Swedish rapper and producer Ecco2k will release his second solo album, Echo, on November 12 through his label 9th. The album includes two previously released songs and ten new tracks, with no guest features. Its production brings back regular collaborators, while an antenna-carrying wanderer supplies the creative framework for the album.
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Echo arrives through Ecco2k’s own label on November 12
Swedish rapper and producer Ecco2k has scheduled his second solo album, Echo, for November 12. He is releasing the album through 9th, his own label. It brings back the recently released songs Aldehydes and Ketones and Sky Burial, alongside new material. Gud and Whitearmor are among the producers working with him on the project.[1], [2]
The musician’s real name is Zak Arogundade. His first solo album, E, appeared in 2019. Echo has no guest features: he handled production for every song, sometimes working alone and sometimes with regular collaborators. In addition to Gud and Whitearmor, those collaborators include Felix Lee and Mechatok. The two previously issued songs are joined by ten more tracks, making a twelve-track album in the announced running order.[1]
A wanderer searches for signals in the album’s story
The album’s press materials describe a character wandering the world with an antenna on his back and a crown made of flowers. The character travels without companions. As he moves between these places, he searches for signals, listens and transmits through the antenna he carries. His route in the announced creative framework crosses mountains and deserts. It also takes him to beaches, cities and villages. This is the fictional journey accompanying Echo. The new songs sit within that announced project, whose sequence begins with Aldehydes and Ketones and ends with Sky Burial.[1]
Echo follows Arogundade’s Drain Gang collaborations
Between those bookends, the tracklist runs through Echo, Industrial Strength, Fæmous Vagrant, Plume, Cuban Heel and French Exit. Loveless Animal, Lawless Criminal follows, ahead of Encore, Held Overnight and Swimming in Fountains. Arogundade became known through Drain Gang, a Swedish music collective whose other members are Bladee, Thaiboy Digital and Whitearmor. The collective released D&G in 2017 and Trash Island in 2019. Arogundade also recorded with Bladee outside those group albums: the pair released Crest in 2022. Echo is the solo release now announced after that earlier collaborative work.[1]
