Lockhart family celebrates life of beloved techno producer i_o with release of posthumous album, ‘Warehouse Summer,’ co-written by Lights
On the two-year anniversary of the death of techno DJ/producer i_o (born Garrett Lockhart), the Lockhart family and i_o collaborator Lights celebrate his life and musical legacy with the release of Warehouse Summer. The LP, co-written by Lights, whose vocals are featured across the album, comprises 14 original unreleased tracks. Notably, Warehouse Summer marks the first and only time that i_o’s music has been posthumously released following his unexpected death on November 23, 2020 from natural causes related to Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, an autoimmune disorder associated with chronic inflammation of the thyroid.
“We’d like to thank all who have patiently and lovingly stood by waiting for us, G’s family, to say yes to releasing these last tracks. Thank you to the i_o management for bringing together all the teams necessary to release these last tracks of music produced by Garrett & Lights. We are grateful to them and so many others for their regular ‘check-ins’ with us, allowing us time and space to miss him and grieve his absence,” The Lockhart family said in a statement released on November 22. “We loved hearing from so many, as each of us remember Garrett in different ways. 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. Thank you for sharing yourselves with us, it has truly helped in the healing. We hope with this music release there will be healing for others as well. Continue to take gentle care of yourselves and each other, remembering how fragile life can be. On November 23, 2022, Warehouse Summer, a legacy album, will be released. Tomorrow, we celebrate you.”
“This is a body of work that I’m immensely proud of and am very emotionally connected to. Garrett was endlessly talented and he inspired me to give my all and be my best. It’s safe to say making this album with him was life changing. I hope you immerse yourself in it, there is a lot to feel in Warehouse Summer,” added Lights. In a tweet, Lights clarified that she and i_o made the album in 2020. “It is one thing that will always remain a triumph, a bittersweet opus from that year,” she wrote.
A cerebral extension of i_o’s signature sound, Warehouse Summer is out now via Armada Music and can be streamed below.
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