# Drift (Underworld project)

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Ongoing music project by Underworld

Drift Initial cover of the Drift playlist on streaming platforms Recording by Underworld Released 1 November 2018 (2018-11-01) onwards Recorded 2018 onwards Genre Electronic ambient experimental jazztronica Length Episode 1: 30:33 Episode 2: 85:14 Episode 3: 43:59 Episode 4: 38:10 Episode 5: 44:34 Manchester Street Poem: 64:50 Label Smith Hyde Productions Director Tomato Simon Taylor Producer Rick Smith Underworld chronology Teatime Dub Encounters (2018) Drift (2018–2019) Drift Series 1 (2019) Singles from Drift "Drift Episode 1 — Dust" Released: 6 December 2018 "Drift Episode 2 — Atom" Released: 7 March 2019 "Drift Episode 3 — Heart" Released: 2 May 2019 "Drift Episode 4 — Space" Released: 4 July 2019 "Drift Episode 5 — Game" Released: 19 September 2019

***Drift*** is the 2018–2019 music-and-video experiment by the [British](/source/United_Kingdom) [electronic music](/source/Electronic_music) group [Underworld](/source/Underworld_(band)),[1][2] with consecutive tracks and [music videos](/source/Music_video) released online on a weekly basis, between November 2018 and October 2019.[3] Individual new tracks were made available through the band's official website as time-limited free downloads, along with accompanying videos published on [YouTube](/source/YouTube) — followed by collective digital [EPs](/source/Extended_play).

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.[4] It is the band's second project [distributed digitally](/source/Digital_distribution), after the 2005–2006 series *[Riverrun](/source/Riverrun_(Underworld_project))*.

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](/source/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.[5]

## Background

[Karl Hyde](/source/Karl_Hyde) and [Rick Smith](/source/Rick_Smith_(musician))'s aim was to release new and previously unreleased music, film, and [written stories](/source/Storytelling) throughout a full year, on a weekly basis, every Thursday, "and see where the journey took them."[6] They admitted that the [episodic idea](/source/Episodic_storytelling) for the project "grew out of boredom,"[7] jokingly adding later in the project it was "a foolhardy promise made in public."[8] The duo wanted to disrupt the [single-album-tour cycle](/source/Album_era#2000s:_Decline_in_the_digital_age,_shift_to_pop_and_urban), 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."[7]

*Drift* has its roots in earlier online Underworld projects, including the archive music released freely through underworldlive.com starting in 2000,[9] 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](/source/Barbara_Barbara%2C_We_Face_a_Shining_Future),* "Brilliant Yes That Would Be",[10] and in June 2018 an unfinished version of "Appleshine",[11] each with a video directed by Underworld's [art director](/source/Art_director) Simon Taylor, of the band's own [design-and-film collective](/source/Artist_collective) [Tomato](/source/Tomato_(design_collective)). 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.[12]

The duo initiated *Drift* having been inspired by a conversation with the band's [lighting designer](/source/Lighting_designer) Haydn Cruickshank, who has been a [drift racer](/source/Drifting_(motorsport)). The project's name also referenced the movie series *[The Fast And The Furious](/source/The_Fast_and_the_Furious)*, particularly one of its sequels, *[Tokyo Drift](/source/The_Fast_and_the_Furious%3A_Tokyo_Drift).*[8] *Drift's* first video to "Another Silent Way" featured racing at the [Rockingham Motor Speedway](/source/Rockingham_Motor_Speedway).[13] The majority of *Drift* [music videos](/source/Music_video) was directed by Taylor, shot "from [Shibuya Crossing](/source/Shibuya) to the [Moroccan desert](/source/Sahara) to rural [Essex](/source/Essex)."[6] At times, the videos were said to be delivered twenty four hours before they went live.[8] Other contributions to the project included works of [playwrights](/source/Playwright), [DJs](/source/Disc_jockey), [painters](/source/Painting), and [poets](/source/Poet).

Compositions of the first year of *Drift* feature collaborations with the Australian [experimental jazz](/source/Experimental_jazz) band [The Necks](/source/The_Necks), [London](/source/London) producer Ø [Phase] aka Ashley Burchett,[14] actor Matthew Trevannion,[15] members of the rock band [Black Country, New Road](/source/Black_Country%2C_New_Road) (including Georgia Ellery, Lewis Evans,[16] and Karl Hyde's daughter Tyler Hyde[17]), as well as [Ichirou Agata](/source/Ichirou_Agata) of the Japanese [noise rock](/source/Noise_rock) band [Melt-Banana](/source/Melt-Banana).[18]

Reflecting on the project, the band described the scale of *Drift* as "the most inspiring process that [they've] ever engaged in"[19] 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.[20]

### 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, [live rehearsal](/source/Rehearsal) recordings, [DJ mixes](/source/DJ_mix), and other items from the band's archives (See: [Archival tracks and mixes](#Series_1's_archival_tracks_and_mixes)). These releases were often curated by [Junior Boy's Own](/source/Junior_Boy's_Own) founder Steven Hall, and were compiled in a digital download for the *Drift Series 1* box set.[21]

### 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](/source/The_Guardian)* [columnist](/source/Columnist) and economics [commentator](/source/Pundit) Aditya Chakrabortty. The band's [publicist](/source/Publicist) knew Chakrabortty's 2018 column series *The Alternatives*, "about how to make the [economy work for everyone](/source/Socialist_economics)," asked him to email a list of [inspirational](/source/Artistic_inspiration) people, ideas, and processes, for the band, and the list ended up as a chorus for the track.[7]

### *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](/source/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.[22][23]

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."[24]

After *Drift Series 1*, Underworld released a handful of new versions of classic tracks, including a remix of "[Dark & Long](/source/Dark_%26_Long)" subtitled "Drift 2 Dark Train."[25] 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](/source/Strawberry_Hotel)*, a traditional studio album.[26]

## *Drift Series 1*

Drift Series 1 Studio album by Underworld Released 1 November 2019 Recorded 2018–2019 Genre Electronic ambient experimental jazztronica Length 6:42:36 Sampler Edition: 57:23 Live in Amsterdam: 71:34 Label Smith Hyde Productions Caroline International Producer Rick Smith Underworld chronology Drift (2018–2019) Drift Series 1 (2019) Strawberry Hotel (2024) Singles from Drift "Border Country (The Remixes)" Released: 15 November 2019

Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating AnyDecentMusic? 8.2/10[27] Metacritic 86/100[28] Review scores Source Rating The Arts Desk [29] Clash 9/10[30] Mixmag 9/10[31] The Music [32] Mojo [33] PopMatters 9/10[34] Q [35] The Scotsman [36] Uncut 8/10[37] Under the Radar 8/10[38]

***Drift Series 1*** is the tenth studio album by the British [electronic](/source/Electronic_music) group [Underworld](/source/Underworld_(band)), 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*.[39]

*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*.[6] 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.[6]

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.[40][8] 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](/source/Ziggo_Dome) in [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam) on 23 November 2019.[41]

### Critical reception

*Drift Series 1* received critical acclaim from critics. At [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic), which assigns a [normalised](/source/Standard_score) 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".[28] It is the band's most acclaimed studio album on the site to date. *[Mixmag](/source/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."[42]

### Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank Ref. Mojo 75 Best Albums of 2019 2019 28 [43] PopMatters 70 Best Albums of 2019 2019 15 [44] PopMatters 25 Best Electronic Albums of 2019 2019 1 [45]

### Charts

Chart (2019) Peak position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[46] 89 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[47] 60 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[48] 69 Japanese Dance & Soul Albums (Oricon)[49] 7 Japanese Western Albums (Oricon)[50] 21 Scottish Albums (OCC)[51] 30 UK Albums (OCC)[52] 68 UK Dance Albums (OCC)[53] 3 UK Download Albums (OCC)[54] 85 UK Physical Albums (OCC)[55] 24 UK Record Store Albums (OCC)[56] 11 UK Sales Albums (OCC)[57] 26 UK Vinyl Albums (OCC)[58] 10 US Top Dance Albums (Billboard)[59] 8

## *Manchester Street Poem* participation

In July 2017, Underworld recorded music for the [live installation](/source/Installation_art) *Manchester Street Poem* at the [Manchester International Festival](/source/Manchester_International_Festival). The project told stories of people in [Manchester](/source/Manchester) who find themselves [homeless](/source/Homelessness).[60] 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.[17][61] 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## 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*

No. Title Release date Length 1. "Intro (BYTWB)" 5 April 2018 0:30 2. "Universe of Can When Back" 22 November 2018 6:05 3. "Dexters Chalk" (featuring Ø [Phase]) 8 November 2018 5:01 4. "Another Silent Way" 1 November 2018 5:28 5. "Low Between Zebras" (featuring Matthew Trevannion) 15 November 2018 2:57 6. "A Very Silent Way" (featuring The Necks) 29 November 2018 10:32 Total length: 30:33

#### *Episode 2 — Atom*

No. Title Release date Length 1. "Appleshine" (Film Edit) 24 January 2019 9:41 2. "Molehill" 31 January 2019 5:35 3. "Threat of Rain" 7 February 2019 14:51 4. "Brussels" 14 February 2019 4:19 5. "Soniamode" 21 February 2019 3:30 6. "Appleshine Continuum" (featuring The Necks) 28 February 2019 47:18 Total length: 85:14

#### *Episode 3 — Heart*

No. Title Release date Length 1. "Dune" 28 March 2019 10:32 2. "Custard Speed Talk" 4 April 2019 9:43 3. "This Must Be Drum Street" 11 April 2019 5:55 4. "Pinetum" 18 April 2019 12:09 5. "Poet Cat" 25 April 2019 5:40 Total length: 43:59

#### *Episode 4 — Space*

No. Title Release date Length 1. "Listen to Their No" 23 May 2019 5:48 2. "Schiphol Test" 30 May 2019 8:34 3. "Hundred Weight Hammer" 6 June 2019 4:15 4. "Doris" 13 June 2019 4:27 5. "Altitude Dub" 20 June 2019 8:10 6. "Border Country" (featuring Ø [Phase]) 27 June 2019 6:56 Total length: 38:10

#### *Episode 5 — Game*

No. Title Release date Length 1. "Toluca Stars" 8 August 2019 10:18 2. "Mile Bush Pride" 15 August 2019 1:35 3. "Imagine a Box" 22 August 2019 6:02 4. "Tree and Two Chairs" 29 August 2019 13:32 5. "Give Me The Room" (featuring Ø [Phase]) 5 September 2019 9:25 6. "S T A R" 12 September 2019 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*.[6]

Drift Series 1 Sampler Edition No. Title Length 1. "Appleshine" 8:36 2. "This Must Be Drum Street" 4:25 3. "Listen to Their No" 5:43 4. "Border Country" 6:51 5. "Mile Bush Pride" 1:34 6. "Schiphol Test" 4:42 7. "Brilliant Yes That Would Be" 6:03 8. "S T A R (Rebel Tech)" 3:45 9. "Imagine a Box" 6:02 10. "Custard Speedtalk" 9:42 Total length: 57:23

EP 1: Dust No. Title Length 1. "Another Silent Way" 5:33 2. "Dexters Chalk" 5:25 3. "Low Between Zebras" 3:00 4. "Universe of Can When Back" 5:36 5. "Brilliant Yes That Would Be" 10:20 6. "Another Silent Way / Drift Poem / Better Than Diamonds" 13:58 7. "One True Piano Need Hand" 9:42 Total length: 53:34

EP 2: Atom No. Title Length 1. "Appleshine" 9:44 2. "Molehill" 5:36 3. "Threat of Rain" 14:43 4. "Brussels" 4:32 5. "Soniamode (Aditya Game)" 6:18 6. "Appleshine (All of the Lights)" 5:35 7. "Roof Off" 7:11 Total length: 53:39

EP 3: Heart No. Title Length 1. "Dune" 10:33 2. "Custard Speedtalk" 9:42 3. "This Must Be Drum Street" 7:37 4. "Pinetum" 13:46 5. "Poet Cat" 5:41 6. "Do Breakers Trip" 3:34 7. "Seven Music Drone" 8:18 Total length: 59:11

EP 4: Space No. Title Length 1. "Listen To Their No" 5:50 2. "Schiphol Test" 8:35 3. "Hundred Weight Hammer" 4:15 4. "Doris" 4:25 5. "Altitude Dub" 8:09 6. "Border Country" 6:57 7. "Big Bear" 4:29 Total length: 42:40

EP 5: Game No. Title Length 1. "Toluca Stars" 10:18 2. "Mile Bush Pride" 1:36 3. "Imagine a Box" 6:02 4. "Tree and Two Chairs" 13:32 5. "Give Me the Room" 9:25 6. "S T A R" 3:38 7. "Doscientos" 7:44 8. "Two Arrows" 3:20 9. "A Moth at the Door" 4:45 Total length: 60:12

CD 6: Underworld and The Necks No. Title Length 1. "Altitude Dub Continuum" 31:10 2. "A Very Silent Way" 10:33 3. "Appleshine Continuum" 34:14 Total length: 75:57

CD 7: Drift Series 1 Sampler No. Title Length 1. "Appleshine" 8:36 2. "This Must Be Drum Street" 4:25 3. "Listen to Their No" 5:43 4. "Border Country" 6:51 5. "Mile Bush Pride" 1:34 6. "Schiphol Test" 4:42 7. "Brilliant Yes That Would Be" 6:03 8. "S T A R (Rebel Tech)" 3:45 9. "Imagine a Box" 6:02 10. "Custard Speedtalk" 9:42 Total length: 57:23

Drift Series 1 – The Films No. Title Length 1. "Drift Trailer" 2. "Another Silent Way" 3. "Dexter’s Chalk" 4. "Low Between Zebras" 5. "Universe of Can When Back" 6. "A Very Silent Way" 7. "Appleshine" 8. "Molehill" 9. "Threat of Rain" 10. "Brussels" 11. "Soniamode (Aditya Game Version)" 12. "Appleshine Continuum" 13. "Dune" 14. "Custard Speedtalk" 15. "This Must Be Drum Street" 16. "Pinetum" 17. "Poet Cat" 18. "Listen to Their No" 19. "Schiphol Test" 20. "Hundred Weight Hammer" 21. "Doris" 22. "Altitude Dub" 23. "Border Country" 24. "Toluca Stars" 25. "Mile Bush Pride" 26. "Imagine a Box" 27. "Tree and Two Chairs" 28. "Give Me the Room" 29. "S T A R" 30. "Brilliant Yes That Would Be"

### *Manchester Street Poem Installation Score*

No. Title Length 1. "Jenny" 9:33 2. "Doris" 4:18 3. "Charlie" 6:23 4. "James" 5:51 5. "Ed" 5:36 6. "Meredith" 17:09 7. "Harry" 9:10 8. "Mary" 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.

No. Title Release date Length 1. "The Misterons WOUW Mix 13-12-18" 13 December 2018 36:06 2. "Romford 1998 Live Rehearsal" 20 December 2018 37:09 3. "Coming out of Texas" (Desert Demos & Workings) 27 December 2018 19:50 4. "The Misterons Rowla/Cherry Jam" 3 January 2019 8:42 5. "The Misterons WOUW" (‘La Bella Malinconia’ Mix) 10 January 2019 24:36 6. "Small Conker And A Twix" 17 January 2019 5:17 7. "Twist" (Music Bank Jam Take 7) 15 March 2019 10:46 8. "Are You Rockstar" 21 March 2019 4:55 9. "Airtowel A2778" (Live Jam for Web December 2000) 9 May 2019 10:20 10. "Pearl's Girl Jam 080624" 16 May 2019 25:59 11. "Soniamode" (Aditya Game Version) 21 May 2019 6:23 12. "230605" (2005 Riverrun-era rehearsal jam) 11 July 2019 18:01 13. "ATL080328" (2008 live excerpt) 18 July 2019 22:44 14. "Leipzig Warehouse Jam 050715" 25 July 2019 38:54 15. "Chillin At The Shed (Misterons Mix)" 1 August 2019 28:54 16. "Biro the Leggy (Romford Dub)" 26 September 2019 9:43 17. "Dirty Club 2017 Version" 3 October 2019 8:18 18. "Best Mamgu Ever (Wales in Japan) 2019" 10 October 2019 6:08 19. "Why Why Why (Rehearsal 2018)" 17 October 2019 7:22 20. "Sydney Hotel Room Peal" 24 October 2019 14:13

### *Border Country (The Remixes)* EP

No. Title Length 1. "Border Country (Adam Beyer & Bart Skils Remix)" 8:12 2. "Border Country (Adam Beyer & Bart Skils Remix / Radio Edit)" 5:42 3. "Border Country (Ø [Phase] Dark Room Tension Dub)" 6:38 Total length: 20:32

### *RicksDubbedOutDriftExperience (Live in Amsterdam)*

No. Title Length 1. "Mary" (Live In Amsterdam) 7:06 2. "Harry" (Live In Amsterdam) 8:40 3. "Jenny" (Live In Amsterdam) 6:52 4. "Give Me the Room" (Live In Amsterdam) 9:03 5. "Brussels" (Live In Amsterdam) 4:55 6. "Pinetum" (Live In Amsterdam) 11:15 7. "Seven Music Drone" (Live In Amsterdam) 7:08 8. "Threat of Rain" (Live In Amsterdam) 13:18 9. "Meredith" (Live In Amsterdam) 3:17 Total length: 71:34

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## External links

- [Official website](https://underworldlive.com/drift/)

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