An Ode to Humanity: Bootleg Contraband Ship Debut Album, "I/O"

Whereas the previous few years have been a problem in some ways because of the pandemic’s impression, there was—surely—many constructive takeaways. For Cason Trager and Lou Sceelo, the stillness introduced the 2 nearer collectively. A lot in order that they determined to crew up and launch a music manufacturing mission, Bootleg Contraband.
Exploring the polarities between time and tradition, digital and analog and actual and digital, the budding digital music duo have unveiled their debut album. Increasing past the roots of home music, in I/O the duo department out into components of techno and electro, amongst different sub-genres. Pulling inspiration from their collective pasts and delving into their life experiences, the album was born.
Capturing each a retrospective perspective in addition to optimism for the way forward for humanity, Bootleg Contraband ship a tastefully distinctive sound all through I/O. You possibly can take heed to the album in full beneath.
The 2 artists met by probability at a Guitar Heart in Chicago within the spring of 2019, and so they struck up a friendship round their ardour for music manufacturing. Trager later helped Sceelo arrange his manufacturing studio and shortly thereafter they started collaborating in classes. Bootleg Contraband was originated within the fall and so they launched their first single, “What Is This?!” in December of the identical yr.
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The tandem launched a slew of singles over the previous few years, together with some remixes by the likes of R34L, Josh Fina and Mark Pistel. In November 2021 they launched The Singles, a compilation of all 13. Now, sizzling on the heels of that file, Bootleg Contraband have delivered their first full-length album by the use of Part Eight Music.
“We had been working feverishly on the file for a strong 18 months, all throughout Covid, and I felt as if we had been firing on all cylinders,” Sceelo defined. “The concept that we had been releasing pent up vitality via music might be the portrayal the file emits.”
“We needed to seize each a way of nostalgia for our experiences,” Trager added, “but additionally a feeling of curiosity and hope for what’s subsequent to return.”
You possibly can stream I/O here.
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