This month’s Carhartt WIP Radio show features @deforrest-brown-jr, a writer and cultural theorist based in New York, who also makes music under the name @speakermusic.

In 2022, Brown Junior released his first book “Assembling a Black Counter Culture”, which in his own words, is a “historical science-fiction book about Black contributions to the electronic music industry.”

The book opens with a map from the album “The Quest”, by legendary Detroit electronic duo @drexciyaofficial, composed of James Stinson and Gerald Donald – who are the primary focus of this month episode’s mix. 

Created by Brown Jr., “The Myth of Drexciya” is a mix which features a sprawling selection of Drexciya’s discography from 1991 to 2002, revealing the “sonic fiction of the underwater civilizations’ aquatic invasion of the surface world.” 

The mix is accompanied by an interview with Brown Jr., who discusses collaborating with Detroit visual artist Abdul Qadim Haqq on his recent book, the influence that Drexciya have had on his work, and the best scenarios to enjoy their music in. Read the talk at www.carhartt-wip.com/journal/music.

tracklist:

1. Drexciya - Illegitimate Crime Report
2. Drexciya - Aquatacizem
3. Drexciya - Depressurization
4. Drexciya - Seaquake
5. Drexciya - Aqua Wormhole
6. Drexciya - Beyond the Abyss
7. Drexciya - Bubble Metropolis
8. Drexciya - Welcome to Drexciya
9. Drexciya - Antivapor Waves
10. Drexciya - Hydro Cubes
11. Drexciya - Aquatic Bata Particles
12. Drexciya - Interlude from Unknown Aquazone I (You're Now Entering The Fusion Zone)
13. Drexciya - Living on the Edge
14. Drexciya - Lardossen Funk
15. Drexciya - Take Your Mind
16. Drexciya - Interlude from Unknown Aquazone II (You're Now Entering The Basalt Zone)
17. The Martian - Wardance (ft. Drexciya)
18. Drexciya - Wavejumpers
19. Drexciya - The Countdown Has Begun
20. Drexciya - Black Sea
21. Drexciya - Hydro Theory
22. Drexciya - Smokey's Illegitimate Report
23. Drexciya - Hi-Tide
24. Ultradyne - Dr. Blowfin’s Experiment
25. Drexciya - Interlude from Neptune’s Lair (Temple Of Dos De Aqua)
26. Drexciya - Andreaen Sand Dunes
27. Drexciya - Draining Of The Tanks
28. Drexciya - Surface Terrestrial Colonization
29. Drexciya - C To The Power Of X + C To The Power Of X = MM = Unknown
30. Drexciya - Digital Tsunami
31. Drexciya - Dr. Blowfins’ Black Storm Stabilizing Spheres
32. Drexciya - Mission To Ociya Syndor And Back
33. Drexciya - Under Sea Disturbances
34. Drexciya - Birth of New Life
35. Transllusion - Transmission of Life
36. Transllusion - Crossing Into The Mental Astroplane
37. Transllusion - Do You Want To Get Down?
38. The Other People Place - Eye Contact
39. Abstract Thought - Bermuda Triangle
40. Abstract Thought - Galactic Rotation
41. Shifted Phases - Solar Wind
42. Shifted Phases - Crossing Of The Sun-Ra Nebula
43. Drexciya - Drexcyen R.E.S.T Principle (Research. Experimentation. Science. Technology)
44. Drexciya - 700 Million Light Years From Earth
45. Drexciya - Astronomical Guidepost
46. The Otolith Group - Excerpt from Hydra Decapita
47. Drexciya - Ascension of Genetic Intelligence

https://www.carhartt-wip.com/journals/en/music/radio/2023/04/artist-feature-deforrest-brown-jr.-on-drexciya

Carhartt WIP Radio April 2023: The Myth Of Drexciya

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Carhartt WIP Radio April 2023: The Myth Of Drexciya

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