Alexandra Drewchin, known professionally as Eartheater, is an American multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer and vocalist. Born in

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, she is currently based in

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and has been performing since 2009. Her music has been released on independent labels Hausu Mountain and PAN.

Career

Eartheater has released four full-length

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s and one

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. ''Metalepsis'' (March 2015) and ''RIP Chrysalis'' (November 2015) were released on the

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-based label Hausu Mountain. Reviewing her first album, Colin Joyce of ''

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'' noted that "''Metalepsis'' is music that's built to overwhelm and envelop you, and maybe even, as Drewchin's

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suggests, swallow worlds whole." ''Irisiri'' (June 2018) was released on

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-based PAN. Andrew Ryce of ''

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'' described the album as "baffling and inspired in equal measure", and ''Pitchfork'' named it one of "the best

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albums of 2018." After contributing a new one-off track to a Doom Trip compilation in April, Eartheater announced in August 2019 that she would release the mixtape ''Trinity'' in October 2019 via her own imprint, Chemical X. In December of the same year, she released a collaborative EP with LEYA titled ''Angel Lust'' for PAN. In May 2020, Eartheater shared the single "Below the Clavicle", which was later included on her fourth album, ''Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin'', released through PAN on October 2, 2020. The album was mostly created over a ten-week artist residency in

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, Spain, drawing inspiration from the Earth's geology. In addition to her solo work, Eartheater has collaborated with artists like

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and

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. She also contributed guitar on the 2019

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single "Ocean of Tears" and has covered

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's "

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" with

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on ''Reestablishing Connection'', a cover project benefiting the AIM COVID-19 Crisis Fund. In November 2022,

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's daughter Lourdes Leon released her debut EP ''Go'', executively produced by Eartheater, under the moniker Lolahol via Chemical X.

Discography

Studio albums

*''Metalepsis'' ( Hausu Mountain, 2015) *''RIP Chrysalis'' (Hausu Mountain, 2015) *'' Irisiri'' ( PAN, 2018) *''Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin'' (PAN, 2020)

Mixtapes

*''Trinity'' (Chemical X, 2019)

Remix albums

*''Phoenix: La Petite Mort Édition'' (PAN, 2021)

Collaborations

*''Angel Lust'' (PAN, 2019) (with LEYA)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eartheater 1989 births 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