James Stinson

Drexciya was an American electronic music duo from Detroit, Michigan, consisting of James Stinson (1969 - 2002) and Gerald Donald.

The majority of Drexciya's releases were in the style of dance-floor-oriented electro, punctuated with elements of retro, 1980s Detroit techno, with occasional excursions into the ambient and industrial genres. Tracks were mostly centered around the Roland TR-808 drum machine.

Drexciya, which eschewed media attention and its attendant focus on personality, developed an afrofuturist myth. The group revealed in the sleeve notes to their 1997 album The Quest that "Drexciya" was an underwater country populated by the unborn children of pregnant African women who were thrown off of slave ships; the babies had adapted to breathe underwater in their mothers' wombs. The myth was built partly on Paul Gilroy's The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness (1993), according to Kodwo Eshun.

In 1997, Drexciya released a compilation album, The Quest. The duo released three studio albums, Neptune's Lair (1999), Harnessed the Storm (2002), and Grava 4 (2002).

Studio albums

• Neptune's Lair (1999), Tresor
• Harnessed the Storm (2002), Tresor
• Grava 4 (2002), Clone

Compilation albums

• The Quest (1997), Submerge
• Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller I (2011), Clone
• Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller II (2012), Clone
• Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller III (2013), Clone
• Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller IV (2013), Clone

EPs

• Deep Sea Dweller (1992), Shockwave Records
• Drexciya 2: Bubble Metropolis (1993), Underground Resistance
• Drexciya 3: Molecular Enhancement (1994), Rephlex, Submerge
• Drexciya 4: The Unknown Aquazone (1994), Submerge
• Aquatic Invasion (1994), Underground Resistance
• The Journey Home (1995), Warp Records
• The Return of Drexciya (1996), Underground Resistance
• Uncharted (1997), Somewhere in Detroit
• Hydro Doorways (2000), Tresor

Singles

• "Fusion Flats" (2000), Tresor
• "Digital Tsunami" (2001), Tresor
• "Drexciyan R.E.S.T. Principle" (2002), Clone