Ecco2K

Zak Arogundade Gaterud (born 1994 or 1995), known professionally as Ecco2K, is a Swedish designer, visual artist, singer, songwriter, record producer and rapper.

[1] His mother is a Swedish makeup artist, while his father is a British graphic designer, writer, and architect of Nigerian heritage.

[3] In 2013, Arogundade founded the Drain Gang collective, first called Gravity Boys, with childhood friends Bladee, Thaiboy Digital, and Whitearmor,[4] adopting the alias Ecco2K.

[1][4] It was recorded in Stockholm, Berlin, Los Angeles, London, Falun, and Bangkok,[9] and preceded by singles "AAA Powerline" and "Fruit Bleed Juice", with the latter receiving a music video.

[11] That year, he also released singles "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" with Bladee on 24 February[12] and "Pollen" on 17 September, in which Arogundade sings in Swedish.

[13] On 31 March 2021, Arogundade released a surprise EP, PXE, fully accompanied by a video from artist and animator Freddy Carrasco.

[1] Jayson Greene wrote to Pitchfork that Arogundade produced "dissociation music" with "numb disorientation, but with flutey, high, fairy-like voices flitting about the mix", and that he "sounds less like a human and more like a pixelated sprite".

[26] David Crone of AllMusic said that, in 2013, Arogundade's style was "rough yet original, combining distant, hollowed-out vocals with cloudy instrumentals and emotive lyricism".

He added that over the decade, Arogundade "embraced technological, forward-thinking sounds taking influence from the rising hyper-pop and hyper-rap subgenres", consolidating his futuristic style with E in 2019.

George said that the inclusion of these themes increased Drain Gang's LGBT listenership and helped nonbinary, queer, and trans people embrace their own identities.

[3] Although he has attempted to distance himself from Drain Gang's "obsessive fanbase", in the past, his fans have hacked his cellphone and social media accounts, leaked his music, and contacted his relatives.