HYPETRAK Talks Chicago Hip-Hop, '.Wav Theory' & More With Towkio

Fresh from the release of his debut album .Wav Theory, SaveMoney crew member Towkio recently sat down with HYPETRAK for a new interview. The Chicago artist has been plotting his foray into stardom for the last few years, closely watching as his close childhood friends, Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa, break into the spotlight. His first full-length foray, .Wav Theory, includes features from a slew of fast emerging creatives, such as by Chance and Vic, as well as production from standouts like Kaytranada and Lido. The offering showcases Towkio’s unorthodox musical approach, and simultaneously presents a look into his unique mindset. Covering topics from his music and goals to collaborators and more, the emerging Chicago native gives a slight look into the boundless depths of his mind.

Check out an excerpt of the interview below and head on over to HYPETRAK to read the piece in its entirety. .Wav Theory can be streamed in its entirety here.

.Wav Theory is an album years in the making, how do you feel now that it’s finally finished?
I’m excited to see what it does because I’ve put a lot of work and a lot of thought into it. I hope that everybody receives it the way I want them to receive it, and they understand it the way I would like them to.

We’ve watched your music evolve in a lot over the years, so we can imagine the project did as well; how different is the final product compared to it’s previous forms?
All the records have these ideas that existed for a while now, but it takes time for these type of records to fully evolve because they lend themselves to other people. You know, they just kinda happen. I could be in the studio with somebody like Peter Cottontale, and then Peter starts working on the record, and now this record just got taken to whole other place. These records took a lot of thought, and I feel each and every one of these are made to the best of their ability. We’re just trying to the make the music as quality as possible.

How representative are the singles that have came out – “I Know You,” “Heaven Only Knows,” “Involved” and “Free Your Mind” – to the rest of the album? Are there any big surprises?
I feel like every record on .Wav Theory is important. They all hit different veins, but they all hit veins that need to be hit. If I didn’t feel an attachment to the song it didn’t make .Wav theory – all the songs I’ve been attached for some time now and they’re all hot.