Two years in the past immediately, Garrett Lockhart, higher generally known as i_o, handed away. Only 30 years outdated, his profession was actually simply starting, having graduated from Icon Collective below the title Fawks and transitioning to extra techno-leaning productions below his new persona.
Today, in remembrance, in honor, in reminiscence of i_o and his legacy and work, comes an album of labor from earlier than his dying with Lights. Warehouse Summer, what would technically be thought-about his debut album, spans 14 tracks, with lots of the observe titles, taking 20/20 hindsight into consideration, conveying explicit feelings: “Don’t Let Me Go To Sleep,” “Prayers,” “Better Days,” and so on.
“We loved hearing from so many, as each of us remember Garrett in different ways,” the Lockhart household wrote in an announcement. “Some of your stories made us laugh or smile, others made us cry, for it is in those stories we relived much of what Garrett was about as a person and in the many ways his life impacted each of us.”
From the Lockhart Family
On November 23, 2022 “Warehouse Summer”, a legacy album, might be launched.
Tomorrow, we rejoice you. pic.twitter.com/bctmhGZm4I
— i_o (@i_oofficial) November 22, 2022
Warehouse Summer, because the title implies, blends two concepts: dancing in a darkish warehouse late at evening, but additionally the brilliant daylight and hope of the summer time months. Though i_o was identified for his techno, his historical past as a drum & bass artist additionally shines by way of on the album, as in “Leave It” and “Prayers.” Elements of progressive home additionally permeate the album, demonstrating i_o’s power as not simply a techno producer, however a music producer.
Reactions to the album on social media have already been overwhelmingly optimistic, and it will doubtless be an album we revisit for years to come back. Listen beneath.
Photo through Alexandria Alvarez