
    @nanobot808 6 років тому +15

    RA should add a credit to the source interviews from Andrew Duke and Liz Copeland.

  • @carterharrington
    @carterharrington 6 років тому +3

    'The Art' of techno.. 💗

    • @anejzavedno
      @anejzavedno 4 роки тому

      I think you misspelled electro mate ;)

  • @antfactor
    @antfactor Місяць тому

    Wow... THIS is really cool! Thank you!!! -ant

  • @emmetedz2109
    @emmetedz2109 6 років тому +1

    Thank you DREXCIYA..........

  • @sixteenthlevel3414
    @sixteenthlevel3414 6 років тому +2

    The masters of the machines!

  • @UnlimitedJoy
    @UnlimitedJoy 6 років тому +1

    Take your mind to another level, feel the power of the...

  • @acidiozh
    @acidiozh 6 років тому +3

    black sea - masterpiece

  • @sigueasi1
    @sigueasi1 6 років тому +3

    Come back to Earth, Great Ones

  • @metasua
    @metasua 6 років тому +1

    So good, thanks RA

  • @PierreMendola
    @PierreMendola Рік тому

    Thanks!!!

  • @aeiouxs
    @aeiouxs 6 років тому

    Great work on this RA, thank you.

  • @vonlobo
    @vonlobo 6 років тому +5

    Drexciya and Apex Twin made my young age wierd ;) and i like it ;p

  • @eria
    @eria 6 років тому +1

    Profound artists! Thanks for the lovely doco RA!

  • @mr_diatribe2324
    @mr_diatribe2324 6 років тому +1

    Drexciya, UR, The Martian sure have kicked out some sounds over the decades! Did you mention L.A.M??? We are on teeveeeeee!

  • @AngelicalMom
    @AngelicalMom 11 місяців тому +1

    Drexciya✨

  • @illiteratethug3305
    @illiteratethug3305 6 років тому +6

    Anyone know the track at 6:20? It's amazing

    • @havarorbjornsson7859
      @havarorbjornsson7859 6 років тому +4

      Polymono Plexusgel ua-cam.com/video/18GR2dP6HI4/v-deo.html

    • @M206-o2d
      @M206-o2d 2 місяці тому

      Polymono plexusgel

  • @NeoLudditevisons
    @NeoLudditevisons 6 років тому +3

    Best group ever!

  • @davetbassbos
    @davetbassbos 6 років тому

    Wow, I hadn't heard of these guys in other techno documentaries, but more the original Detroit guys.

  • @aeiouxs
    @aeiouxs 5 років тому

    Still so much love and admiration for their music + sound x
    So happy 1 x Drexciyan is still operating : seek and you shall find.
    But seek hard.

  • @zolawilliams1
    @zolawilliams1 6 років тому

    Thanks RA! Always so interesting.

  • @Katerpillar
    @Katerpillar 6 років тому

    Drexciya is the best of its kind

  • @tupd
    @tupd 6 років тому

    I knew nothing about this scene or Drex. This is fucking awesome. Keep up the dope work~~~

  • @JalexWROK
    @JalexWROK 6 років тому +1

    Great LEGEND!! ONE LOVE.

  • @dave_dhannoo
    @dave_dhannoo 5 років тому +1

    Pioneers!

  • @DIRTY-MERLIN
    @DIRTY-MERLIN 6 років тому

    RESPECT. ty for making this.

  • @artao5
    @artao5 6 років тому +4

    At about 2:50 ... pretty big correction.
    First off, Sirius is a star, not a planet. (Triple star system, actually)
    Secondly, Sirius is in Canis Major, not Orion.

  • @themanonthemoon111
    @themanonthemoon111 6 років тому +1

    Absolute legends

  • @fabiovinuesa5102
    @fabiovinuesa5102 6 років тому

    LEGENDS. RIP JS

  • @damirplicanic4190
    @damirplicanic4190 6 років тому

    WOW!!! I thought that UR’s Codebreaker with Morse code melody was great idea, but haven’t listen to Drexciya anything after The Quest (greatest hits album???).
    Now I got to go and find other, what I missed.
    Thanks RA.
    Also about Afrofuturism, watch Last Angel Of History.
    And can anyone recommend some others documentaries about Afrofuturism???

    • @keppj0nes
      @keppj0nes 6 років тому +2

      Check out all of the Detroit Techno documentaries on youtube. Afrofuturism is running through the vein of all of them

    • @damirplicanic4190
      @damirplicanic4190 6 років тому

      I watched them "all", at least easy to find or ones that people mention as references. If you can point me in more less popular or less known??? I will be grateful. Thanks.

    • @damirplicanic4190
      @damirplicanic4190 6 років тому

      Thanks!!!

  • @Brokout
    @Brokout 2 роки тому +2

    Can anyone tell me where the underwater retrofuturistic spaceship footage comes from please?

    • @larrikind
      @larrikind Рік тому

      would love to know this too

    • @MizyahNicuh
      @MizyahNicuh 8 місяців тому

      @Brokout @larrikind "The myth was built partly on Paul Gilroy's The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness (1993), according to Kodwo Eshun" wikipedia source

  • @plunderpunk2
    @plunderpunk2 6 років тому

    Excellent. Thank you.

  • @deadman568
    @deadman568 6 років тому +2

    Makes me shudder to think what kind of tracks Drexciya would have made in this present day.

  • @deadtech9417
    @deadtech9417 6 років тому +22

    bang bang chickachicka ahh

  • @thaynamoura9130
    @thaynamoura9130 6 років тому

    thank you so much for this

  • @Juzemeen
    @Juzemeen 6 років тому +1

    awesome awesome awesome!

  • @EminentMusicUK
    @EminentMusicUK 6 років тому +2

    wicked feature

  • @celiaayneto9232
    @celiaayneto9232 6 років тому

    very well done, yes !

  • @Orinoco009
    @Orinoco009 6 років тому

    This is a masterpiece

  • @musicfrommadness433
    @musicfrommadness433 4 роки тому +1

    Good stuff!

  • @N0vCraft7837
    @N0vCraft7837 6 років тому +4

    ID at 4:45 pls ?

    • @vrc7net
      @vrc7net 5 років тому +1

      Drexciya - Neon Falls

  • @MrBenjaminsavage
    @MrBenjaminsavage 6 років тому

    Fantastic video!

  • @dmitrykovyazin8504
    @dmitrykovyazin8504 6 років тому

    Forever!

  • @crnacpanker
    @crnacpanker 6 років тому

    Pure art

  • @AVALONLURKS
    @AVALONLURKS 11 місяців тому

    drexciya forever

  • @naturalbornchiller158
    @naturalbornchiller158 3 роки тому

    Does anybody know the track that's being played during the Jeff Mills part?

  • @bela2959
    @bela2959 6 років тому

    chills

  • @tzed2509
    @tzed2509 Рік тому

    WOWZA

  • @TheChemistt1
    @TheChemistt1 5 років тому +1

    Track ID at 4:39 please?

  • @Flashback_Jack
    @Flashback_Jack 3 роки тому +1

    Those inclined to revisionist history about this music should watch this and bow down. Period.

  • @DjMarcMc
    @DjMarcMc 6 років тому

    Track at 1:25