2April 2021
An inner conflict runs through
PXE, Swedish artist Ecco2k’s introspective new EP. Set against the static of an electricity pylon, the accompanying visuals, made in collaboration with illustrator Freddy Carrasco, imagine the album as a dialogue between two characters named ‘Ecco’ and ‘Echo’. Each track plays out like a manga strip. “
I want a human body/ I want to be someone,” one cries out. The other beckons, “
I don’t wanna be your dream boy anymore,” as a wave of static engulfs the listener.
Unlike his debut album
E, a collaboration between Yves Tumor, Gud, and Mechatok,