It's fucking hard to categorize Drexciya (& their many fantastic offshoots)! I say bloody just as well cos as a guy that has to do reviews every week, i'm bloody sick of trying! The finest tunes have their own agenda, away from idiots with little boxes. Ok, if I were to put them in a box it'd be a big thick waterproof laminated one with a thriving eco system & a shit hot nightclub. Called Drexciyan Nights. Transllusion was a nom de plume James Stinson opted for on a tiny handful of releases but never mind the bollocks, here's the aquatic waves of stunning electro-techno you all yearn for. If you, like me, were slightly underwhelmed by L.I.F.E on Rephlex you may get a fuller picture of the fantastically warped braindance on offer inside the walls of 'The Opening of the Cerebral Gate', never a more apt title. 12 tracks of melodic, random, hypnotic aquatic electronica for heads & floors (and maybe ceilings) but the stars are being aimed at here. That crass IDM moniker that many artists get lumbered with don't apply here. This is music for anyone with a bit of itchy funk in their bones, surpassing ambient, swallowing metronomic electro & sometimes employing a banging analogue 4/4 techno thud but sounding as vital, fresh & delightful as ever. The sad fact is, this wonderful visionary soul is no longer physically with us but musically, he's tons more awake & jiving than 95% of those chancers currently shoving their half baked goods in our faces! Re-issue CD only on Supremat. Dare I say it? ESSENTIAL! ;0)
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Another classic DREXCIYA production re-released from the Tresor vaults. This Drexciyan has left the underwater battlefield for a little while and moved onto a different level of imagination, music that sounds more playful, softer than Drexciya. The Dopplereffekt is missing, the melodic sound constructions are the ones wooing the beat. Here is the extended Electro(-nic) journey of a unique musician from Detroit - recorded exclusively for Supremat.
Tracklist 1. Transmission of Life 4:25 2. Negative Flash 4:24 3. Walking With Clouds 3:31 4. Cerebral Cortex Malfunction 5:28 5. Cluben in Guyana 5:04 6. Look Within 4:30 7. Unordinary Realities 4:50 8. Dimensional Glide 6:54 9. War of the Clones 5:53 10. Crossing Into The Mental Astroplane 4:46 11. Do You Want to Get Down? 5:42 12.Do You Want to Get Down? (Vocal de Void) 5:4
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