i_o Tribute | Garret Lockhart

Techno producer/DJ Garrett Falls Lockhart, AKA i_o, has reportedly died at age 30. Posted on Lockhart’s social media was the terrible news with a note posted Wednesday afternoon. “On Monday, November 23 the world lost a beautiful soul, Garrett Falls Lockhart, better known as i_o,” the post reads. “This extremely talented spirit taught us that even if nothing matters, you can still lead with love. Garrett’s truth and soul lives on through the music he shared.” He signed to Deadmaus’ label Mau5trap while also releasing music with Armada — which he signed with two months ago creating his own imprint called Label 444.

i_o sold out the Kings Hall on Saturday, March 7, 2020. It was one of Avant Gardner’s final shows before COVID mandates took over and the nightlife scene, for what appeared to be the remainder of 2020, was over. Although I was not able to shoot this show, I was lucky enough to have access to the footage to create the tribute video below. All of the footage was captured by Eric Bishop shooting for NIGHTMODE Video Production.

Rest in peace i_o/Garret🖤