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2025 Editions

2025 Editions of the Journey Of The Deep Sea Dweller series by Drexciya feature new artwork by critically acclaimed American artist Ellen Gallagher, who created a series of paintings titled Watery Ecstatic, inspired by Drexciya’s music—which she discovered while immersed in the mid-'90s New York techno scene.

Now partly based in New York and Rotterdam, the connection was easily made. Her Watery Ecstatic series serves as the inspiration for the covers of this new edition of Journey Of The Deep Sea Dweller, with embossed artwork offering a tactile, physical complement to Drexciya’s immersive sound world.

After encountering her work and a series of in-depth conversations with Ellen Gallagher about their shared connection to the Drexciyan mythology, Clone Records recognised a deep alignment between her visual language and the sonic universe of Drexciya. These exchanges led to the decision to feature Gallagher’s artwork on the covers of the Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller compilation series — uniting her layered, oceanic imagery with the duo’s visionary underwater soundscape.