Almost a full year ago, tragedy struck an artist collective warehouse space in Oakland, Ca. Those from the East Bay and musicians that frequent venues along this coastal stretch have likely heard of the space, known as Ghost Ship, or even sadder, may have lost someone in the fire that hit it in early December of 2016. That’s what happened to Tom Filepp, also known as Cars & Trains, and his dear friend, collaborator and label mate Johnny Igaz.
A multi-instrumentalist, Filepp spent these last months working on a track for Igaz, a well known and loved Oakland-based producer and DJ who passed in the fire while djing the show there. "New Histories" is on Fictions, the first album Filepp has completed in a decade where Igaz won’t be hearing its finished product.
"The song was meant to both remember him and simultaneously work through what happened, and it flowed out over the course of just a couple of days, like a storm," says Filepp. "Johnny and I used to send music back and forth we were working on and bounce off ideas and mixes to get input."
Remember Igaz and the others lost in the Ghost Ship fire by listening to "New Histories" below. You can read more on Filepp’s thoughts regarding what happened here.