Drexciya
Neptune's Lair

The ocean has always exerted a strong allure on mankind; sometimes a hostile force (as unfortunately demonstrated by recent events) but also a source of life, an inspiration for myths and legends, a symbol of freedom and the unknown. Who among those like me, raised with novels like Robinson Crusoe or the stories of Salgari, has never dreamed as a child of setting sail and living a life of adventures, like an adventurer or buccaneer, navigating the seven seas, drinking grog and amassing golden doubloons? Unfortunately, in the modern world where Atlantic crossings, once the preserve only of the boldest captains, have become routine affairs and satellites allow us to survey every inch of the sea, there is not much room left for imagination and such romanticisms. But thanks to heaven, as we know, the dreamer is flexible and everything but scarce in resources, and imagination always finds new places to take root; so if the surface world is now a monopoly of reality, one can always seek refuge in the depths, as a certain Captain Nemo did back in 1870.

And it is on the ocean floor that the Drexciya take us with this work, to an unexplored and virgin place where everything is still possible, where among the ruins of old Atlantis lives a race of mutants, the children of the women thrown into the sea during the slave trade. We find ourselves in a mysterious but fascinating underwater world, imbued with a sense of tranquility and peace, where we explore ancient ruins, observe dreamlike landscapes that seem to come from another dimension, the currents cradle and protect us, isolated from the outside world, outside of space and time. In short, if you already have gills from spending so much time in the pool or if you like to lie with your eyes closed at the bottom of the tub, this album offers you the atmospheres you seek, dive in and you won't want to return to the surface.