Happy 5763

Rosh Hashana (øÉàùÑ äÇùÌÑÈðÈä) or "The Year's Head" starts this evening.

hebcal's Jewish Calendar Tools are always handy. This month's holiday events.

May the coming year bring what you need
and may you find it sweet.

James Stinson, founding member and one half of the Detroit electro band Drexciya, passed away a few days ago from heart complications.

For over a decade, Drexciya built up a highly regarded catalog, releasing records on some of the best-respected labels in the field: Underground Resistance, Rephlex, Warp, Tresor, and Clone.

Drexciya's music was the soundtrack of my 1990's, from the early raw and futuristic 12" singles onward. They were the band that took Parliament's Motor-Booty Affair as their starting point and fully integrated the techno-bass sound of Model 500, Afrika Bambataa and the unfettered noisy experimentation of the early Aphex Twin.

"most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps"

Further reading:

• An interview with James Stinson from earlier this year
• The All-Music Guide's Drexciya entry
• A comprehensive Drexciya discography
• Sea Snake, originally released on the Deep Sea Dweller EP.

[aka Obituaries a la Blog]