INZO RELEASES NEW TRACK FEATURING
WORDS BY ALAN WATTS
STREAM “DRIFT LIKE A CLOUD, FLOW LIKE WATER”
“EARTH MAGIC” EP ARRIVES EARLY NEXT YEAR
FIRST EVER HEADLINE TOUR RESUMES JANUARY 12, 2023
Genre-bending electronic artist Mike Inzano, better known as INZO, has returned with a new song, “Drift Like A Cloud, Flow Like Water.” The track features words by English philosopher Alan Watts who also appeared on the 2018 hit “Overthinker.” The title “Drift Like A Cloud, Flow Like Water” comes directly from a quote by Watts, whose work was popularized in the 20th century and best known for interpreting Eastern traditions of Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism for a western audience. Both “Drift Like A Cloud, Flow Like Water” and “Overthinker” feature audio clips of Watts’ public lectures interwoven with INZO’s sonic interpretations of those concepts, reinvigorating decades-old recordings and creating a symbiotic plane for cutting-edge electronic music and centuries-old philosophical thought to coexist within.
“I wanted to make something that felt big, and emotional,” says INZO. “I really felt that the instrumental did that on its own. However, I wanted to incorporate one more layer of meaning. So I figured, that layer would would best be elaborated by none other than Alan Watts. I hope this one can bring people on the emotional journey is brought me through while making it.”
LISTEN TO “DRIFT LIKE A CLOUD, FLOW LIKE WATER”
LISTEN TO “EARTH MAGIC (FEAT. ELOHIM)”
“Drift Like A Cloud, Flow Like Water” follows the recent release of “Earth Magic (feat. Elohim),” the title track to INZO’s latest project due for release early next year. Earth Magic, via Lowly. (home of NGHTMRE, Said The Sky, TroyBoi, and more,) heralds a new direction for his sound marked by the more quiet, introspective areas of his range. Created during lockdown, Earth Magic is more cinematic and calmer, with lo-fi beats, piano breakdowns, and transcendent synth beams—a byproduct of INZO’s renewed focus on health and wellness. “Drift Like A Cloud, Flow Like Water” finds fitting placement amongst tracks designed to capture that restored interest. Making music itself has become therapeutic for him, so it’s fitting that his new work reflects that cozy headspace. As much as he enjoys playing live, he especially loves the quieter, more intimate moments of listening back to a track he’s made for the first time and realizing it’s exactly what he’d envisioned.
The official video for “Earth Magic,” which remains unreleased, sets the tone for the upcoming project with a visual depiction of the inspiration behind the album, featuring INZO in various stunning nature scenes across Italy and Utah. Watch the official teaser and check out the full list of tour dates below. Get additional tour details and tickets here.
INZO – EARTH MAGIC TOUR 2022
JANUARY
12 – Grand Rapids, MI – Elevation ???
13 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex ?
14 – Minneapolis, MN – The Loft @ Skyway Theater ???
20 – St. Louis, MO – Old Rock House ??
21 – Columbus, OH – Skully’s ??
27 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre (support TBA)
28 – Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall ??
FEBRUARY
17 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom ??
18 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theater ??
24 – Portland, OR – 45 East ??
25 – Seattle, WA – Neumo’s ?
? – with Dreamers Delight
? – with Rome In Silver
? – with Sumthin Sumthin
? – with Align
? – with Blookoh
? – with Covex
For INZO, there’s a thrill in possibility. The Denver-based electronic artist is less concerned with labels and more with creating immaculate vibes and moving melodies. “If I could make any and every genre,” he says, “I would.” He lives up to that mission through luminescent synth lines that flutter through his tracks like fireflies, chest-caving bass, and wistful, nostalgic vocal samples. Through it all, no matter what sounds and styles he chooses, he has a constant goal: He wants you to feel something. “If you’re crying, if you’re having a fun time, if you’re having an epiphany at that moment,” INZO says, “sad, happy, whatever—I just want my music to be an experience.”
Growing up in Chicago, INZO seemed destined for music. When he was 4 years old, his parents enrolled him in piano lessons where he studied classical greats like Beethoven; at 6, he chose to learn drums inspired by rock groups like Red Hot Chili Peppers. In high school, INZO found increasing success as part of a metal band. When a potentially career-making opportunity to play Warped Tour fell through, he took it as a sign to move on, go to college, and pursue a medical career. But freshman year, he found rave culture, which pulled him back in. Instead of attending classes, INZO camped out in the campus music studio and taught himself production, eventually leaving school behind to pursue it full-time.
For the next two years, INZO tried on different styles, hopping from soaring progressive house (“High Above”) and raucous electro house (“Brocaine Camaro”) to a pop-rock-electronic hybrid (“Young Heart”). In 2017, he released the single “Visionaries,” a hazy track with crashing waves of bass and warm, cascading synth drops. Somewhere in its mellow ambiance and ethereal arrangements, something clicked. “That was the first time I was sure of my musical identity,” he recalls. “Who I wanted to be, the music I wanted to make, the sound I wanted to capture.”
Following that instinct served INZO well. His next single, 2018’s introspective “Overthinker,” was his most successful to date, recently surpassing 62M+ Spotify streams. The accompanying visual on YouTube has over 35M views and more than 1M likes. The bass-heavy track builds on atmosphere, sampling a speech by philosopher Alan Watts that cuts through the dreamy melodies and euphoric synth blooms with sobering musings. Then, inspired to shake up his sound, INZO flexed his range on his 2019 debut EP, Multiverse, delivering stuttering funk on “Let It Slide,” laser-charged heaviness on “Y,” and blindingly bright melodies on the title track.
2020 brought the onset of the pandemic and a restructuring (and in a lot of ways, disbandment) of the normal functions of the music industry. For INZO, this lead to new outlets for connection in the electronic space through a series of collaborations with likeminded experimenters. “It Goes In Waves” was the first to be released with Blookah and ALIGN in 2020, followed by “Overthinker (CloZee Remix)” in 2021, and finally “Awaken” with Carbin and “BLASTA” with LSDREAM in 2022 .
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