Seven years after releasing his debut solo album E, Ecco2k has returned with a follow-up. Echo lands on the rapper-producer’s own label, 9th, this Thursday, November 12. The record contains previously released songs “Aldehyde and Ketones” and “Sky Burial,” plus 10 additional tracks.
Per press materials, Echo follows “a vagabond character who wanders the world carrying a broadcast antenna and a crown of flowers. Moving alone through mountains and deserts, beaches, cities, and villages, he searches for signals in a world of overwhelming beauty and indifference, listening and transmitting.” Echo contains no features, and Ecco2k—real name Zak Arogundade—produced every song either solo or alongside regular collaborators Gud, Whitearmor, Felix Lee, and Mechatok.
Arogundade got his break as a musician as part of Drain Gang, the Swedish collective rounded out by Bladee, Thaiboy Digital, and Whitearmor. The crew has released two albums together thus far, 2017’s D&G and 2019’s Trash Island. Bladee and Arogundade also put out a joint album, Crest, in 2022.
Revisit Pitchfork’s review of Crest.
Echo:
01 Aldehydes and Ketones
02 Echo
03 Industrial Strength
04 Fæmous Vagrant
05 Plume
06 Cuban Heel
07 French Exit
08 Loveless Animal, Lawless Criminal
09 Encore
10 Held Overnight
11 Swimming in Fountains
12 Sky Burial
Correction: A previous version of this story mistakenly listed the release date of Ecco2k’s debut solo LP as 2020. It was 2019.
