Harnessed the Storm

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Harnessed the Storm
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Studio album by
Drexciya
Released2002 (2002)
Genre
Length58:30
Label Tresor
Drexciya chronology
Neptune's Lair
(1999)		Harnessed the Storm
(2002)		Grava 4
(2002)
Singles from Harnessed the Storm
  1. "Digital Tsunami"
    Released: 2001

Harnessed the Storm is the second studio album by American electronic music duo Drexciya. [1] It was released on Tresor in 2002. [2] Designed as the first of seven conceptually linked albums that the duo produced over the course of a single year, it is the only one credited to Drexciya. Different aliases were used for the others. [1]

Contents

Music

The album's instrumentation has been said to incorporate "impossibly deep, depth charge bass and squawking lead synths." [3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Alternative Press 8/10 [5]

Philip Downey of Exclaim! described Harnessed the Storm as "forward-looking, vocal-less, sci-fi stuff". [6] Andy Battaglia of The A.V. Club felt that Drexciya "still creates some of the most visionary electro around", but concluded that the album's "Detroit-style formalism" sounds "too old-fashioned to sneak the future into the past". [7]

In 2010, Resident Advisor placed Harnessed the Storm at number 97 on its list of the "Top 100 Albums of the 2000s". [8] In 2017, Pitchfork placed it at number 11 on its list of "The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time". Staff writer Mark Richardson wrote: "Harnessed the Storm wasn’t completely in sync with what was happening in IDM at the time of its release—for one thing, Donald and Stinson preferred old-school synths and sequencers to computers. But its adventurous spirit, disorienting layers of rhythm, and sheer beauty make it a natural fit with the other albums on this list." [3]

Track listing

Vinyl edition
No.TitleLength
1."Digital Tsunami"6:22
2."Soul of the Sea"4:32
3."Dr. Blowfins' Black Storm Stabilizing Spheres"6:13
4."Song of the Green Whale"5:00
5."Lake Haze"5:18
6."Mission to Ociya Syndor and Back"5:14
7."Under Sea Disturbances"8:08
CD edition
No.TitleLength
1."Under Sea Disturbances"8:08
2."Digital Tsunami"6:22
3."Soul of the Sea"4:32
4."Song of the Green Whale"5:00
5."Dr. Blowfins' Black Storm Stabilizing Spheres"6:13
6."The Plankton Organization"6:09
7."Mission to Ociya Syndor and Back"5:14
8."Aquatic Cataclysm"5:19
9."Lake Haze"5:18
10."Birth of New Life"6:23

References

  1. 1 2 Leinhart, Kat (November 14, 2014). "Tresor Announces Reissue of Another Drexciya Album". XLR8R . Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ Kolada, Brian (November 13, 2014). "Tresor to reissue Drexciya's Harnessed The Storm". Resident Advisor . Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time". Pitchfork . January 24, 2017. p. 4. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  4. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "Harnessed the Storm – Drexciya". AllMusic . Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Drexciya: Harnessed the Storm". Alternative Press (165): 72. April 2002.
  6. ↑ Downey, Philip (May 1, 2002). "Drexciya: Harnessed the Storm". Exclaim! . Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ Battaglia, Andy (March 29, 2002). "Drexciya: Harnessed The Storm". The A.V. Club . Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  8. ↑ "RA Poll: Top 100 albums of the '00s". Resident Advisor . January 25, 2010. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
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