Name: ERIS DREW (@eris-drew)
Alias: High Priestess of the Motherbeat; Bassbin 23
Pronouns: She, Her
Location: Rural New Hampshire
 
Influences: 90’s Chicago; boomin’ systems; speaker freaking; bass; psychedelics; weed; many amazing friends; Mystic Bill; Terry Mullan; Miles Maeda; nature; chaos; other trans & queer people. 
 
Affiliations/Residencies/Projects: T4T LUV NRG (label with Octo Octa); Motherbeat (psychedelic rave with friends); Alchemical Sisters (band with Octa).
 
Favorite Quote: “You have to have a plan, otherwise you become part of someone else’s plan.”  - Terrance McKenna quoting the Mushroom Goddess. 
 
Advice for the DJs, producers and artists of our community: If you take yourself seriously as an artist then by definition you are a “serious artist.” Try not to let commerce depower art in your life. Music is about making art powerful in your own life. Focus on your private practice first, and then focus on making your music meaningful in the lives of others. That’s the natural way of things. Invest in the idea that your friends are special and talented and then create together. Don’t wait for others to acknowledge your work before you take yourself seriously.  

With this mix Eris Drew asks to please learn more about and consider donating to: Sylvia Rivera Law Project. Maya and I have contributed more than half the profits of our label T4T LUV NRG to this organization, which is based in NYC. SRLP are working to help ensure that all people can self-determine gender without harassment or discrimination. The collective focuses on serving low-income people and people of color who are transgender, intersex, or gender non-conforming. (www.srlp.org)

* Drops & scratches include a recording of Eris hitting her bong, Joan LaBarbara, a bunch of scratch records, a siren tool, and secret beats/noises.
Tracklist - http://bit.ly/ErisDrewTrax

Daisychain

Daisychain 170 - Eris Drew

Four days ago, we capped off a season of parties that, at one point, we weren’t sure would ever happen. Mister Sunday was our first return to the dance floor after lockdown, and it remained, week in and week out, a source of joy and rejuvenation in the last six months’ roller coaster of reopening.

This mix was recorded at the finale of Mister Sunday’s outdoor season, with Nowadays founding resident DJs and Mister Sunday dons Eamon Harkin and Justin Carter tearing through rough-and-ready industrial, propulsive New York soulful house, bubbling big room techno, boisterous rave tracks, acid melters, Italo jams, jazz dance and all kinds of other cathartic sounds.

An extended four-hour version of the mix is up on the Patreon for all supporters. You can download and listen to the whole shebang right now if you’re a subscriber. If you’re not, it’s just $5/month, which gets you access to a huge archive of mixes, classes and other goodies, as well as early access to party announcements.

www.patreon.com/nowadaysnyc

Thanks to James, Lorna, Gareth, Krissy, Chris, Kristin, Jada, Nowadays security, Nowadays bar staff, the safer space team and the crew in the food truck for seeing us through. And thanks to you for showing up and giving it back on the dance floor. It takes all of us together to make it happen.

Nowadays Live and Direct 012 - Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin

Jordi, aka Llupe, and Nico, aka DJ Aficionado, share quite a few things in common: Catalan origins, a love for all things Balearic, the same street in Berlin and shows on Refuge Worldwide. They both certainly appreciate a good party, too.

Organizing parties and playing together was a natural direction for them. Their party series, Orbita, launched earlier this year, aims to create ample space for quality adult dance music. It seems to be working well, as they’ve been fortunate to host guests like Apiento, Tom of England, and Sianza, to name a few.

This mix is a recording from the last Orbita party, held at Fitzroy on what many described as the last day of summer in Berlin. For those who remember, it was a dreamy and sensual Sunday, filled with music that sounded just right in that room. It felt nice and cosy and the dancers seemed to be momentarily free from any kind of Monday angst. Playful and light, yet seriously good. Feel the magic, times two.

Sound Metaphors Mix Series 29 : DJ Aficionado & Llupe

OPTIMO @ LEATHERETTE #009 - 26/12/24 (Boxing Night)

Crown Ruler Mix #35 - Marcellus Pittman b2b DJ JNETT

A meeting of two bonafide black belts for an all out master class. 

Another highlight of Crown Ruler's 25 year celebrations & the final hit out from a crazy summer season - Detroit Jedi, Marcellus Pittman & Naarm's undisputed Queen, DJ JNETT pack all the punches on this very special, extended b2b session.

Recorded live from a bursting Night Cat, feel the sweat off the walls as two old friends & esteemed contemporaries showed out. Travelling through raw uptempo grooves, pulsing deep house, acid explorations and straight hard slapping techno, the two take it everywhere and back again - holding an enthused party in the palm of their hands.

While the sounds of this raucous crowd was not recorded, if you listen closely you can feel the palpable energy as the lightly audible noise of jubilated dancers come through the stylus. Jammed and hot from an hour in and thick til close, this is audio proof of the way two very perceptive DJs can grab hold and take you to higher places.

@marcellus-pittman
@djjnett

Crown Ruler Mix #35 - Marcellus Pittman b2b DJ JNETT

july 6th, 2025

threeish hours of some of the most beautiful music ever made, to our ears anyways. plus some of the trippiest. played during a summer squall in montreal.

lots of luv to giegling & expose noir for having us, and to tin man & aphex & jump source & boards of ca & boof & scott grooves & traumprinz & sideral & andras & viola klein & whodat & oni ahyun & many more for the music.

alina + guthrie (live at giegling)

An hour of Tornado Wallace live from the Love International Sunrise Sessions in 2025. 