Eartheater (musician)
Eartheater | |
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 Eartheater in 2020 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Alexandra Drewchin |
| Also known as | Trinity Vigorsky |
| Born | Northeastern Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Origin | New York City, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, producer, composer, musician |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
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Alexandra Drewchin (Russian: Александра Дрючин; Russian romanization: Aleksandra Dryuchin), known professionally as Eartheater, is an American multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer and vocalist. Born in Pennsylvania to a Russian father and an English mother,[4] she is currently based in Queens and has been performing since 2009.[5] Her music has been released on independent labels Hausu Mountain and PAN.[6]
Career
[edit]Eartheater has released five full-length solo albums and one mixtape. Metalepsis (March 2015) and RIP Chrysalis (November 2015) were released on the Chicago-based label Hausu Mountain.[7] Reviewing her first album, Colin Joyce of Pitchfork noted that "Metalepsis is music that's built to overwhelm and envelop you, and maybe even, as Drewchin's moniker suggests, swallow worlds whole."[8]
Irisiri (June 2018) was released on Berlin-based PAN.[9] Andrew Ryce of Resident Advisor described the album as "baffling and inspired in equal measure",[10] and Pitchfork named it one of "the best experimental albums of 2018."[11]
After contributing a new one-off track to a Doom Trip compilation in April,[12] Eartheater announced in August 2019 that she would release the mixtape Trinity in October 2019 via her own imprint, Chemical X.[13] In December of the same year, she released a collaborative EP with LEYA titled Angel Lust for PAN.[14]
In May 2020, Eartheater shared the single "Below the Clavicle",[15] which was later included on her fourth album, Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin, released through PAN on October 2, 2020.[16] The album was mostly created over a ten-week artist residency in Zaragoza, Spain, drawing inspiration from the Earth's geology.[17]
In addition to her solo work, Eartheater has collaborated with artists like Show Me the Body and Moor Mother.[18] She also contributed guitar on the 2019 Caroline Polachek single "Ocean of Tears"[19] and has covered Mazzy Star's Fade into You with Sega Bodega on Reestablishing Connection, a cover project benefiting the AIM COVID-19 Crisis Fund.[20] In November 2022, Madonna's daughter Lourdes Leon released her debut EP Go, executively produced by Eartheater, under the moniker Lolahol via Chemical X.[21] Her album Powders was released on September 20, 2023. A sister album to it, named "Aftermath" will be released someday in 2024, or after all her vinyls sell, then she said she'll release "Aftermath."
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]- Metalepsis (Hausu Mountain, 2015)
- RIP Chrysalis (Hausu Mountain, 2015)
- Irisiri (PAN, 2018)
- Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin (PAN, 2020)
- Powders (Chemical X, 2023)
- Aftermath (Chemical X, 2024)
Mixtapes
[edit]- Trinity (Chemical X, 2019)
Remix albums
[edit]- Phoenix: La Petite Mort Édition (PAN, 2021)
Collaborations
[edit]- Angel Lust (PAN, 2019) (with LEYA)
References
[edit]- ^ "Eartheater's Introspective Playfulness Displays a Rich Well of Inspiration on 'IRISIRI', PopMatters". June 6, 2018.
- ^ "Eartheater is a pop renegade searching for truth".
- ^ "Eartheater: Metalepsis". Pitchfork.
- ^ "Eartheater's New Music Video Is a Surrealist Trip to Another World". Vogue. April 12, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
- ^ ""I'm trying to make a movie, but all I have is sound and lyrics": Meet Eartheater, the queen of Hausu Mountain". FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music. November 2, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ^ "Eartheater | Hausu Mountain". hausumountain.com. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ^ "Eartheater: Metalepsis". Hausu Mountain. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "Eartheater: Metalepsis". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ^ "Eartheater – IRISIRI (PAN 86)". PAN. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "Eartheater – IRISIRI". Resident Advisor. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "The Best Experimental Albums of 2018". Pitchfork. December 14, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "Eartheater – Concealer · Single Review ⟋ RA".
- ^ "Eartheater kicks off new label, Chemical X, with Trinity mixtape". Resident Advisor. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "Eartheater and LEYA collaborate to ethereal effect on Angel Lust". FACT Magazine. December 31, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "Eartheater is Out of Body and Hyper-Human". Office Magazine. May 5, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ Bloom, Madison (August 5, 2020). "Eartheater Announces New Album, Shares New Video: Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
- ^ "Eartheater – Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin (PAN 112) | PAN".
- ^ "Cities Aviv, Eartheater and Dreamcrusher reflect on Show Me the Body's collaborator-heavy Corpus 1". March 24, 2017.
- ^ "Chairlift's Caroline Polachek Releases Two Songs from New Solo Album". Rolling Stone. July 24, 2019.
- ^ "Reestablishing Connection, by Sega Bodega".
- ^ Gomez, Jade (November 9, 2022). "Lourdes Leon Releases Ethereal Debut 'Go' EP as Lolahol". Paper. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Eartheater at AllMusic
- Eartheater discography at Discogs
- Eartheater discography at MusicBrainz
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- Living people
- American people of British descent
- American people of Russian descent
- American performance artists
- 21st-century American women musicians
- American experimental musicians
- American women singer-songwriters
- American women in electronic music
- Record producers from Pennsylvania
- People from North East, Pennsylvania
- Singer-songwriters from Pennsylvania
- 21st-century American women writers
- Songwriters from Pennsylvania
- PAN (record label) artists