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Notes: Tresor is pleased to announce the Drexciyan journey's continuation with the release of The Book Of Drexciya, Vol. 1, a graphic novel which covers the first 5 vivid chapters of this powerful mythology, a crucial Afrofuturist work.

African pregnant women thrown o the slave ships gave birth underwater to amphibious creatures. They could breathe as they did in their mothers' wombs, they had webbed hands and feet and became the Drexciyan wave jumpers: great warriors of the abyss. Revealed in the inner sleeve notes of The Quest (1997), through a map of the diasporic black culture, Drexciya illustrated four phases: The Slave Trade, Migration Route of Rural Blacks to Northern Cities, Techno Leaves Detroit, Spreads Worldwide, and The Journey Home (Future). It introduces the very creatures and warriors found in these pages, such as Wavejumpers and Deep Sea Dwellers. The return home is of destination future, where lays the population of their abyss.

Follow the story of the first Drexciyan, his subaquatic birth, growing up in the caves of Ociya Syndor, later to become Drexaha, the empire's first king. Get introduced to Dr. Blowfin, Master of Alchemy and Quantum Genetics, who masterminded Drexciyan computer systems and network, based on Genetic Intelligence and DNA matrix systems. Hear the story of the birth of the wavejumpers, the mightest warriors of Drexciya. Enter Bubble Metropolis, thriving with its central command, aquabahns and aqua wormhole gateways to the cephalopod-like oceanic Cruisers.

Authored by Abdul Qadim Haqq and Dai Sato, it features the art of Haqq, Leo Rodrigues, Alan Oldham, Hector Rubilar, Leonardo Gondim, Daniel Oliviera and Milton Estevam. Haqq's legendary concept imagery associated with the Detroit techno community and beyond for almost 30 years and his contributions to the mythology at the time of conception makes him uniquely positioned to lead this endeavour. Dai Sato is most known for his screenwriting for animes Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell.

This project comes with the full support of living Drexciya member Gerald Donald and Helen Stinson, the surviving mother of James Stinson.

Notes: "25 Years of Techno Art" brings us almost three decades of art from Abdul Qadim Haqq. He documents his journey of creation from 1984 - 2014, with techno and house illuminaries like Derrick May, Carl Craig, and Underground Resistance in this 101 page documentation. We've been schooled about the many musicians that are responsible for the soundscape of Detroit, now meet the person responsible for the visual component. Here's a quote from Mad Mike Banks about this fantastic book:

"Detroit's Number One Ambassador of Art, World Renowned Techno Artist, Long Time Ally, Comrade and Trusted Friend Abdul Qadim Haqq has completed a masterwork. Abduls company, Third Earth Visual Arts presents "A Silver Anniversary Art Retrospective 1989 - 2014". This high quality glossy paged item is for fans of Detroit Techno and the Art of Visionary Futurist, Abdul Haqq, whose artwork set the tone for Detroit Techno to propel the world into the future. Haqq's retrospective includes beautifully photographed high definition images of his most influential and globally cherished works. Along with extremely rare and well photographed images of some of Detroit's most elusive artists that only Haqq could get."