{
  "slug": "drexciya",
  "name": "Drexciya",
  "description": "Drexciya appears 4 times in our Detroit Techno, The Waxonia Desk — A Way In, The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno, and The Waxonia Desk — Detroit, Heard in Europe lists, placing as high as No. 8. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/drexciya/",
  "appearanceCount": 4,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1993,
    "last": 1993
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 8,
    "list": "Detroit Techno"
  },
  "appearsOn": [
    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "detroit-techno",
      "name": "Detroit Techno",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/detroit-techno/",
      "entries": 1
    },
    {
      "kind": "curator",
      "slug": "the-desk-a-way-in",
      "name": "The Waxonia Desk — A Way In",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-a-way-in/",
      "entries": 1
    },
    {
      "kind": "curator",
      "slug": "the-desk-detroit-techno",
      "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-techno/",
      "entries": 1
    },
    {
      "kind": "curator",
      "slug": "the-desk-detroit-in-europe",
      "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Detroit, Heard in Europe",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-in-europe/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "drexciya--bubble-metropolis",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/drexciya--bubble-metropolis/",
      "title": "Bubble Metropolis",
      "year": 1993,
      "label": "Underground Resistance",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Electro-techno from an invented underwater mythology. Anonymous, strange and hydraulic — proof that Detroit's imagination ran far past the dancefloor.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
          "kind": "curator",
          "slug": "the-desk-a-way-in",
          "name": "The Waxonia Desk — A Way In",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-a-way-in/"
        },
        {
          "kind": "curator",
          "slug": "the-desk-detroit-techno",
          "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-techno/"
        },
        {
          "kind": "curator",
          "slug": "the-desk-detroit-in-europe",
          "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Detroit, Heard in Europe",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-in-europe/"
        }
      ],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Drexciya%20Bubble%20Metropolis",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=wdbf7-tlDV8",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 8,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "detroit-techno",
        "name": "Detroit Techno",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/detroit-techno/"
      },
      "artist": "Drexciya"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "drexciya--bubble-metropolis",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/drexciya--bubble-metropolis/",
      "title": "Bubble Metropolis",
      "year": 1993,
      "label": "Underground Resistance",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Now the deep end. Detroit techno as science fiction, made by people who refused to be photographed and built an underwater mythology instead. Play it after Strings of Life and hear the same city thinking differently.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
          "kind": "genre",
          "slug": "detroit-techno",
          "name": "Detroit Techno",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/detroit-techno/"
        },
        {
          "kind": "curator",
          "slug": "the-desk-detroit-techno",
          "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-techno/"
        },
        {
          "kind": "curator",
          "slug": "the-desk-detroit-in-europe",
          "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Detroit, Heard in Europe",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-in-europe/"
        }
      ],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Drexciya%20Bubble%20Metropolis",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=wdbf7-tlDV8",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": null,
      "on": {
        "kind": "curator",
        "slug": "the-desk-a-way-in",
        "name": "The Waxonia Desk — A Way In",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-a-way-in/"
      },
      "artist": "Drexciya"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "drexciya--bubble-metropolis",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/drexciya--bubble-metropolis/",
      "title": "Bubble Metropolis",
      "year": 1993,
      "label": "Underground Resistance",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Detroit techno as mythology, made by people who refused to be photographed and built an underwater civilisation instead. Play it after the Model 500 and hear the same city imagining a very different exit.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
          "kind": "genre",
          "slug": "detroit-techno",
          "name": "Detroit Techno",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/detroit-techno/"
        },
        {
          "kind": "curator",
          "slug": "the-desk-a-way-in",
          "name": "The Waxonia Desk — A Way In",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-a-way-in/"
        },
        {
          "kind": "curator",
          "slug": "the-desk-detroit-in-europe",
          "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Detroit, Heard in Europe",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-in-europe/"
        }
      ],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Drexciya%20Bubble%20Metropolis",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=wdbf7-tlDV8",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": null,
      "on": {
        "kind": "curator",
        "slug": "the-desk-detroit-techno",
        "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-techno/"
      },
      "artist": "Drexciya"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "drexciya--bubble-metropolis",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/drexciya--bubble-metropolis/",
      "title": "Bubble Metropolis",
      "year": 1993,
      "label": "Underground Resistance",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "The strangest thing here and the one Europe held closest — the records found a home in Berlin as readily as in Detroit, and the mythology around them travelled better than any press release would have.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
          "kind": "genre",
          "slug": "detroit-techno",
          "name": "Detroit Techno",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/detroit-techno/"
        },
        {
          "kind": "curator",
          "slug": "the-desk-a-way-in",
          "name": "The Waxonia Desk — A Way In",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-a-way-in/"
        },
        {
          "kind": "curator",
          "slug": "the-desk-detroit-techno",
          "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Detroit Techno",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-techno/"
        }
      ],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Drexciya%20Bubble%20Metropolis",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=wdbf7-tlDV8",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": null,
      "on": {
        "kind": "curator",
        "slug": "the-desk-detroit-in-europe",
        "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Detroit, Heard in Europe",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-in-europe/"
      },
      "artist": "Drexciya"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}