Double LP with Silver Sleeve
Tresor Records release special editions of its entire catalogue of Drexciya and related projects. 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of James Stinson and the releases of the Transllusion and Shifted Phases albums. In recognition, the rights holders, their families, and the label have commissioned Detroit-based contemporary artist Matthew Angelo Harrison to re-conceptualize the covers of Tresor's Drexciya-related catalogue. These editions will be released sequentially, bimonthly, starting early-September 2022. The series starts with Neptune's Lair, first released in 1999, with the Hydro Doorways single arriving shortly after. In November, Harnessed The Storm and Digital Tsunami are coming. In 2023 comes the release of Transllusion in February. The series is completed by the long-awaited re-release of Shifted Phases - The Cosmic Memoirs Of The Late Great Rupert J. Rosinthrope - at the end of March.
Despite the levels of intense secrecy that has always surrounded Drexciya, the status of their legendary output as representing the most authentic dance-floor orientated Electro and embryonic Detroit Techno remains clear. The two central items in Drexicya's oeuvre - Neptune's Lair and Harnessed the Storm - were released on Tresor between 1999 and 2002 and represent the absolute highpoint of their self-made universe of electro science.
