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Garrett Falls Lockhart was born on May 16, 1990, in Richmond, Virginia, and attended St. Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas. After graduating high school, he attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C. While in college, he began learning to DJ and had his first gig in his sophomore year. During college, he built up a following performing under the name 'Glock' In 2013, Lockhart moved to Los Angeles to attend the Icon Collective music production school in Burbank, California. In this post Icon Collective time he was using the alias 'Fawks'. Over time, Lockhart gained some notoriety through compromising online accounts for various artists, labels, and venues. Given the nature of these events, it is difficult to fully discern between true unauthorized penetration and ad campaign for these claims. Either way it was an ongoing story for him over several years while working with several labels. This is referenced on his Armada Music profile page bio which states, "Making a name for himself by taking control of various social media accounts of record labels, media outlets, artists, and venues...". A more specific reference to this was given in an earlier interview with EDMIdentity. When asked, "Montreal's New City Gas was the latest victim of your exploits as you hacked their page effortlessly after they challenged you with a booking on the line. What made them such an easy target?" he responded: ==Career==

Glock Lockhart spent his time at George Washington University promoting himself under the alias Glock (stylized as GLock) by spreading flyers around the university campus, ordering hundreds of stickers featuring his logo, and giving shirts to students, promoters, and club bouncers. "Shelter" by Porter Robinson and Madeon, "Imaginary Friends" by deadmau5, The Game and Skrillex's "El Chapo", and "No Type" by Rae Sremmurd. By 2015, he had been released through various record labels such as Ministry of Sound and Ultra Music. Lockhart released various singles as Fawks, including a G-House song titled "Riddim"; the electro house song "Say You Like It", featuring Medicienne as vocals; and the song "AFK" in July 2017. Lockhart was a featured artist on YDG's "Hold Up", providing vocals for the single. i_o 2017: Debut releases Lockhart debuted the i_o moniker in 2017 as part of Mau5trap's We Are Friends, Vol. 7. He included the electro house song "Warning" as part of the compilation album and was marked as a "powerful" debut as described by a Dancing Astronaut writer. Online magazine columnists noted that Mau5trap was known to debut emerging artists, including Rezz, Rinzen, No Mana, and Attlas, and so marked Lockhart as an artist to watch; It was well-received by critics, with a writer for Dancing Astronaut noted the song's "atmospheric allure and subdued, deep house vigor" as a departure from what Tommy Trash had been producing for over a decade. Following the EPs release, Lockhart took over Mau5trap's Twitter account, answering fan questions and "leaking" information, including another EP release in May, an album release by Rezz in late-2018, and several other future Mau5trap releases. The stunt lauded as a PR campaign by EDM Sauce's Erik Mahal, who said it would "go down in history." The 2-track extended play contained the progressive house song "Audio Dust" and the techno song "PassiveX" and was well-received by critics. Karlie Powell of Your EDM described the two songs as a ying to the other's yang, saying that Lockhart presents an "astonishingly diverse style in a 2-track sweep." In an interview with Billboard, Lockhart explained that he wanted to explore different components of the i_o project, with "Audio Dust" leading as a "more melodic components of the project" while "PassiveX" acts as "an example of where my heart of the i_o project lies: dark warehouses and banging techno." Lockhart's third extended play, Scriptkiddi, was released for free on July 17, 2018. The two-track EP consisted of the songs "On Acid" and "The New Wave", both previously featured in DJ mixes before release. Writing for Dancing Astronaut, Robyn Dexter noted that both songs featured on the extended play were "hard-hitting techno heaters, composed of whirlwinds of heavy bass and sultry, computerized vocals". along with Grimes. Although it was a side project for her she liked it so much that she included it in her album and made it the first single released from it. By this time she was apparently already aware of his music as she called i_o to do work on the song. This helped establish his widespread notability and increased promotional exposure through credit in industry publications like Variety where Jem Aswad wrote of the "synth-driven, soft-focus collaboration with DJ i_o". Positive reviews of the album, the song, and video for it mentioning his credit helped spread his name. Examples of important mainstream media mentions coming from being named a New York Times popular-music 'Critic Pick' by critic Jon Pareles and the write up mentioning his collaboration in Rolling Stone. By the time of his death 'Violence' was his most successful in terms of chart performance. It spent 10 weeks on the Billboard 'Electronic Dance Music' chart, where it peaked at 19th on March 7, 2020. In other national charts it peaked at 48 on Mexico Ingles Airplay and 31 on New Zealand Hot Singles. 2020: Final releases Finally late in 2020 he was signed to the prestigious Armada Music label while starting his own imprint named 'Label 444'. Label 444 and Armada Music were going to be used for releases of different genres. His Armada Music profile page in August 2020 read, "He's joined the Armada family for 2021, with promises of releasing dance smashes on the label. He will also start off the year with his own imprint, Label 444, where his hard underground sound will reside." == Artistry ==

Lockhart was praised by several online music magazines and was also included in several "artists to watch" articles. Erin Cropper of EDM Identity included Lockhart in her list of house and techno music artists at the beginning of 2018, saying that although he was the newest debut artist on the list, he became "one of the artists that we fell in love with in all the right ways". Your EDM's Matthew Meadow included Lockhart in his Top Artists list for 2019, alongside other artists such as 1788-L, Peekaboo, Fisher, Svdden Death, Nitti Gritti, Kompany, and Moore Kismet. We Rave You put Lockhart in their electronic dance music artist's for 2020, saying that EDM fans praise him for his use of "compelling beats and fascinating use of bass". He highlighted his song "Not Techno" as a satirical piece that drew attention to the elitism within the techno scene. ==Death==

His death on November 23, 2020, was announced November 24, 2020 via social media (Instagram and Twitter) and music industry news sites like Billboard.com and NME. A tweet published by his family on May 18, 2021, concluded that he died from a "sudden and fatal arrhythmia" brought along by late stage Hashimoto's thyroiditis. ==Discography==

Albums and EPs As a featured artist Singles Remixes ==Chart history==