Etherwood

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Use British English|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Etherwood | image = | caption = | birth_name = Edward Allen<ref name="beatroute">{{cite web|url=http://beatroute.ca/2015/03/03/hes-never-been-about-that-etherwood-breathes-life-into-drum-and-bass/|title=He's never been about that: Etherwood breathes life into drum and bass|work=[[BeatRoute Magazine]]|date=3 March 2015|access-date=13 September 2015|archive-date=20 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520000737/http://beatroute.ca/2015/03/03/hes-never-been-about-that-etherwood-breathes-life-into-drum-and-bass/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | alias = | birth_date = | death_date = | origin = [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]], England<ref name="facebook">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/etherwood/info?tab=page_info|title=Etherwood – Info|work=Etherwood on Facebook|accessdate=13 September 2015}}</ref> | instrument = | genre = [[Drum and bass]] | occupation = {{flat list| * Record producer * singer-songwriter * guitarist<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/5772064/etherwood/biography|title=Etherwood – Biography|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=13 September 2015}}</ref> * [[remixer]] }} | years_active = 2011–present<ref name="billboard"/><ref name="microsoft">{{cite web|url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/music/artist/etherwood/1f135600-0200-11db-89ca-0019b92a3933/bio|title=Etherwood – Microsoft Store|publisher=[[Microsoft Store (digital)|Microsoft Store]]|accessdate=13 September 2015}}</ref> | label = {{flat list| * [[Hospital Records|Hospital]] * [[Hospital Records|Med School]] }} | associated_acts = {{flat list| * Eva Lazarus * [[Fred V & Grafix]] * Hybrid Minds * [[Jakwob]] * Rocky Nti * [[S.P.Y]] * Royalston }} | website = {{URL|http://etherwood.co.uk}} | current_members = | past_members = }}

'''Edward''' "'''Woody'''" '''Allen''' is a British record producer and singer-songwriter from [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]], England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fabriclondon.com/blog/view/introducing-etherwood-his-fabriclive-x-med-school-mix|title=Introducing: Etherwood & His FABRICLIVE x Med School Mix|work=[[Fabric (club)|Fabric]]|date=13 March 2013}}</ref> He has released four studio albums, five singles and numerous remixes under the name '''Etherwood'''.

== Biography == Edward discovered [[drum and bass]] during the late '90s but didn't release his first production until 2012. The first recording to bear his name was a [[Jakwob]] and Etherwood remix of [[Lana Del Rey]]'s "[[Video Games (Lana Del Rey song)|Video Games]]"; he also played guitar as part of Jakwob's band. He made his proper debut that November, when he appeared on [[Hospital Records]]' Sick Music 3 compilation with "Give It Up," an emotive track laced with multiple melodic keyboard lines. The similarly emotive "Spoken" was placed on [[Hospitality Drum & Bass 2013]] in January 2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/etherwood-mn0003035961/biography|title=Etherwood {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=25 March 2018}}</ref>

His eponymous debut album ''Etherwood'' was released on 4 November 2013 through [[Hospital Records]]' imprint label Med School. It entered the [[UK Albums Chart]] at number 91,<ref name="etherwood91">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20131110/7502/|title=Official Albums Chart Top 100|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=10 November 2013}}</ref> the [[UK Dance Chart]] at number 4<ref name="UKdance">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-albums-chart/20131110/105/|title=UK Dance Albums Chart Archive|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=10 November 2013}}</ref> and the [[UK Indie Chart]] at number 11.<ref name="UKindie">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20131110/131/|title=UK Indie Albums Chart Archive|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=10 November 2013}}</ref> Allen has also received airplay on [[BBC Radio 1]] and [[BBC Radio 1Xtra|1Xtra]] shows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medschoolmusic.com/bbc-radio-1-annie-mac-premiere-etherwood-souvenirs/|title="Souvenirs", the brand new Etherwood single!!|work=[[Hospital Records|Med School]]|date=1 May 2015|access-date=13 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003072642/http://www.medschoolmusic.com/bbc-radio-1-annie-mac-premiere-etherwood-souvenirs/|archive-date=3 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/82812eab-f342-4bec-8a3d-756de2e00ca6|title=BBC – Music – Etherwood|publisher=[[BBC Radio 1]]|accessdate=13 September 2015}}</ref> He also peaked at number four on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' 's "Next Big Sound" chart,<ref name="billboard2">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/5772064/etherwood/chart|title=Etherwood – Chart history|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=9 November 2013|accessdate=13 September 2015}}</ref> and won the "Best Newcomer DJ" and "Best Newcomer Producer" awards at the 2013 D&B Arena awards.<ref name="microsoft" /> He was described by [[Nozstock: The Hidden Valley]] as "undoubtedly one of the most promising young talents in the scene today".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nozstock.com/news/hospitality-take-over-the-cubicles/|title=Hospitality take over The Cubicles: London Elektricity, Etherwood, Danny Byrd...|work=[[Nozstock: The Hidden Valley]]|date=23 February 2015}}</ref>

Allen provided guest vocals for [[Fred V & Grafix]]'s song "[[Forest Fires (song)|Forest Fires]]", released on 16 June 2014, which entered the [[UK Singles Chart]] at number 77.<ref name="FFzobbel">{{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/140628cluk.txt|title=UK Singles Chart Archive|publisher=Zobbel.de|date=2 June 2014}}</ref> He curated the first of [[Hospital Records]]' ''Hospital Mixtape'' compilation series, and ''Hospital Mixtape: Etherwood'' was released on 23 May 2014.

The lead single from Etherwood's second album, "You'll Always Be a Part of Me", was released on 16 March 2015. It was followed by the second single "Souvenirs" (feat. Zara Kershaw), which was released on 8 June 2015,<ref name="mixmag">{{cite web|url=http://www.mixmag.net/read/etherwood-s-p-y-remix-premieres|title=Etherwood (S.P.Y Remix) – Premieres|work=[[Mixmag]]|date=5 June 2015}}</ref> and the third single "Light My Way Home" (feat. Eva Lazarus), released on 28 August 2015. His second studio album, entitled ''Blue Leaves'', was released on 4 September 2015 and entered the UK Albums Chart at number 47.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/|title=Official Albums Chart Top 100|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=11 September 2015}}</ref>

Two singles, "Bear's Breeches" (feat. Anile) and "Fire Lit Sky" were released in 2017 before the release of his third album, "In Stillness".

==Discography==

===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] <ref name="etherwood91"/> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[UK Dance Chart|UK Dance]] <ref name="UKdance"/> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[UK Indie Chart|UK Indie]] <ref name="UKindie"/> |- ! scope="row"| ''Etherwood'' | * Released: 4 November 2013 * Label: [[Hospital Records|Med School]] * Format: Digital download, CD, [[12" vinyl|vinyl]] | 91 || 4 || 11 |- ! scope="row"| ''Blue Leaves'' | * Released: 4 September 2015 * Label: Med School * Format: Digital download, CD, vinyl | 47 || 3 || 5 |- ! scope="row"| ''In Stillness'' | * Released: 2 March 2018 * Label: Med School * Format: Digital download, CD, vinyl | – || – || – |- ! scope="row"| ''Neon Dust'' | * Released:24 September 2021 * Label: Hospital Records * Format: Digital download, CD, vinyl | – || – || – |}

=== Extended plays === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Details |- ! scope="row" | ''Lost in the Right Direction'' | * Released: 14 June 2019 * Label: Med School * Formats: Digital Download, vinyl |- ! scope="row" | ''Isolation Jams'' | * Released: 24 July 2020 * Label: [[Hospital Records|Hospital]] * Formats: Digital Download |- ! scope="row" | ''Shoreline'' | * Released: 29 August 2024 * Label: Stillness Music * Formats: Digital Download |- |}

===Singles===

====As lead artist==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Album |- | rowspan="3"|2015 ! scope="row"| "You'll Always Be a Part of Me" | rowspan="3"| ''Blue Leaves'' |- ! scope="row"| "Souvenirs" (featuring Zara Kershaw) |- ! scope="row"| "Light My Way Home" (featuring Eva Lazarus) |- | rowspan="2"|2017 ! scope="row"| "Fire Lit Sky" | rowspan="2"| ''In Stillness'' |- ! scope="row"| "Bear's Breeches" (featuring Anile) |- |2019 ! scope="row"| "See the Sky" (featuring Thomas Oliver) | ''Lost in the Right Direction'' |- |2020 ! scope="row"| "Little Bit Lighter" (with BCee and Charlotte Haining) | ''Life as We Know It'' |- | rowspan="4"|2021 ! scope="row"| "I Will Wave to You" / "Heterize" | rowspan="4"| ''Neon Dust'' |- ! scope="row"| "Lighthouse" (featuring Zara Kershaw) |- ! scope="row"| "Dahlia" |- ! scope="row"| "Follow the River" (featuring Lily Budiasa) |- | rowspan="3"|2024 ! scope="row"| "Lucid" | rowspan="3"| ''Shoreline'' |- ! scope="row"| "Where the Flowers Grow" (featuring Zara Kershaw) |- ! scope="row"| "Illuminate" (featuring Riya) |- | rowspan="4"|2025 ! scope="row"| "Sinking Sand" | rowspan="2" {{TBA}} |- ! scope="row"| "Evermade" (with LSB) |- ! scope="row"| "Tangara" (with Hugh Hardie) | {{non-album single}} |- ! scope="row"| "Deep Dive" | {{TBA}} |- |}

====As featured artist==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] <ref name="FFzobbel"/> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[UK Dance Chart|UK Dance]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/20140622/104/|title=Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=22 June 2014}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[UK Indie Chart|UK Indie]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/20140622/130/|title=Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=22 June 2014}}</ref> |- | 2014 ! scope="row"| "[[Forest Fires (song)|Forest Fires]]" ([[Fred V & Grafix]] featuring Etherwood) | 77 || 23 || 5 | ''[[Recognise (album)|Recognise]]'' |- |2020 ! scope="row"| "Fall Beneath You" ([[Keeno]] featuring Etherwood) | — || — || — | ''I Live, I Learn'' |- |2021 ! scope="row"| "Bloodstream" (In:Most featuring Etherwood) | — || — || — | ''Cloud Nine'' |- | colspan="18" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |}

===Promotional singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Album |- | rowspan="2"|2015 ! scope="row"| "Amen Roadtrip" | ''Hospitality 2015'' |- ! scope="row"| "Sunlight Splinters" | ''Blue Leaves'' |- |}

===Other appearances=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Album |- |2012 ! scope="row"| "Give It Up" | ''Sick Music 3'' |- |2013 ! scope="row"| "In the Moment" | ''Hospital Christmas Cracker 2013'' |- |2016 ! scope="row"| "Eyes on Me" (Etherwood & Royalston) | ''Ten Years of Med School'' |- |2017 ! scope="row"| "Because of You" ([[S.P.Y]] & Etherwood) | ''Hospital: We Are 21'' |- | rowspan="3"|2018 ! scope="row"| "Haltija" | ''[[Forza Horizon 4]]: Hospital Soundtrack'' |- ! scope="row"| "Coming Back" (Electrosoul System & Etherwood) | ''Electrosoul System Presents: LiquiDNAtion (Vol. 2)'' |- ! scope="row"| "Latida" | ''Hospital Christmas Cracker 2018'' |- |2019 ! scope="row"| "Take the Flame" (Royalston featuring Etherwood) | ''Voodoo Love Dance'' |- | rowspan="3"|2020 ! scope="row"| "American Fruity" | ''Sick Music 2020'' |- ! scope="row"| "Nowhere to Go But Everywhere" | ''Med School: Graduation'' |- ! scope="row"| "Do You Ever" ([[MC D.R.S.|DRS]] and [[Dynamite MC|Dynamite]] featuring Etherwood) | ''Playing in the Dark'' |- |2021 ! scope="row"| "Naperone" | ''[[Forza Horizon 5]]: Hospital Soundtrack'' |- | rowspan="2"|2023 ! scope="row"| "More to Life" (Visionobi featuring Etherwood) | rowspan="2"| ''Weather the Storm'' |- ! scope="row"| "Outro" (Visionobi featuring Etherwood) |- | rowspan="3"|2024 ! scope="row"| "Subliminal" ([[Fred V & Grafix|Fred V]] and Etherwood featuring FJ Law and Allknight) | ''Luminous'' |- ! scope="row"| "Got Me Falling" (Etherwood and Blean) | ''Headsbass: Volume 14'' |- ! scope="row"| "We Felt It" | ''Liquidcity: Lunar'' |- |}

===Remixes=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Song ! scope="col"| Artist |- | rowspan="2"| 2011 ! scope="row"| "[[Video Games (Lana Del Rey song)|Video Games]]" (with [[Jakwob]]) | [[Lana Del Rey]] |- ! scope="row"| "Right Beside You" | [[Jakwob]] |- | rowspan="3"| 2012 ! scope="row"| "[[Electrify (song)|Electrify]]" | Jakwob featuring Jetta |- ! scope="row"| "For My Sins" | [[Jess Mills]] |- ! scope="row"| "Moon Kids" | Laurelle & Alexander |- | rowspan="3"| 2013 ! scope="row"| "[[Fade (Jakwob song)|Fade]]" | rowspan="2"| Jakwob featuring Maiday |- ! scope="row"| "Fade" (Etherwood VIP) |- ! scope="row"| "Mess Around" | [[Indiana (singer)|Indiana]] |- | rowspan="7"| 2014 ! scope="row"| "All Night" | [[Camo & Krooked]] |- ! scope="row"| "[[Ready for Your Love (Gorgon City song)|Ready for Your Love]]" | [[Gorgon City]] featuring [[MNEK]] |- ! scope="row"| "Cut Your Teeth" | [[Kyla La Grange]] |- ! scope="row"| "[[Forest Fires (song)|Forest Fires]]" | [[Fred V & Grafix]] featuring Etherwood |- ! scope="row"| "War Rages On" | [[Alex Clare]] |- ! scope="row"| "Heart Weighs a Ton" | [[Alex Metric]] featuring Stefan Storm |- ! scope="row"| "Light in the Dark" | SpectraSoul featuring [[Terri Walker]] |- | rowspan="2"| 2015 ! scope="row"| "[[Alone No More]]" | [[Philip George (DJ)|Philip George]] & [[Anton Powers]] |- ! scope="row"| "Never Let Go of the Microscope" | [[Enter Shikari]] |- | rowspan="4"| 2016 ! scope="row"| "Blurred Memories" | Bop & Synkro |- ! scope="row"| "Sycamore" | [[John Metcalfe (composer)|John Metcalfe]] |- ! scope="row"| "What the Future Holds" | [[S.P.Y]] featuring [[Ian Shaw (singer)|Ian Shaw]] |- ! scope="row"| "Impossible to Say" | [[London Elektricity]] featuring Pete Simpson |- | 2018 ! scope="row"| "We Know" | Hunrosa |- | 2019 ! scope="row"| "[[Better Half of Me]]" | [[Tom Walker (singer)|Tom Walker]] |- | rowspan="2"| 2021 ! scope="row"| "[[Anywhere Away from Here]]" | rowspan="2"| [[Rag'n'Bone Man]] & [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] |- ! scope="row"| "Anywhere Away from Here" (Etherwood 138 Remix) |- |rowspan="4"| 2022 ! scope="row"| "Morning Sun" | Terror & Jim Lawton |- ! scope="row"| "Nothing More" | Askel & Elere featuring YENAIS |- ! scope="row"| "Coming Down" | [[Maduk (musician)|Maduk]] |- ! scope="row"| "Giving It Out" | [[Above & Beyond (band)|Above & Beyond]] featuring [[Zoë Johnston]] |- |rowspan="4"| 2024 ! scope="row"| "In My Head" | [[Arty (musician)|Arty]]br>featuring Jay Sorrow |- ! scope="row"| "From the Ashes" | Alpha Rhythm |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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