Harnessed the Storm explained

Harnessed the Storm
Type:	studio
Artist:	Drexciya
Cover:	Harnessed the Storm.jpg
Label:	Tresor
Prev Title:	Neptune's Lair
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Grava 4
Next Year:	2002

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]

Critical reception

Philip Downey of Exclaim! described Harnessed the Storm as "forward-looking, vocal-less, sci-fi stuff".^[3] 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".^[4]

In 2010, Resident Advisor placed Harnessed the Storm at number 97 on its list of the "Top 100 Albums of the 2000s".^[5] In 2017, Pitchfork placed it at number 11 on its list of "The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time".^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tresor Announces Reissue of Another Drexciya Album. XLR8R. Kat. Leinhart. November 14, 2014. March 12, 2017.
2. Web site: Tresor to reissue Drexciya's Harnessed The Storm. Resident Advisor. Brian. Kolada. November 13, 2014. March 12, 2017.
3. Web site: Drexciya: Harnessed the Storm. Exclaim!. Philip. Downey. May 1, 2002. March 12, 2017.
4. Web site: Drexciya: Harnessed The Storm. The A.V. Club. Andy. Battaglia. March 29, 2002. March 12, 2017.
5. Web site: RA Poll: Top 100 albums of the '00s. Resident Advisor. January 25, 2010. March 12, 2017.
6. Web site: The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time. Pitchfork. January 24, 2017. March 12, 2017. 4.