--- title: "Ecco2k sets November 12 release for Echo, his first solo album since his 2019 debut E" url: https://badiyaa.com/ecco2k-echo-album-november-12/ published: 2026-11-11T06:41:00+00:00 modified: 2026-11-11T06:41:00+00:00 section: Entertainment publisher: Badiyaa --- # Ecco2k sets November 12 release for Echo, his first solo album since his 2019 debut E Ecco2k will release Echo, his second solo album and first since 2019's E, on November 12, with the singles Aldehydes and Ketones and Sky Burial. Ecco2k has a second solo album arriving this Thursday. The Stockholm-born Drain Gang member announced on November 10 that *Echo* will be released on November 12, and that it will include the two singles he has put out over the past three weeks. It is his first solo studio album since *E*, the surprise debut he dropped on November 27, 2019, so the gap between the two records is just under seven years. ## Two singles, two self-directed videos The rollout began on October 22 with “Aldehydes and Ketones,” produced by Gud, a longtime collaborator from the Sad Boys circle around Yung Lean. Ecco2k directed the video himself. It casts him as a character called Echo moving through industrial sites, city streets and half-built structures, and the footage was shot in twelve countries over six years. The second single, “Sky Burial,” followed on November 3. Whitearmor, a founding member of Drain Gang, produced it, and Ecco2k again directed the video, this time with camera work by Cheuk Ng. Those two songs mark the end of a long solo silence. Before “Aldehydes and Ketones,” his last solo release was the EP *PXE* in March 2021, a five-year gap. ## Who is Ecco2k? Ecco2k is the stage name of Zak Arogundade, born in Stockholm on October 23, 1994, to a Swedish mother and a British father of Nigerian heritage. He grew up mostly in the Hornstull area of the Swedish capital. The alias comes from the title character of the *Ecco the Dolphin* video games. He met Bladee as a classmate in 2004, and the pair started a punk-leaning project called Krossad. In 2013 they formed what became Drain Gang, first called Gravity Boys, with Thaiboy Digital and Whitearmor. The collective grew out of the SoundCloud era of the mid-2010s, and its music sits between cloud rap, ambient and experimental pop. Ecco2k has always worked across music and design. At 16 he ran a streetwear label, Alaska, by dealing with factory managers online who did not know his age, and he later designed for the Swedish sneaker brand Eytys. He directs and edits most of his own videos and has made them for other artists, including Yves Tumor. ## The road from E to Echo Here is how the solo and group catalog lines up: - **2017:** *D&G*, the first Drain Gang collaborative album, with Bladee and Thaiboy Digital - **2019:** *Trash Island*, recorded in Bangkok, followed by his solo debut *E* in November - **2021:** *PXE*, an EP he produced entirely himself - **2022:** *Crest*, a joint album with Bladee recorded in the Swedish countryside, then the collective’s first world tour - **2025:** art direction and executive production on Yung Lean’s album *Jonatan*, and a show at the Sydney Opera House on June 1 - **2026:** *Echo*, due November 12 He described *PXE* as sounding like “throwing a car battery into a washing machine,” a hint at how far the solo work strays from standard rap production. With Gud and Whitearmor behind the first two *Echo* singles, the new album pulls from both sides of his history: the Sad Boys orbit and Drain Gang itself. For more new releases, browse our [Entertainment section](https://badiyaa.com/category/entertainment/), where we also covered [another left-field rap album out this week](https://badiyaa.com/armand-hammer-snakes-ladders-album/). *Echo* arrives on Thursday, November 12, carrying “Aldehydes and Ketones” and “Sky Burial.” ## Further reading - [Wikipedia: Ecco2k](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecco2k) *Illustrative image. Image: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons* *This article was produced with AI assistance and reviewed by our Editorial Desk. [How we work](https://badiyaa.com/editorial-policy/).*