i_o, Grimes collaborator and Mau5trap artist, dies aged 30
The news was confirmed via the US artist’s social media accounts on November 25th, two days after he officially passed away. The cause of death remains unknown.
Lockhart, who was born in Richmond, has been releasing music since 2017, when Deadmau5 featured a track on the seventh We Are Friends compilation on Mau5trap. He went on to release three EPs on the label, including a collaboration with Tommy Trash in 2019. He also collaborated with Grimes on “Violence,” a track off her 2020 album, Miss Anthropocene.
Watch the video for “Violence,” and read Grimes’s tribute to Lockhart.
This is such a tragedy for Art. Of all my friends, I listened to Garretts music the most. It was SUCH an honor to know you. I feel crazy uncontrollably anxious and sick. I know this is touching ppl in music hard, around if any1 needs to talk. Rest In Peace Lord of Techno ⚔️ https://t.co/JQrKrey81a
— ☘︎??????࿎ (@Grimezsz) November 25, 2020
