Eartheater - Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin

As Eartheater, US multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer and vocalist Alexandra Drewchin has been responsible for some of the most transcendent songwriting of the past five years, with albums on Hausu Mountain and PAN pushing the limits of pop structure and form.
Drewchin’s latest album, Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin, was mostly composed over a 10-week artist residency for FUGA in Zaragoza, Spain. Writing in relative isolation, Drewchin combined guitar parts with orchestral arrangements, drawing inspiration from geological imagery to mirror the trajectory of her own life and relationships.
In this short documentary, we go behind the scenes of the album’s creation at the ETOPIA Centre for Arts & Technology where the residency took place, as Drewchin works in collaboration with local musicians from Zaragoza using the acoustics of Etopia’s reverb chamber.
Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin is available now on PAN: eartheater.bandcamp.com/album...
Credits
Guitar & voice - Eartheater
Chamber ensemble - Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón
Ana Navarro, María del Barrio - Flute
Belén Pérez, Celia Álvarez - Violin
Laura Sorribas - Cello
Gabriela Gómez - Harp
Choir - Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón
Beatriz García, Ekaterina Degtiareva, Jordina Ollé, Lorna Rhind, María del Barrio, María Mora
Chior conductor - Elena Ruíz Ortega
Curated by - Santiago Latorre
Camera - Ana Escario, Raúl Béjar
Video editing - Ana Escario
Sound mix - Santiago Latorre
Released by - PAN Records
FUGA is a Born Music project with the support of Etopia and Zaragoza Cultural
Eartheater: eartheater.bandcamp.com
FUGA: fu-ga.es
ETOPIA: www.zaragoza.es/ciudad/etopia/

[@malikedenizcandizdar1989]

I don't care if she becomes famous or not. She gave me the inspiration to become an artist. I don't care about the recognition anymore. She is an underrated treasure.

[@tara4139]

She is famous now❤

[@XxQueenChristinaxX]

Eartheater is a great find. I love her music especially the Trinity and Phoenix albums, and the fact that she's such an instrument-oriented artist.

[@estherkana3599]

i cried when she mention at at the end " it's important to submit to the sacrifice of letting it go"

[@lesquatrecentscoups]

me too

[@puremoth]

Hey Esther how else would you explain that last statement? Was she speaking about an artist’s journey and how it will meet several ends and beginnings?

[@andronikisa]

@@puremoth it can be about anything in life. people, relationships, habits, ideas...etc. anything that served its purpose and must leave

[@VanVogue]

she has the power everyone wants

[@lesquatrecentscoups]

eartheater has changed the way i understand music in these times

[@rogerklk]

She's brilliant and innovative, you don't see barrier pushing work often like this

[@Armando-ob8yd]

The things I’d do to just be in a room with them performing this album

[@franka100]

the fact that this video mostly revolved around Diamond In The Bareback....my heart 😭❤️ one of the most beautiful songs i’ve ever listened to

[@jrp9775]

Diamond in the Bedrock...not bareback LMAO

[@donkeyfacekilla1]

Definitely. Highlight of the album for me. Her voice is so beautiful

[@user-wx4vw4fn7b]

@@jrp9775LMAOOOOOO i'm crying 😭😭😭😭

[@franka100]

@@jrp9775 NOT MY AUTOCORRECT ACTING UP BYEEE 😭😭

[@djanete]

“You want to hold on to the life of a movement, the life of an idea as long as you can reap everything from it, as long as you learn everything from it. But as soon as it doesn’t serve you and as soon as its rigidness holds you back from the evolution and growth beyond one’s own percepction, it’s important to submit to the sacrifice of letting it go.”

[@Sinonymous]

I only just discovered her work and I love it. She is incredibly talented! 😵‍💫

[@sviniarski_3790]

This is simply just top of anything that I've ever heard in past 5 years.

[@jackbradyclancy]

extreme power

[@miguelangel-dn8is]

Esse album mudou a minha vida obrigada

[@Claudiosoaress]

gostaria de saber mais sobre 😊
esse álbum tbm me acompanhou por momentos emblemáticos

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

great album, will return often.

[@hugoparis7606]

i wanna hear the full solo demos now

[@user-ry7bu4dm9x]

sam3

[@Cmc995]

I want her and Bjork to collaborate

[@magdamagdy7422]

Beautiful...

[@ettoremarini4192]

this is truly mesmerizing

[@ROCKETMOB]

beautiful 😭

[@jarrydwc24]

Wow 🔥🙏🏽🖤

[@LfunkeyA]

let go of bad things, but try not to let go of good things that you do not have the patience for.

[@spacerxo]

broooo ive always thought that thing abt the post-apocalyptic world n acoustic :D

[@gemini6937]

♥♥♥

[@leonlawson2196]

Bjork + Leonard Cohen = Eartheater

[@pariahcarrey]

Omg yes 🙌

[@dkeller28601]

Mask Therapy is the best song ever!!

[@michellefrusa]

To all genius out here.... open your ears and just listen...your comments are meaningless and distract your brain for a full appreciation of her art and extreme talent. Bonjour chez vous...

[@erishah447]

what song is at the end?

[@BLIESS]

Diamond in the bedrock

[@luvya9718]

3:20 what's that song?

[@folkeeverett]

Diamond in the Bedrock

[@HEDFUCcom]

2:05 Who’s the violinist?

[@aural9802]

@belenperezmora

[@alban6101]

And...what about the post apocalyptic future...?!

[@Odinos]

Yea haha, that thought didn't really go anywhere 😂

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

ok next boomer here,
come back in 5 years

[@gasparsuarezbrigati3314]

it's not like she was going to explain the entire concept of the album tho lol, she further goes into it in other interviews and in the music itself.

[@Claudiosoaress]

6:02 wait, so they made the entire album in 2 fucking months? please answer 🙏🏻

[@rbk76]

Yes, more or less in that time. She worked in residence at FUGA at the Sound lab of Etopia Centro de Arte y Tecnología (Zaragoza, Spain) in October and November 2019.

[@user-ry7bu4dm9x]

@@rbk76 and do you know if she made the entire album from scratch or brought the demos to the residence and worked on the arrangements in two months?