Drift (Underworld project)

{{Short description|Ongoing music project by Underworld}} {{use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox album | name = Drift | type = other | artist = [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] | cover = Underworld Drift cover.jpg | alt = | caption = Initial cover of the ''Drift'' playlist on streaming platforms | released = {{start date|df=yes|2018|11|01}} onwards | recorded = 2018 onwards | genre = {{hlist|[[Electronic music|Electronic]]|[[Ambient music|ambient]]|[[Experimental music|experimental]]|[[nu jazz|jazztronica]]}} | length = ''Episode 1'': {{Duration|m=30|s=33}} ''Episode 2'': {{Duration|m=85|s=14}} ''Episode 3'': {{Duration|m=43|s=59}} ''Episode 4'': {{Duration|m=38|s=10}} ''Episode 5'': {{Duration|m=44|s=34}} ''Manchester Street Poem'': {{Duration|m=64|s=50}} | label = Smith Hyde Productions | director = [[Tomato (design collective)|Tomato]] Simon Taylor | producer = [[Rick Smith (musician)|Rick Smith]] | prev_title = [[Teatime Dub Encounters]] | prev_year = 2018 | year = 2018–2019 | next_title = [[#Drift Series 1|Drift Series 1]] | next_year = 2019 | misc = {{Singles | name = Drift | type = other | single1 = Drift Episode 1 — Dust | single1date = 6 December 2018 | single2 = Drift Episode 2 — Atom | single2date = 7 March 2019 | single3 = Drift Episode 3 — Heart | single3date = 2 May 2019 | single4 = Drift Episode 4 — Space | single4date = 4 July 2019 | single5 = Drift Episode 5 — Game | single5date = 19 September 2019}} }} '''''Drift''''' is the 2018–2019 music-and-video experiment by the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[electronic music]] group [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://underworldlive.com/news/2018/11/01/drift-series-launched/ |title=DRIFT series launched |date=2018-11-01 |website=Underworld |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Underworld |title=Underworld - DRIFT Episode 1 "Dust" |date=2018-12-06 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQaRONpBrlg |access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref> with consecutive tracks and [[music video]]s released online on a weekly basis, between November 2018 and October 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLehAq9SJvDGiy2F-k1KR1v4ct3VfKiJVU |title=Underworld - #Drift - YouTube |website=YouTube |language=en |access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref> Individual new tracks were made available through the band's official website as time-limited free downloads, along with accompanying videos published on [[YouTube]] — followed by collective digital [[Extended play|EPs]].

From 1 November 2018, throughout the first year of ''Drift'', 38 new tracks were released within five ''Episodes'', an additional soundtrack album ''Manchester Street Poem'', as well as 20 archival tracks and mixes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://underworldlive.com/drift/ |title=DRIFT - An ongoing experiment by Underworld |website=Underworld |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-04-27}}</ref> It is the band's second project [[digital distribution|distributed digitally]], after the 2005–2006 series ''[[Riverrun (Underworld project)|Riverrun]]''.

On 1 November 2019, an album '''''Drift Series 1''''', compiling all EPs and additional 11 new tracks, was released as a 7-CD, 1 Blu-ray [[box set]], as well as digitally, along with a single-disc ''Drift Series 1 Sampler Edition''. In September 2020, ''Drift Series 1'' was re-released, including an additional eighth CD with a live performance.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-12 |title=A new remodelled, compact edition of the DRIFT box set is available now |url=https://underworldlive.com/news/2020/06/12/a-new-remodelled-compact-edition-of-the-drift-box-set-is-available-now/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Underworld |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Background == [[Karl Hyde]] and [[Rick Smith (musician)|Rick Smith]]'s aim was to release new and previously unreleased music, film, and [[Storytelling|written stories]] throughout a full year, on a weekly basis, every Thursday, "and see where the journey took them."<ref name="announcement1">{{Cite web |title=DRIFT Series 1 by Underworld, out Nov 2019 |url=https://underworldlive.com/drift-series-1/ |access-date=2019-09-12 |website=Underworld |language=en-GB}}</ref> They admitted that the [[Episodic storytelling|episodic idea]] for the project "grew out of boredom,"<ref name="theguardian">{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/21/born-lippy-helped-underworld-write-socialist-banger |title=Born lippy: how I helped Underworld write a socialist banger |last=Chakrabortty |first=Aditya |date=2019-05-21 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2019-05-23 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> jokingly adding later in the project it was "a foolhardy promise made in public."<ref name="torturetheartist" /> The duo wanted to disrupt the [[Album era#2000s: Decline in the digital age, shift to pop and urban|single-album-tour cycle]], which for them repeats roughly every three years, by letting themselves to create instinctively and responsively, explaining "you want every day to be a challenge, particularly when it comes to making music." "Whether it's good or bad, we'll record with more honesty in this one year than we have in the previous fifteen... I mean, come on! We’ve got to try that."<ref name="theguardian" />

''Drift'' has its roots in earlier online Underworld projects, including the archive music released freely through underworldlive.com starting in 2000,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dirty.org/underworld/liveframe.htm|title=Underworld Live|last=|first=|date=2001-06-17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010617142136/http://www.dirty.org/underworld/liveframe.htm|archive-date=2001-06-17|access-date=}}</ref> the ''Riverrun'' project in 2005, and the band's live webcasts from 2004 to 2008. In April 2018, Underworld released by surprise their first new track since 2016's ''[[Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future]],'' "Brilliant Yes That Would Be",<ref>{{Citation |last=Underworld |title=Underworld - Brilliant Yes That Would Be |date=2018-04-05 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R-bl2s5V74 |access-date=2019-06-06}}</ref> and in June 2018 an unfinished version of "Appleshine",<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyovhi5oT48 |title=Underworld - Apple Shine for Belfast |website=YouTube}}</ref> each with a video directed by Underworld's [[art director]] Simon Taylor, of the band's own [[Artist collective|design-and-film collective]] [[Tomato (design collective)|Tomato]]. These releases foreshadowed the project and were later included in ''Drift'' releases. The first trailer for the project's ''Episode 1'' was published on 25 October 2018.<ref>{{Citation |last=Underworld |title=Underworld - DRIFT - Episode 1 - Trailer |date=2018-10-25 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qDwIDPNdE0 |access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref>

The duo initiated ''Drift'' having been inspired by a conversation with the band's [[lighting designer]] Haydn Cruickshank, who has been a [[Drifting (motorsport)|drift racer]]. The project's name also referenced the movie series ''[[The Fast and the Furious|The Fast And The Furious]]'', particularly one of its sequels, ''[[The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift|Tokyo Drift]].''<ref name="torturetheartist">{{Cite web |url=https://torturetheartist.net/2019/06/16/interview-underworld/ |title=Interview: Underworld |last=Breuer |first=Holger |date=2019-06-16 |website=Torture the Artist |language=en |access-date=2019-06-20}}</ref> ''Drift's'' first video to "Another Silent Way" featured racing at the [[Rockingham Motor Speedway]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Underworld |title=Underworld - Another Silent Way (Film Edit) (#Drift, Ep 1, Pt. 1) |date=2018-11-01 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic-WWfovvMc |access-date=2019-06-20}}</ref> The majority of ''Drift'' [[music video]]s was directed by Taylor, shot "from [[Shibuya|Shibuya Crossing]] to the [[Sahara|Moroccan desert]] to rural [[Essex]]."<ref name="announcement1" /> At times, the videos were said to be delivered twenty four hours before they went live.<ref name="torturetheartist" /> Other contributions to the project included works of [[playwright]]s, [[Disc jockey|DJs]], [[Painting|painters]], and [[poet]]s.

Compositions of the first year of ''Drift'' feature collaborations with the Australian [[experimental jazz]] band [[The Necks]], [[London]] producer Ø [Phase] aka Ashley Burchett,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://underworldlive.com/drift-parts/border-country/|title=Border Country|website=Underworld|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref> actor Matthew Trevannion,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://underworldlive.com/drift-parts/low-between-zebras/|title=Low Between Zebras|website=Underworld|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref> members of the rock band [[Black Country, New Road]] (including Georgia Ellery, Lewis Evans,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://underworldlive.com/drift-parts/poet-cat/|title=Poet Cat|website=Underworld|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref> and Karl Hyde's daughter Tyler Hyde<ref name=":0" />), as well as [[Ichirou Agata]] of the Japanese [[noise rock]] band [[Melt-Banana]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://underworldlive.com/drift-parts/altitude-dub/|title=Altitude Dub|website=Underworld|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref>

Reflecting on the project, the band described the scale of ''Drift'' as "the most inspiring process that [they've] ever engaged in"<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/features/the-most-inspiring-process-that-weve-ever-engaged-in-underworld-on-crafting-their-new-album-their-vivid-live-shows/ |title="The Most Inspiring Process That We've Ever Engaged In": Underworld On Crafting Their New Album & Their Vivid LIVE Shows |date=2019-05-30 |website=Music Feeds |access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref> yet relentless — "There's no expansion space... you can't get ill. You can't go on holiday. You don't have weekends" — and regretted how the rapid schedule made collaborating with other artists difficult, desiring to build more time into a second series.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Baesemann |first1=Ryan |title=Underworld, the rave pioneers relentlessly pushing creative limits |url=https://mixmag.net/feature/underworld-interview-drift-series-1 |website=Mixmag}}</ref>

=== Release format === New songs and video were released on YouTube each Thursday, for a total of five or six weeks in a row. The Thursday after the final song of each episode, the full episode would be released on streaming services and digital retail as an EP. Certain songs were released as digital singles ahead of their episodes.

Often, songs were altered between their video and final release - notably, the video release of "Mile Bush Pride" includes an outro that was later cut, the final version of "Molehill" was given an extended coda, and "Brilliant Yes That Would Be" was first cut into a 30 second intro to ''Episode 1'', then extended to over 10 minutes on the box set release. The songs of ''Episode 1'' were re-ordered and mixed to play continuously, later episodes did not follow this practice and ''Episode 1'' was restored to its original order for the box set.

Between each ''Episode'', Underworld published unreleased material, new remixes, [[Rehearsal|live rehearsal]] recordings, [[DJ mix]]es, and other items from the band's archives (See: [[#Series 1's archival tracks and mixes|Archival tracks and mixes]]). These releases were often curated by [[Junior Boy's Own]] founder Steven Hall, and were compiled in a digital download for the ''Drift Series 1'' box set.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://underworldlive.com/news/2019/03/07/drift-episode-2-atom/|title=DRIFT Episode 2: ATOM|date=2019-03-07|website=Underworld|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref>

=== The ''Guardian'' "socialist banger" === On 21 May 2019, Underworld released a new version of the track "Soniamode", originally featured on February's ''Episode 2 — Atom''. Now dubbed "Soniamode (Aditya Game Version)," it featured lyrics written by ''[[The Guardian]]'' [[columnist]] and economics [[Pundit|commentator]] Aditya Chakrabortty. The band's [[publicist]] knew Chakrabortty's 2018 column series ''The Alternatives'', "about how to make the [[Socialist economics|economy work for everyone]]," asked him to email a list of [[Artistic inspiration|inspirational]] people, ideas, and processes, for the band, and the list ended up as a chorus for the track.<ref name="theguardian" />

=== ''Drift Series 2'' ===

Underworld originally announced on 21 May 2019 they would conclude ''Drift'' after its 52-week run with the compilation album ''Drift Songs'', for release on single-CD, double vinyl, and a 6-CD, 1-Blu-ray [[box set]]. But with the release of the last song of ''Episode 5'', on 12 September 2019, Underworld re-titled the upcoming album ''Drift Series 1'' and announced the project would continue.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-11 |title=DRIFT Series 1 details |url=https://underworldlive.com/news/2019/09/11/drift-series-1/ |access-date=2019-09-12 |website=Underworld |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Drift Series 1 Out Now |url=https://underworldlive.com/news/2019/11/01/drift-series-1-out-now/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127120026/https://underworldlive.com/news/2019/11/01/drift-series-1-out-now/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-11-27 |website=Underworld |date=1 Nov 2019 |access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref>

In September 2020, when asked about the status of the project, Smith responded "Series 2? We’re already there, though, we’re just trying to figure out how to roll it out," and elaborated "''Drift'' has always been happening, and Series 2 is merely a chosen starting point: a time and place."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Matos |first1=Michaelangelo |title=On Underworld's "Drift Series 1," the Music Is Never Finished |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/underworlds-drift-series-1-interview |website=Bandcamp |date=30 June 2020 |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref>

After ''Drift Series 1'', Underworld released a handful of new versions of classic tracks, including a remix of "[[Dark & Long]]" subtitled "Drift 2 Dark Train."<ref>{{cite web |title=DARK & LONG (DRIFT 2 DARK TRAIN) FREE DOWNLOAD |url=https://underworldlive.com/news/2021/10/22/dark-long-drift-2-dark-train-free-download/ |website=Underworldlive |date=22 October 2021 |access-date=5 October 2022}}</ref> Beyond this, there has been no mention of a second series. In 2023 and 2024, the band released several new songs, and in September 2024 announced ''[[Strawberry Hotel]]'', a traditional studio album.<ref>{{cite web |last=Eede |first=Christian |title=Underworld Detail New Album, ''Strawberry Hotel'' |url=https://thequietus.com/news/underworld-detail-new-album-strawberry-hotel/ |accessdate=6 September 2024 |website=[[The Quietus]]}}</ref>

==''Drift Series 1''== {{Infobox album | name = Drift Series 1 | type = studio | artist = [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] | cover = Underworld Drift Series 1 cover.jpg | alt = | released = 1 November 2019 | recorded = 2018–2019 | studio = | genre = {{hlist|[[Electronic music|Electronic]]|[[ambient music|ambient]]|[[Experimental music|experimental]]|[[nu jazz|jazztronica]]}} | length = {{Duration|h=6|m=42|s=36}} ''Sampler Edition'': {{Duration|m=57|s=23}} Live in Amsterdam: {{Duration|m=71|s=34}} | label = Smith Hyde Productions Caroline International | producer = [[Rick Smith (musician)|Rick Smith]] | prev_title = Drift | prev_year = 2018–2019 | next_title = [[Strawberry Hotel]] | next_year = 2024 | misc = {{Singles | name = Drift | type = studio | single1 = Border Country (The Remixes) | single1date = 15 November 2019}} }}

{{Music ratings | ADM = 8.2/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://anydecentmusic.com/review/10155/Underworld-DRIFT-Series-1.aspx |title=DRIFT Series 1 by Underworld reviews |publisher=AnyDecentMusic?}}</ref> | MC = 86/100<ref name="metacritic">{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/drift-series-1-box-set/underworld |title=Reviews for Drift Series 1 [Box Set] by Underworld |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=7 November 2019}}</ref> | rev1 = ''[[The Arts Desk]]'' | rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/cd-underworld-drift-series-1 |title=CD: Underworld - DRIFT Series 1 |last=Oddy |first=Guy |date=26 October 2019 |publisher=[[The Arts Desk]] |access-date=26 October 2019}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]'' | rev2score = 9/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/underworld-drift-series-1 |title=Underworld - DRIFT Series 1 |last=Holi |first=Eero |date=6 November 2019 |publisher=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]] |access-date=6 November 2019}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Mixmag]]'' | rev3score = 9/10<ref>"’Drift’ shimmers with the same much-needed optimism that ran through 2016’s wonderful ‘Barbara, Barbara, We Face A Shining Future’. Like the project overall, that’s an accomplishment – and a gift that shouldn’t be underestimated" Mixmag, album of the month. 9/10</ref> | rev4 = ''[[The Music (magazine)|The Music]]'' | rev4score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://themusic.com.au/reviews/underworld-drift-series-1-mac-mcnaughton/6ebx_fz__uE/ |title=Underworld / Drift Series 1 |last=McNaughton |first=Mac |publisher=[[The Music (magazine)|The Music]] |access-date=30 October 2019}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' | rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>Profligate, self-indulgent and, against all oddly, hugely satisfying. ... [The single-disc] Sampler Edition is a handy 58-minute entry point to the mad endeavour. [Dec 2019, p.90]</ref> | rev6 = ''[[PopMatters]]'' | rev6score = 9/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/underworld-drift-series-1-2641223959.html |title=Electronic Duo Underworld Mesmerize with Their Brilliant 'Drift Series' |last=Carr |first=Paul |date=5 November 2019 |publisher=[[PopMatters]] |access-date=5 November 2019}}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' | rev7score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>A mind-bogglingly diverse four-hour-plus odyssey. ... A stand-alone single-disc sampler featuring 10 DRIFT highlights ranks as Underworld's finest long-player since 1999's Beaucoup Fish. [Dec 2019, p.114]</ref> | rev8 = ''[[The Scotsman]]'' | rev8score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/music/album-reviews-underworld-jeff-lynne-s-elo-jeff-goldblum-the-vegan-leather-1-5039871 |title=Album reviews: Underworld |last=Shepherd |first=Fiona |publisher=[[The Scotsman]] |access-date=5 November 2019}}</ref> | rev9 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' | rev9score = 8/10<ref>Impressively inventive and diverse material. [Dec 2019, p.35]</ref> | rev10 = ''[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]'' | rev10score = 8/10<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/drift_series_1_underworlds |title=Underworld DRIFT Series 1 |last=Teo-Blockey |first=Celine |publisher=[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]] |access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref> }} '''''Drift Series 1''''' is the tenth studio album by the British [[Electronic music|electronic]] group [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]], released on 1 November 2019. It is the conclusion of the first year of the band's year-long music-and-video experiment ''Drift'', and the band's first full-length release since 2016's album ''Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://djmag.com/news/underworld-announce-new-album-share-single-listen |title=Underworld announce new album, share single: Listen |date=2019-05-21 |website=DJMag.com |access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref>

''Drift Series 1'' was released exactly one year after the launch of the series, as a box set featuring 7 CDs, a Blu-ray, and an 80-page book documenting the creative process around ''Drift''.<ref name="announcement1" /> A single-disc ''Drift Series 1 Sampler Edition'' was also released simultaneously, the ''Sampler Edition'' is a continuous mix of select songs from the series, many edited into shorter versions.<ref name="announcement1" />

The full edition of ''Drift Series 1'' features the expanded and reproduced tracks, videos and written text released throughout the series, and material the duo worked on but wasn't releasing before and during the ''Drift'' project.<ref name="rollingstone">{{Cite magazine |last=Zemler |first=Emily |date=2019-09-12 |title=Underworld Preview 'DRIFT Series 1' With New Single 'S T A R' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/underworld-drift-series-1-star-883355/ |access-date=2019-09-12 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref><ref name="torturetheartist" /> Each episode is presented across 7 separate CDs with some slight changes — ''Episode 1'' was restored to its original release order, all three collaborations with The Necks were moved to their own CD, and additional unreleased songs were added to the end of every episode. The seventh CD includes the ''Sampler Edition'' of the album.

With the September 2020 re-release of ''Drift Series 1'', an eighth CD was introduced with the live-set entitled ''RicksDubbedOutDriftExperience'', recorded at [[Ziggo Dome]] in [[Amsterdam]] on 23 November 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DRIFT Series 1 CD/BluRay Boxset Pre-order|url=http://underworldlive.com/store/|access-date=2020-06-16|website=Underworld|language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== Critical reception === ''Drift Series 1'' received critical acclaim from critics. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[Standard score|normalised]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 86, based on 7 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".<ref name="metacritic"/> It is the band's most acclaimed studio album on the site to date. ''[[Mixmag]]'' applauded the album "absolutely stunning": "[While] certainly raw and reminiscent of a free-flowing jam session at times, what's particularly commendable is how beautifully produced each track is, with a discernible intention toward the arrangement of layers to establish powerful, thematic settings."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mixmag.net/feature/underworld-interview-drift-series-1 |title=Underworld, the rave pioneers relentlessly pushing creative limits |last=Baesemann |first=Ryan |date=2019-11-01 |website=Mixmag |access-date=2019-11-04}}</ref>

===Accolades=== {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Publication ! Accolade ! Year ! Rank ! class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | [[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] | 75 Best Albums of 2019 | 2019 | {{center|28}} | {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/mojo-314-january-2020-leonard-cohen|title =75 Best Albums of 2019 |work= [[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |publisher= |date=1 January 2020 |accessdate=25 November 2019}}</ref>}} |- | [[PopMatters]] | 70 Best Albums of 2019 | 2019 | {{center|15}} | {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.popmatters.com/best-albums-of-2019-2641547956.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1|title =The 70 Best Albums of 2019 |work= [[PopMatters]] |publisher= |date=9 December 2019 |accessdate=1 January 2020}}</ref>}} |- | [[PopMatters]] | 25 Best Electronic Albums of 2019 | 2019 | {{center|1}} | {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.popmatters.com/best-electronic-albums-2019-2641505318.html?rebelltitem=22#rebelltitem22|title =The 25 Best Electronic Albums of 2019|work= [[PopMatters]] |publisher= |date=9 December 2019 |accessdate=1 January 2020}}</ref>}} |}

=== Charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2019) ! scope="col"| Peak position |- {{album chart|Flanders|89|artist=Underworld|album=Drift Series 1|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 November 2019}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|60|artist=Underworld|album=Drift Series 1|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 November 2019}} |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/38757/products/1340030/1/|title=ドリフト・シリーズ1:サンプラー・エディション[デラックス・エディション] |publisher=[[Oricon]] |accessdate=12 December 2019}}</ref> | 69 |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Dance & Soul Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ds/w/2019-11-18/|title=週間 DANCE & SOULアルバムランキング |publisher=[[Oricon]] |accessdate=12 December 2019}}</ref> | 7 |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Western Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/wa/w/2019-11-18/p/3/|title=週間洋楽アルバムランキング |publisher=[[Oricon]] |accessdate=12 December 2019}}</ref> | 21 |- {{album chart|Scotland|30|date=20191108|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 November 2019}} |- {{album chart|UK2|68|date=20191108|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 November 2019}} |- {{album chart|UKDance|3|date=20191108|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 November 2019}} |- ! scope="row"| UK Download Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-downloads-chart/20191108/7003/|title=Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100|publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=12 December 2019}}</ref> | 85 |- ! scope="row"| UK Physical Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-albums-chart/20191108/2/|title=Official Physical Albums Chart Top 100|publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=12 December 2019}}</ref> | 24 |- ! scope="row"| UK Record Store Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/record-store-chart/20191108/530/|title=Official Physical Albums Chart Top 100|publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=12 December 2019}}</ref> | 11 |- ! scope="row"| UK Sales Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-sales-chart/20191108/7511/|title=Official Albums Sales Chart Top 100|publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=12 December 2019}}</ref> | 26 |- ! scope="row"| UK Vinyl Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl-albums-chart/20191108/9/|title=Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 40|publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=26 March 2016}}</ref> | 10 |- {{album chart|BillboardDanceElectronic|8|artist=Underworld|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 November 2019}} |}

== ''Manchester Street Poem'' participation == {{anchor|Manchester Street Poem Installation Score}}  In July 2017, Underworld recorded music for the [[Installation art|live installation]] ''Manchester Street Poem'' at the [[Manchester International Festival]]. The project told stories of people in [[Manchester]] who find themselves [[Homelessness|homeless]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08y9wd7 |title=BBC Radio 6 Music - Underworld's Manchester Street Poem - 6 Music Mix |website=BBC |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-06-14}}</ref> On 13 June 2019, the complete score to the project was made available to download, with proceeds going toward the ongoing ''Manchester Street Poem'' project, dedicated to people who experienced homelessness.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://underworldlive.com/drift/episode-4/ |title=DRIFT Episode 4 |website=Underworld |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-06-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mcrstreetpoem.com/ |title=Manchester Street Poem |website=mcrstreetpoem.com |access-date=2019-06-14}}</ref> The album was promoted by the single "Doris," which was released on ''Drift Episode 4'' on the same day as the full score.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

== Track listing == The following is a chronological list of tracks released subsequently as digital ''Drift'' EPs. Track lengths adapted from music streaming platforms.

=== ''Episodes'' ===

====''Episode 1 — Dust''==== {{Track listing | extra_column = Release date | title1 = Intro (BYTWB) | extra1 = 5 April 2018 | length1 = 0:30 | title2 = Universe of Can When Back | extra2 = 22 November 2018 | length2 = 6:05 | title3 = Dexters Chalk | note3 = featuring Ø [Phase] | extra3 = 8 November 2018 | length3 = 5:01 | title4 = Another Silent Way | extra4 = 1 November 2018 | length4 = 5:28 | title5 = Low Between Zebras | note5 = featuring Matthew Trevannion | extra5 = 15 November 2018 | length5 = 2:57 | title6 = A Very Silent Way | note6 = featuring [[The Necks]] | extra6 = 29 November 2018 | length6 = 10:32 | total_length = 30:33 }}

====''Episode 2 — Atom''==== {{Track listing | extra_column = Release date | title1 = Appleshine | note1 = Film Edit | extra1 = 24 January 2019 | length1 = 9:41 | title2 = Molehill | extra2 = 31 January 2019 | length2 = 5:35 | title3 = Threat of Rain | extra3 = 7 February 2019 | length3 = 14:51 | title4 = Brussels | extra4 = 14 February 2019 | length4 = 4:19 | title5 = Soniamode | extra5 = 21 February 2019 | length5 = 3:30 | title6 = Appleshine Continuum | note6 = featuring The Necks | extra6 = 28 February 2019 | length6 = 47:18 | total_length = 85:14 }}

====''Episode 3 — Heart''==== {{Track listing | extra_column = Release date | title1 = Dune | extra1 = 28 March 2019 | length1 = 10:32 | title2 = Custard Speed Talk | extra2 = 4 April 2019 | length2 = 9:43 | title3 = This Must Be Drum Street | extra3 = 11 April 2019 | length3 = 5:55 | title4 = Pinetum | extra4 = 18 April 2019 | length4 = 12:09 | title5 = Poet Cat | extra5 = 25 April 2019 | length5 = 5:40 | total_length = 43:59 }}

====''Episode 4 — Space''==== {{Track listing | extra_column = Release date | title1 = Listen to Their No | extra1 = 23 May 2019 | length1 = 5:48 | title2 = Schiphol Test | extra2 = 30 May 2019 | length2 = 8:34 | title3 = Hundred Weight Hammer | extra3 = 6 June 2019 | length3 = 4:15 | title4 = Doris | extra4 = 13 June 2019 | length4 = 4:27 | title5 = Altitude Dub | extra5 = 20 June 2019 | length5 = 8:10 | title6 = Border Country | note6 = featuring Ø [Phase] | extra6 = 27 June 2019 | length6 = 6:56 | total_length = 38:10 }}

====''Episode 5 — Game''==== {{Track listing | extra_column = Release date | title1 = Toluca Stars | extra1 = 8 August 2019 | length1 = 10:18 | title2 = Mile Bush Pride | extra2 = 15 August 2019 | length2 = 1:35 | title3 = Imagine a Box | extra3 = 22 August 2019 | length3 = 6:02 | title4 = Tree and Two Chairs | extra4 = 29 August 2019 | length4 = 13:32 | title5 = Give Me The Room | note5 = featuring Ø [Phase] | extra5 = 5 September 2019 | length5 = 9:25 | title6 = S T A R | extra6 = 12 September 2019 | length6 = 3:36 | total_length = 44:34 }}

===''Drift Series 1'' collective release === Details of the physical and digital release, which collects tracks from the ''Drift Episodes''.<ref name="announcement1" /> {{Track listing | headline = ''Drift Series 1 Sampler Edition'' | title1 = Appleshine | length1 = 8:36 | title2 = This Must Be Drum Street | length2 = 4:25 | title3 = Listen to Their No | length3 = 5:43 | title4 = Border Country | length4 = 6:51 | title5 = Mile Bush Pride | length5 = 1:34 | title6 = Schiphol Test | length6 = 4:42 | title7 = Brilliant Yes That Would Be | length7 = 6:03 | title8 = S T A R (Rebel Tech) | length8 = 3:45 | title9 = Imagine a Box | length9 = 6:02 | title10 = Custard Speedtalk | length10 = 9:42 | total_length = 57:23 }} {{Track listing | headline = EP 1: ''Dust'' | title1 = Another Silent Way | length1 = 5:33 | title2 = Dexters Chalk | length2 = 5:25 | title3 = Low Between Zebras | length3 = 3:00 | title4 = Universe of Can When Back | length4 = 5:36 | title5 = Brilliant Yes That Would Be | length5 = 10:20 | title6 = Another Silent Way / Drift Poem / Better Than Diamonds | length6 = 13:58 | title7 = One True Piano Need Hand | length7 = 9:42 | total_length = 53:34 }} {{Track listing | headline = EP 2: ''Atom'' | title1 = Appleshine | length1 = 9:44 | title2 = Molehill | length2 = 5:36 | title3 = Threat of Rain | length3 = 14:43 | title4 = Brussels | length4 = 4:32 | title5 = Soniamode (Aditya Game) | length5 = 6:18 | title6 = Appleshine (All of the Lights) | length6 = 5:35 | title7 = Roof Off | length7 = 7:11 | total_length = 53:39 }} {{Track listing | headline = EP 3: ''Heart'' | title1 = Dune | length1 = 10:33 | title2 = Custard Speedtalk | length2 = 9:42 | title3 = This Must Be Drum Street | length3 = 7:37 | title4 = Pinetum | length4 = 13:46 | title5 = Poet Cat | length5 = 5:41 | title6 = Do Breakers Trip | length6 = 3:34 | title7 = Seven Music Drone | length7 = 8:18 | total_length = 59:11 }} {{Track listing | headline = EP 4: ''Space'' | title1 = Listen To Their No | length1 = 5:50 | title2 = Schiphol Test | length2 = 8:35 | title3 = Hundred Weight Hammer | length3 = 4:15 | title4 = Doris | length4 = 4:25 | title5 = Altitude Dub | length5 = 8:09 | title6 = Border Country | length6 = 6:57 | title7 = Big Bear | length7 = 4:29 | total_length = 42:40 }} {{Track listing | headline = EP 5: ''Game'' | title1 = Toluca Stars | length1 = 10:18 | title2 = Mile Bush Pride | length2 = 1:36 | title3 = Imagine a Box | length3 = 6:02 | title4 = Tree and Two Chairs | length4 = 13:32 | title5 = Give Me the Room | length5 = 9:25 | title6 = S T A R | length6 = 3:38 | title7 = Doscientos | length7 = 7:44 | title8 = Two Arrows | length8 = 3:20 | title9 = A Moth at the Door | length9 = 4:45 | total_length = 60:12 }} {{Track listing | headline = CD 6: ''Underworld and The Necks'' | title1 = Altitude Dub Continuum | length1 = 31:10 | title2 = A Very Silent Way | length2 = 10:33 | title3 = Appleshine Continuum | length3 = 34:14 | total_length = 75:57 }} {{Track listing | headline = CD 7: ''Drift Series 1 Sampler'' | title1 = Appleshine | length1 = 8:36 | title2 = This Must Be Drum Street | length2 = 4:25 | title3 = Listen to Their No | length3 = 5:43 | title4 = Border Country | length4 = 6:51 | title5 = Mile Bush Pride | length5 = 1:34 | title6 = Schiphol Test | length6 = 4:42 | title7 = Brilliant Yes That Would Be | length7 = 6:03 | title8 = S T A R (Rebel Tech) | length8 = 3:45 | title9 = Imagine a Box | length9 = 6:02 | title10 = Custard Speedtalk | length10 = 9:42 | total_length = 57:23 }} {{Track listing | headline = ''Drift Series 1 – The Films'' | title1 = Drift Trailer | length1 = | title2 = Another Silent Way | length2 = | title3 = Dexter’s Chalk | length3 = | title4 = Low Between Zebras | length4 = | title5 = Universe of Can When Back | length5 = | title6 = A Very Silent Way | length6 = | title7 = Appleshine | length7 = | title8 = Molehill | length8 = | title9 = Threat of Rain | length9 = | title10 = Brussels | length10 = | title11 = Soniamode (Aditya Game Version) | length11 = | title12 = Appleshine Continuum | length12 = | title13 = Dune | length13 = | title14 = Custard Speedtalk | length14 = | title15 = This Must Be Drum Street | length15 = | title16 = Pinetum | length16 = | title17 = Poet Cat | length17 = | title18 = Listen to Their No | length18 = | title19 = Schiphol Test | length19 = | title20 = Hundred Weight Hammer | length20 = | title21 = Doris | length21 = | title22 = Altitude Dub | length22 = | title23 = Border Country | length23 = | title24 = Toluca Stars | length24 = | title25 = Mile Bush Pride | length25 = | title26 = Imagine a Box | length26 = | title27 = Tree and Two Chairs | length27 = | title28 = Give Me the Room | length28 = | title29 = S T A R | length29 = | title30 = Brilliant Yes That Would Be | length30 = | total_length = }}

=== ''Manchester Street Poem Installation Score'' === {{Track listing | all_writing = | title1 = Jenny | length1 = 9:33 | title2 = Doris | length2 = 4:18 | title3 = Charlie | length3 = 6:23 | title4 = James | length4 = 5:51 | title5 = Ed | length5 = 5:36 | title6 = Meredith | length6 = 17:09 | title7 = Harry | length7 = 9:10 | title8 = Mary | length8 = 6:50 | total_length = 64:50 }}

===''Series 1'''s archival tracks and mixes === The following is a chronological list of previously unreleased tracks, remixes, continuous mixes, and live rehearsal recordings, published on Thursdays, between ''Series 1'' ''Episodes''. The tracks were released on various platforms, and released as a collection in lossless WAV, available by a download code included in the ''Drift'' box set. {{Track listing | extra_column = Release date | title1 = The Misterons WOUW Mix 13-12-18 | extra1 = 13 December 2018 | length1 = 36:06 | title2 = Romford 1998 Live Rehearsal | extra2 = 20 December 2018 | length2 = 37:09 | title3 = Coming out of Texas | note3 = Desert Demos & Workings | extra3 = 27 December 2018 | length3 = 19:50 | title4 = The Misterons Rowla/Cherry Jam | extra4 = 3 January 2019 | length4 = 8:42 | title5 = The Misterons WOUW | note5 = ‘La Bella Malinconia’ Mix | extra5 = 10 January 2019 | length5 = 24:36 | title6 = Small Conker And A Twix | extra6 = 17 January 2019 | length6 = 5:17 | title7 = Twist | note7 = Music Bank Jam Take 7 | extra7 = 15 March 2019 | length7 = 10:46 | title8 = Are You Rockstar | extra8 = 21 March 2019 | length8 = 4:55 | title9 = Airtowel A2778 | note9 = Live Jam for Web December 2000 | extra9 = 9 May 2019 | length9 = 10:20 | title10 = [[Pearl's Girl]] Jam 080624 | extra10 = 16 May 2019 | length10 = 25:59 | title11 = Soniamode | note11 = Aditya Game Version | extra11 = 21 May 2019 | length11 = 6:23 | title12 = 230605 | note12 = 2005 ''[[Riverrun (Underworld project)|Riverrun]]''-era rehearsal jam | extra12 = 11 July 2019 | length12 = 18:01 | title13 = ATL080328 | note13 = 2008 live excerpt | extra13 = 18 July 2019 | length13 = 22:44 | title14 = Leipzig Warehouse Jam 050715 | extra14 = 25 July 2019 | length14 = 38:54 | title15 = Chillin At The Shed (Misterons Mix) | extra15 = 1 August 2019 | length15 = 28:54 | title16 = Biro the Leggy (Romford Dub) | extra16 = 26 September 2019 | length16 = 9:43 | title17 = Dirty Club 2017 Version | extra17 = 3 October 2019 | length17 = 8:18 | title18 = Best Mamgu Ever (Wales in Japan) 2019 | extra18 = 10 October 2019 | length18 = 6:08 | title19 = Why Why Why (Rehearsal 2018) | extra19 = 17 October 2019 | length19 = 7:22 | title20 = Sydney Hotel Room Peal | extra20 = 24 October 2019 | length20 = 14:13 }}

=== ''Border Country (The Remixes)'' EP === {{Track listing | all_writing = | title1 = Border Country (Adam Beyer & Bart Skils Remix) | length1 = 8:12 | title2 = Border Country (Adam Beyer & Bart Skils Remix / Radio Edit) | length2 = 5:42 | title3 = Border Country (Ø [Phase] Dark Room Tension Dub) | length3 = 6:38 | total_length = 20:32 }}

=== ''RicksDubbedOutDriftExperience (Live in Amsterdam)'' === {{Track listing | all_writing = | title1 = Mary | note1 = Live In Amsterdam | length1 = 7:06 | title2 = Harry | note2 = Live In Amsterdam | length2 = 8:40 | title3 = Jenny | note3 = Live In Amsterdam | length3 = 6:52 | title4 = Give Me the Room | note4 = Live In Amsterdam | length4 = 9:03 | title5 = Brussels | note5 = Live In Amsterdam | length5 = 4:55 | title6 = Pinetum | note6 = Live In Amsterdam | length6 = 11:15 | title7 = Seven Music Drone | note7 = Live In Amsterdam | length7 = 7:08 | title8 = Threat of Rain | note8 = Live In Amsterdam | length8 = 13:18 | title9 = Meredith | note9 = Live In Amsterdam | length9 = 3:17 | total_length = 71:34 }}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *{{Official website|https://underworldlive.com/drift/}} {{Underworld}}

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