- Artist
- Eris Drew
- ReleaseProduct
- Quivering In Time
- Label
- T4T LUV NRG
- Catalogue Number
- T4T006
- Release Date
- October 29, 2021
-
Download
$9.99320 kbps, LAME-encoded
Genres
Eris Drew seems like she’s been a mainstay of electronic music for much longer than she has — at least as far as international listeners, who cottoned on around 2018, are concerned. The DJ-divinations of Chicago’s former best-kept secret have now reached a wider audience than anyone might have predicted. The faintest amount of exposure quickly explains why.
On the decks, Eris — who we’ll keep on first name, mythological terms — has a luminescent and tantric quality, able to intuitively locate exactly what a crowd was looking for and keep them at the precipice of pleasure for hours on end. Where it might be tempting to flick the switch and go turbo, Eris instead lets emotion simmer and bubble. This knack for synergising euphoric house and techno with all the whistles, bells, smileys and communal promise of rave culture’s explosion come to bear on debut album “Quivering In Time”.
Part of what has made Eris’ message resonate over the past handful of years is the way she taps into a wider lineage of classic dance music and commits it to a contemporary moment; Old and New Testaments dancing in twine. “Quivering In Time”’s opener, ‘Time to Move Close’, sets the scene. A comfortable mid-120bpm tempo, sci-fi flourishes, echoes of bleep ‘n bass, the distant invocation of a voice: this is a ready-made template that can speak to many of clubland’s myriad sub-tribes simultaneously. It’s lysergic, thumping, yearning and cosy all at once.
Cosiness is a relatively new factor in Eris’ world. It’s right there on the cover, designed by Chicago’s equally-revered underground staple sold, which shows Eris and musical/life partner Octo Octa’s woodland cabin through a rhubarb and custard lens. Whether the colourway’s hat-tip to Shaft’s 1991 toytown techno hit ‘Roobarb and Custard’ was intentional or not, it’s certainly an effective nod to rave’s heyday. Plenty of “Quivering In Time” would slot into Altern-8’s “Full On... Mask Hysteria” without anyone blinking.
Even while sequestered away from nightlife, Eris can’t help but fashion music for it. A less ostensibly peak-time cut like ‘Baby’ streamlines and flattens her trademark palette, but all the tasting notes remain: the tremulous Reese-ish bassline, chattering samples, and a kind of swaggering self-belief you’d pick up from Art of Noise or The KLF. A huge step (on) toward the promised land of baggy bliss occurs on the album’s penultimate tune, ‘Ride Free’, which repurposes that indelible sample from 1966 film “The Wild Angels”, just as Andrew Weatherall did on the holy grail of ‘90s love-ins, Primal Scream’s “Loaded”.
As far as a leading shaman for the current generation goes, though, Eris can’t be beat. “Quivering In Time” articulates why: by tapping into and nurturing dance music’s roots, she allows a vibrant new branch to grow.
Turntables, keys & hand percussion by Eris Drew
Guitars strummed, sampled & scratched by Eris Drew
All bussin' and fussin' by Eris for the Motherbeat
Album design by João Ervedosa
Center collage by sold
Cover photo by Maya Bouldry-Morrison
All other photos by Eris Drew
Digital Tracklist
-
1
Time to Move Close
6:43
Buy
Time to Move Close
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
2
Pick 'Em Up
7:49
Buy
Pick 'Em Up
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
3
Loving Clav
6:43
Buy
Loving Clav
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
4
A Howling Wind
5:07
Buy
A Howling Wind
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
5
Show U Love
5:51
Buy
Show U Love
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
6
Baby
3:52
Buy
Baby
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
7
Sensation
4:28
Buy
Sensation
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
8
Ride Free
5:48
Buy
Ride Free
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
-
9
Quivering In Time
6:36
Buy
Quivering In Time
-
WAV / FLAC
$1.99 -
MP3
$1.35
-
Eris Drew
-
- Artist
- Eris Drew
- ReleaseProduct
- Fluids of Emotion
- Label
- Interdimensional Transmissions
- Catalogue Number
- IT044
- Release Date
- December 17, 2021
- EP
-
- Artist
- Eris Drew
- ReleaseProduct
- Reactiv-8
- Label
- Fabric Worldwide
- Catalogue Number
- FABRIC207E
- Release Date
- October 14, 2020
- Download
-
- Artist
- Eris Drew
- ReleaseProduct
- Reactiv-8
- Label
- Fabric Records
- Catalogue Number
- 5060845320027
- Release Date
- October 14, 2020
- Download
Eris Drew
T4T LUV NRG
-
- Artist
- Russell E.L. Butler
- ReleaseProduct
- Call Me G
- Label
- T4T LUV NRG
- Catalogue Number
- T4T014
- Release Date
- November 17, 2023
- Download
-
- Artist
- Bored Lord
- ReleaseProduct
- Name It
- Label
- T4T LUV NRG
- Catalogue Number
- T4T013
- Release Date
- November 3, 2023
- LP
- Download
-
- Artist
- DJ Autopay
- ReleaseProduct
- Bumpers EP
- Label
- T4T LUV NRG
- Catalogue Number
- T4T012
- Release Date
- October 6, 2023
- Download
-
- Artist
- Octo Octa
- ReleaseProduct
- Dreams Of A Dancefloor EP
- Label
- T4T LUV NRG
- Catalogue Number
- T4T011
- Release Date
- September 15, 2023
- EP
- Download
-
- Artist
- Introspekt
- ReleaseProduct
- Temptation EP
- Label
- T4T LUV NRG
- Catalogue Number
- T4T010
- Release Date
- April 28, 2023
- Download
-
- Artist
- Gynoid 74
- ReleaseProduct
- Shroom EP
- Label
- T4T LUV NRG
- Catalogue Number
- T4T009
- Release Date
- April 14, 2023
- EP
- Download
-
- Artist
- Bored Lord
- ReleaseProduct
- The Last Illusion
- Label
- T4T LUV NRG
- Catalogue Number
- T4T005
- Release Date
- October 8, 2021
- EP
- Download
-
- Artist
- Octo Octa
- ReleaseProduct
- She's Calling EP
- Label
- T4T LUV NRG
- Catalogue Number
- T4T004
- Release Date
- February 5, 2021
- Download
Experimental House and Techno
-
- Artist
- Osheyack and Nahash
- ReleaseProduct
- Bait
- Label
- SVBKVLT
- Catalogue Number
- SBKT063
- Release Date
- April 18, 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- Peder Mannerfelt
- ReleaseProduct
- Big Ball Variations
- Label
- Peder Mannerfelt Produktion
- Catalogue Number
- 8718723253734
- Release Date
- April 11, 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- The Exaltics
- ReleaseProduct
- They Arrive
- Label
- Creme Eclipse
- Catalogue Number
- CremeClassics05
- Release Date
- November 10, 2023
- EP
-
- Artist
- Aluna
- ReleaseProduct
- MYCELiUM (UTOPIA Remixes)
- Label
- Mad Decent
- Catalogue Number
- MAD630
- Release Date
- March 29, 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- Will Hofbauer
- ReleaseProduct
- Four! Beats!
- Label
- Aus Music
- Catalogue Number
- AUS193
- Release Date
- March 29, 2024
- Download
-
- Artist
- Hieroglyphic Being
- ReleaseProduct
- Quadric Surfaces
- Label
- VIERNULVIER Records
- Catalogue Number
- VIERNULVIER003
- Release Date
- February 23, 2024
- LP
-
- Artist
- U
- ReleaseProduct
- Parade / Watchers
- Label
- Phantasy Sound
- Catalogue Number
- PH128D
- Release Date
- March 12, 2024
- EP
- Download
Limited Editions
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Actress
- ReleaseProduct
- Statik
- Label
- Smalltown Supersound
- Catalogue Number
- STS428DIGITAL
- Release Date
- June 7, 2024
- LP (special)
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Simon Fisher Turner
- ReleaseProduct
- Instability of the Signal
- Label
- Mute
- Catalogue Number
- ISTUMM504
- Release Date
- August 2, 2024
- LP (special)
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Jimi Tenor & Cold Diamond & Mink
- ReleaseProduct
- Is There Love In Outer Space?
- Label
- Timmion Records
- Catalogue Number
- TR12014DIGITAL
- Release Date
- May 31, 2024
- LP (special)
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Kiasmos
- ReleaseProduct
- II
- Label
- Erased Tapes
- Catalogue Number
- ERATP168
- Release Date
- July 5, 2024
- LP (special)
- CD
-
- Artist
- Bochum Welt
- ReleaseProduct
- Module 2
- Label
- BMG
- Catalogue Number
- 538987501
- Release Date
- April 26, 2024
- LP (special)
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Mary Lattimore and Walt McClements
- ReleaseProduct
- Rain on the Road
- Label
- Thrill Jockey
- Catalogue Number
- THRILL608LPX
- Release Date
- May 10, 2024
- LP (special)
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Brum as Fuck Disc 6
- Label
- House Of God
- Catalogue Number
- HOG2024DISC6
- Release Date
- May 3, 2024
- EP
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Brum as Fuck Disc 5
- Label
- House Of God
- Catalogue Number
- HOG2024DISC5
- Release Date
- May 3, 2024
- EP