IO ECHO

Musical duo Io Echo (Ioanna Gika, Leopold Ross) Photographed by Indira Cesarine for The Untitled Magazine in Los Angeles, 2013.

Io Echo was an American indie rock band formed in Los Angeles by Ioanna Gika and Leopold Ross. Their debut album, Ministry of Love, was released in 2013 on Iamsound in the US. Previously, the band released “While You Were Sleeping” single in 2010 and a self-titled EP in 2012 on the same label. Io Echo’s style combines rock music compositions with instruments such as a Japanese koto harp and Chinese violins. Io Echo were hand-picked by Trent Reznor to open for Nine Inch Nails at the last show of their Wave Goodbye Tour. Io Echo have also recently composed the score to the Harmony Korine and James Franco film project Rebel. In 2013, the band played Coachella, Lollapalooza, and toured with Bloc Party and Garbage. As well as recording and touring, after seeing them perform live Jeffrey Deitch asked the band to curate an audio-visual festival at the Museum of Modern Art Los Angeles. Io Echo named it PLAY MOCA and played alongside Salem, Cults, Zola Jesus, Active Child, and more.

Read the exclusive interview by Indira Cesarine and Io Echo featured in the magazine:
IO ECHO ON THEIR FAR EAST SOUND AND GETTING INSPIRED BY ROMANCE – EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW