About ErisCo.

Mr Eris - Mark Firman.	Mr Id - Dru Moore.

  For a long time now ErisCo has been the hard work of one man - Mark Firman. - Mr Eris. Since the latter part of the 20th Century, he has been joined in this opus by close friend & co-conspirator - Dru Moore - Mr Id.

  Based in Brighton, but active throughout Southern England, ErisCo have been primarily involved in organizing CyberPunk/Gothic/Industrial gigs and happenings of the highest standards. (see our history pages for some of our recent events.) The purpose of the ErisCo site is primarily to provide a platform for updating our members on our movements and chronicling past activities - although you are not required to be an ErisCo member to access this information! - also we hope to offer a fairly comprehensive gazeteer of Eris-related web resources. We hope to do this well enough to become an essential portal for the alternative community in the UK. Please feel free to use us as a starting point for many a night lost in space, BOOKMARK us if you so desire, as this would simply delight us. (& of course ERIS herself).

How it all began.

A lifelong fan of music, Mark Eris began his heady rise to obscurity on News Years Eve 1993 whilst at a party at a mates house. A pair of record decks and mixer were set up, and combined with a heady cocktail of dangerously powerful hallucinogens led to one of the more interesting DJ sets of the evening as Mr. Eris could simply not contain himself. A potent mixture of dark ambient, trip hop, techno and hippy nonsense ensued, high point of the evening being the sudden realisation by all present in the room that there was something quite ancient in there with us, no doubt helped by the subdued candle light and the sinister celtic edge to the current tracks being mixed together . from the "Feed Your Head Vol 1" compilation. Pro from the first, whilst submitting to panicked requests to change the music, Mr. Eris took the time to ensure the next record was lined up and mixed in properly, leading to much wailing and panicking from those present who has long since ceased to be having a good time. Needless to say he was completely sold. The bank account was emptied as soon as the shops reopened and Mr. Eris returned to University to attempt to fit a set of decks somewhere in the tiny hovel that passed for accomodation. A slightly disturbing style of ambient mixing ensued rather quickly and records were purchased at alarming rate to feed the beast. Simultaneous with this flurry of second hand creativity, the Eris involvement in the Macabre society, a group of chancers blagging money off the government to fund their sordid gothic activities increased, culminating in becoming part of the DJ partnership with DJ Camel , ironically as Camel was also the DJ name of the Eris at this point - neither person actually bothering to tell anyone else their DJ name, at the Danse Macabre, an infrequent Goth club. The final Danse Macabre proved to be a somewhat interesting assimilation of both Camels cut up mix style and supposed sense of humour. Previously very much a trad goth , punk night with bits of industrial, mayhem reigned, the first hour featuring cut ups of obscure industrial numbers followed by 3 hours of classic goth with a "twist" - highlight of the evening being Nik Fiend farting over the pit on Psychonaut where it all goes twirly and much flaling of limbs generally ensues - The ensuing sour faces and complete lack of syncopation will be remembered forever. We hear tell that there is still a Danse Macabre running in Swansea sporadically to this day, but suspect such mayhem is conspicuous by its absence.... .........Part II to follow........