“There are some artists whose love for music is so strong, so genuine and so resonant that all there is to do is simply surrender to the emanating euphoria. Chicago-raised DJ and producer Eris Drew is one of those artists, and it’s a role she embraces. Her understanding of house music taps into its potential as an agent for communality, spirituality, healing, psychedelia and the divine feminine – a”
“Born of impromptu DJ sets broadcast from a forest clearing in New Hampshire, Drew’s latest album distills decades of dance-music history into an hour of joyous new standards.”
“Each time the ‘Think’ break is reused – that six second ‘Yeah!’ and the ‘Woo!’ – it gets a little more powerful. James Brown and his bandmates could have no idea that an improvised moment of ecstasy during a jam would become so ubiquitous. Each new appearance adds to the cultural lineage, melding with the listener’s own personal memories from the times we’ve heard it blasting out of club speakers.”
