Harnessed the Storm
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| Released | 2002 | |||
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| Length | 58:30 | |||
| Label | Tresor | |||
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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]
The album's instrumentation has been said to incorporate "impossibly deep, depth charge bass and squawking lead synths."[3]
Critical reception
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| AllMusic |   [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]
