The Bunker presents T4TLUVNRG with Eris Drew x Octo Octa, Russell E.L. Butler
The Chocolate Factory70 Scott Ave Brooklyn, NY 11237 · Map
This night happened — Sat 12 Oct 2024
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Who was billed3 artists
In the order the promoter listed them.
Set times were not published.
the pairs that have met
1 of the 3 pairings on this bill were first meetings.
- Eris Drew and Octo Octa — 7 shared bills before that night, first on Sat 10 Feb 2024.
- Eris Drew and Russell E.L. Butler — 1 shared bill before that night, first on Sat 30 Dec 2023.
Who they are
“Eris Drew is a DJ, producer and trans ecstatic from Chicago.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Eris Drew is a DJ, producer and trans ecstatic from Chicago. She runs the T4T LUV NRG recording label with her loving b2b partner Octo Octa from a log cabin in New Hampshire. Together, they are BBC Radio 1 residents for the 2020 Spring/Summer season. Eris is a recording artist for her own label, Interdimensional Transmissions (Detroit) and Naive Records (Lisbon). She conducts the Psychedelic Rites of the Motherbeat with her friends at Pittsburgh's Hot Mass and at Room 4 Resistance in Berlin. Eris has been playing and programming keyboards since she was a child. A long-time resident at Chicago's Smart Bar and DJ for the Bunker NY, she starting mixing records in 1994 at the age of 18. Her experiences as a musician and dancer showed her that rave is a powerful apparatus which can be used to transform individual lives and communities. In an effort to contextualize the rave experience, Eris gives talks around the world on the connections between dance music culture and other ecstatic traditions such as shamanism. In addition, she is an advocate for trans/non-binary/queer people and mentors aspiring DJs and electronic musicians. When Eris was 18 she had an intensely disruptive spiritual awakening. House music cracked her open and revealed a mystery contained within sound. This “Motherbeat”—as she would call it—was first beheld by Eris following a rave in 1994 at Chicago’s Oak Street Theater. She has helped Eris to heal, create art and find her friends for over 23 years. Motherbeat is a fundamental primordial pulsation; a whispering geometric wind with the power to heal; the archetype of a goddess ascending. She is there to remind us that: I. Ritual dance music has been here since the beginning, before historical time. II. Each of us is made for better things than the cultural download we receive provides. III. We can use the music as a technology to unlock our bodies, dissolve boundaries and models, and find each other.Their RA profile lists Interdimensional Transmissions, Needs (not-for-profit), Naive, T4T LUV NRG and 2 more.Recently at Basilica Hudson, Knockdown Center, Good Room · often with Immy, LYDO, Mike Servito, none of them here that night
“BOOKING OCTO OCTA: NA: michelle@thebunkerny.com EU + World: ilyas@minor-am.com BOOKING ERIS DREW b2b OCTO OCTA: US & Canada: michelle@thebunkerny.com World: booking@t4tluvnrg.com”
their own biography
Their RA profile lists Running Back, Deepblak Recordings, Skylax Records, Air Texture and 6 more.Recently at Basilica Hudson, Knockdown Center, public records · often with Immy, TWIENA, LYDO, none of them here that night
“Russell Ellington Langston Butler is a Black artist from Bermuda, living and working in New York City.”
their own biography
the whole biography
Russell Ellington Langston Butler is a Black artist from Bermuda, living and working in New York City. Russell has painstakingly cultivated a unique artistic expression that integrates and investigates themes around process, technological innovation, the archive, and confrontation. Their works have taken the form of vinyl records, digital audio releases, live A/V performances, and special archiving projects.Techno on 41, House on 23, Electro on 14 and Ambient on 11. styles on their catalogued releasesReleased on .FREQLINK (1), Black Artist Database (1) and TRNWRK (1); their RA profile also lists Spectral Sound, Mister Saturday Night Records, Opal Tapes, CGI Records and 1 more. labels on their catalogued releases and on their RA profileRecently at Earthly Delights, Jupiter Disco, Good Room · often with Ali Berger, Nick Boyd, Eden Aurelius, none of them here that night
names these artists often play with — not that night
- Immy3 with Octo Octa and 2 with Eris Drew
- LYDO3 with Eris Drew and 2 with Octo Octa
- ADAB4 with Russell E.L. Butler
- Ali Berger4 with Russell E.L. Butler
- Boyz II Them4 with Russell E.L. Butler
- Nick Boyd4 with Russell E.L. Butler
- Abby Echiverri2 with Russell E.L. Butler
- DJ Sprinkles2 with Russell E.L. Butler
how this compares
- Median final count, Saturdays at The Chocolate Factory188
- Middle half finished between65 and 470
- Past Saturdays at this venue counted65
The room
The Chocolate Factory — 150 events and 569 distinct artists since Aug 2023.
Who put it on
T4T LUV NRG — 3 events and 3 artists since Feb 2024.
The Bunker New York — 22 events and 86 artists since Aug 2023.